Category: Implications Wheel

What an intro: Unintended consequences (or, unanticipated, unforeseen, unplanned… consequences) are outcomes that are not intended by a purposeful action, i.e., intended actions that are taken for a completely positive purpose… but have negative ...

“Like all new tools, Big Data carries the potential for unintended consequences." Prompted by the above quote, this article, authored by Jim Schreier, includes a segment from an exploration on ...

During Facilitator Training, we include (or recommend) that Facilitators create an "Elevator Pitch" for the Implications Wheel. Here's a nice graphic that focuses on "The Perfect Elevator Pitch." ...

s it necessary for everyone to have a job in the future? Podcast Link ...

The concept “unanticipated consequences,” coined by Robert K. Merton (), has largely been replaced in current social science by its putative synonym, “unintended consequences.” This conflation suggests that “unintended” consequences ...

http://customerthink.com/leadership-involves-mastery-of-initiative-conversations/ The Strategic Exploration Tools certainly involve conversations about the future. The interesting connection here is the move "starting action." ...

Includes an interesting discussion about "mapping" information. https://talentmgt.com/2015/04/28/using-fact-not-feeling-to-deliver-change__trashed/ Article Link ...

Good managers—even great ones—can make spectacularly bad choices. Some of them result from bad luck or poor timing, but a large body of research suggests that many are caused by ...

By not acting now, we’re allowing the future costs of the greenhouse-gas crisis to compound. Eventually, the consequences will be irreversible. Article Link That job is made even harder because ...

"Where's Waldo?"  Oops!  Should be "Where's the Center?"  Seems like a lot of very good centers worthy of exploration here. Article Link ...