When you consider your business, your career, and even your life — lifecycles are destiny. Some questions to be addressed are simple, but not always easy to answer. But first, some stories to consider. Companies either follow the curve or drop from sight. Montgomery Ward and American Motors are gone. Amazon seems to be maturing,…
I’m in the process of developing our new Strategic Mindset Series for 2023 and it suddenly hit me that we’re in the midst of a fascinating period of creative destruction. Remember, the global economy evolves in an amoral fashion – neither good nor bad, it just evolves. The punchline behind creative destruction is that you…
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…
Here’s another of the skills you need. OK, this cartoon is old and silly. Everyone knows (today) that a smartphone is essential. But did we five years ago? Some did and some held on to their landline “just in case.” However, we still suffer from slow decision making. For example, at the end of July…
If we ignore the successes AND MISTAKES of our past we may end up continuing down a path that leads nowhere. But we must be brutally honest with ourselves. Unfortunately, we lie to ourselves all too often. What has NOT worked for you or your organization and what are you going to change? There are…
… 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…
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…
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….
We think of surprises as something that happens FAST. However, “being taken by surprise” can happen over a much longer period. Consider the following examples and think of the impact of being taken by surprise. AGING: Customers age a day at time. Harley was riding high (excuse the pun) with the Boomer Generation. But most…
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