The Problem With The Future

Businesses Fail When They Over-invest In What Is At The Expense Of What Could Be.

The Only Thing That Can Be Safely Predicted Is That Sometime Soon Your Organization Will Be Challenged To Change In Ways For Which It Has No Precedent.

The Problem Is Not One Of Prediction. It Is One Of Imagination.

One Way Of Building Private Foresight Out Of Public Data Is Looking Where Others Aren't ... If You Want To See The Future, Go To An Industry Confab And Get The List Of What Was Talked About. Then Ask, "what Did People Never Talk About?" That's Where You're Going To Find Opportunity.

Most Companies Don't Have The Luxury Of Focusing Exclusively On Innovation. They Have To Innovate While Stamping Out Zillions Of Widgets Or Processing Billions Of Transactions.