A. FUTURES THINKING — MINDSETS AND BEHAVIOURS
#1 Entertaining wild cards & possibility
#2 Think in time continuums & likelihoods
#3 Have a beginner’s mindset
#4 Optimism & Can-doism
#5 Establish Status Quo Convention … then Find the Gap
#6 Pursue Adjacent Rabbit Holes…Just Don’t Get Stuck There
SUPPLEMENT: How much time do you spend explicitly (on average) improving your future thinking craft?
B. FUTURES THINKING — SOURCES & INSPIRATIONS
#7. Variety is the spice of the future mind
#8 Polarity teases out insight from the extremes
#9 Novel starting points and experiences
#10 History doesn’t repeat in the future ... but it does inform it
#11 Scan for multi-disciplinary signals- avoid the echo chambers
#12 Distinguish between accepted wisdom and momentum
C. FUTURES THINKING — REGIMENS & DISCIPLINES
#13 Journaling
#14 Change The Process
#15 Radar
#16 Rank Value & Importance
#17 Be the Multi-tool, don’t always be the hammer
#18 Lead other lives
VERBATIMS: What Daily Habits Do you Perform as a Strong Future Thinker?
D. FUTURES THINKING -NEW SPACES & EXPLORATION
#19 Evidence Walls — create the 360° view
#20 Domain Mapping
#21 Future is Fusion — 1+1=3, 3+1=9
#22 Sensory Triggers — hearing, small, sight, taste & touch springboards
#23 Sleep Solutions — the power of naps, recovery and waking diaries
#24 Keep a Misfit Toys Pile
E. FUTURES THINKING — PEOPLE & VOICES
#25 Teams & Community, Socialize but Don’t Compromise
#26 Masterminds — Peer to Peer, Idea Genesis & Co-Creation
#27 Children - The Unvarnished, Unjaded, Curious Mind
#28 Flexibility > Expert — better ability to see new dynamics at play
#29 Diversity of Minds — ways of thinking, ways of doing, genders and cultures
#30 Honesty leading to Creative Conflict, Productive Tension and Greater Self-awareness
BONUS: When is your best investment in future thinking done?
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