…roadmap acts as a corporate security blanket. Relying on it is a form of collective delusion that provides a false sense of predictability in a chaotic environment. The nostalgia tap: Clinging to the “glory days” of past success is perhaps the most common mutual delusion. It prevents a team from…
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The Trends Scorecard: Financial Services & Banking – What I Predicted, and What Actually Happened
…a kayak trip — and getting a blank stare. They told me they don’t use cash, and that’s huge. The next generation doesn’t use money at all. The grade: — Hit on the generational behavior. A decade later, the cash-free young adult is the norm, not the novelty — they…
20 Trends into 2030: Are You Ready for The Massive Transformation of Just About Everything?
It’s time to get your future on! In the era of acceleration, when everything is speeding up, it’s difficult to imagine where we might be in 10 years. But I can do that – that’s my job. So let me tell you where we are likely to be in 2030….
Learning how to innovate — through skiing!
It’s a Sunday afternoon, and a full day of skiing is done: and all the roads home are closed because of the snow. So we’ve settled in for an evening in the chalet with blankets of snow falling outside. Skiing provides a wonderful metaphor for innovation; it involves taking risk,…
Avoiding the idea recession!
…missing the fact that an economic downturn provides a great opportunity for innovation. After all, companies like Burger King, Microsoft, CNN and FedEx all started up during a recession. As events continue to unfold and cycnism settles in like a wet blanket, ask yourself this: are you going to focus…
Daily Inspiration: “Quit talking about change. Do change!”
…indecision and fear smothers their enthusiasm like a blanket; no one can make a decision on the big, bold steps that we spoke about at the event. And so over time, customers change, products become irrelevant, skills go out of a date, new competitors decimate the business model, and the…
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