Futurists are best known for generating, perceiving and envisioning alternatives to the expected outcomes of today’s events. A futurist provides the foresight and practical insights that help a variety of clients to understand the trends, developments and ideas that could …
Interesting article that addresses hesitancy to think about the future.
One of two excellent articles related directly to a key part of our T.I.P.S. Tracking process.
This is a key, early question asked about any trends, innovation, paradigm shift, or issue that are “interrogated” as part of the T.I.P.S. Tracking process. Very good points in this article. It will become part of our training.
We started exploring the implications of this Pizza Vending machine five years ago. We used this several times as a key demonstration exploration in facilitator training. An updated search on this topic in 2019 seemed to suggest this innovation has …
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Thanks to our software architect, Daniel Nelson, for spotting this. As he notes, this validation of our “30-second rule.” Article Link
One of the many reasons why organizations need T.I.P.S. Tracking and T.I.P.S. Teams! Article Link
Clearly lays out some of the important principles represented as critical to the success for all of the Strategic Exploration Tools.
The Implications Wheel promotes “divergent” thinking while the Strategy Matrix is designed for “convergent” thinking. This article documents the importance of knowing the differences. Article Link
A good article except for the final statement, the implied conclusion that unintended consequences can only be identified in hindsight. The Implications Wheel has demonstrated consistently that it’s possible to identify “unanticipated consequences.”