{"id":65818,"date":"2019-01-11T16:56:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T21:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=65818"},"modified":"2019-01-11T16:56:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T21:56:07","slug":"reflections-on-futures-thinking-enters-the-mainstream-thefuturesschool-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2019\/01\/11\/reflections-on-futures-thinking-enters-the-mainstream-thefuturesschool-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on &#8220;Futures thinking enters the mainstream&#8221; [thefuturesschool.com]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thefuturesschool.com\/blog\/futures-thinking-enters-the-mainstream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Futures thinking enters the mainstream<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from\u00a0thefuturesschool.com<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Organizations and society are beginning to acknowledge the incredible benefits of foresight. Even if these leaders and their organizations aren\u2019t well-versed in all of the tools and lingo of futures thinking, more people are demanding that \u201cwe do things differently.\u201d The momentum is building, and we believe 2019 could be another pivotal year for foresight!<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/digital\/brands-are-looking-to-futurists-to-foresee-trends-and-anticipate-disruption\/\">Brands are Looking to Futurists to Foresee Trends and Anticipate Disruption<\/a>\u201d&#8211; Companies are realizing that traditional short-term strategic planning process will not uphold in the 21st century landscape. Instead, they are turning to futurists or Strategic Foresight methods to ensure their brands don\u2019t become \u201cobsolete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">This reminds me of a slide that I created back in January 2017 where I mentioned that surveying the relevant landscapes is increasingly becoming a skill that our students should have:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64858 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PulseChecking-Radars-DSC-Feb2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PulseChecking-Radars-DSC-Feb2017.jpg 539w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PulseChecking-Radars-DSC-Feb2017-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">I have it that all of us need to be pulse-checking the environments around us in order to spot emerging trends and potential future scenarios. We need to develop plans to address those potential scenarios ahead of time&#8230;so we can reduce the chances of getting broadsided.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Futures thinking enters the mainstream &#8212; from\u00a0thefuturesschool.com Excerpts: Organizations and society are beginning to acknowledge the incredible benefits of foresight. Even if these leaders and their organizations aren\u2019t well-versed in all of the tools and lingo of futures thinking, more people are demanding that \u201cwe do things differently.\u201d The momentum is building, and we believe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,86,72,143,37,431,44,436,480,310,212,206,299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-change","category-daniel-s-christian","category-disruption","category-future","category-organizational-change","category-pace-of-change","category-reinvent","category-society","category-staying-relevant","category-surviving","category-trends","category-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65818"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65821,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65818\/revisions\/65821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}