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Where’s Buck Rogers?
Buck Rogers was a science fiction adventure hero introduced to the U.S. public in a newspaper comic-strip on January 7, 1929. A year later, January 22, 1930, Buck first ventured into space aboard a rocket ship in his fifth newspaper comic story Tiger Men from Mars. Our love of space and adventure has been with us…
Your Futures? Listen to Sherlock
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” Sherlock Holmes The future: four parts & three combinations We think and talk about “the future” a lot. Maybe it’s about our retirement plans. Maybe it’s about our company’s…
Getting back to normal is a fool’s errand
The last issue of MindPrep described leaders as those who live by the motto of “Learn from the past, deal with today, and prepare for the future.” They know that surprises are inevitable, but they don’t want to be taken by surprise. It’s late 2022 as I write this, and many companies are hoping…
Prepared for the future? Never stop LEARNING.
The term “lifelong learning” was originally thought of as a nice-to-do endeavor. Wrong. It’s essential to getting to the future. No matter what you do or where you work you must prevent your skill base from deteriorating. Otherwise, you’ll become intellectually obsolete. And that’s not something to be proud of. What skills do you need…
Prepared for the future? Learn to REASON about the changes coming at you, or else ….
… you’ll miss the future as it sneaks up on you. Today’s challenges are bold and bright and demand our attention. The future first shows itself as clues and mysteries and we will be tempted to ignore them as we deal with today. There are eight enduring skills you should master. Our upcoming on-line workshop…
Prepared for the future? Your just might need to IMAGINE it first.
We have a current love affair with big data and analytics. However, we might not need all the data we’re collecting to get to the future. There are eight enduring skills you should master. Our upcoming on-line workshop has tools you can use. Signup for MindPrep News and you’ll get an early announcement. You can…
Prepared for the future? Learn to OBSERVE, or else ….
If we decide to “wait and see” we’re going to be run over by the ever evolving and constantly changing future. Observing should not be passive. It should entail active scanning for trends and clues about the future. There are eight enduring skills you should master. Our upcoming on-line workshop has tools you can use….
Pay Attention!
The future holds surprises. Watch for them.
