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Futures Thinking

Long-term thinking drives farsighted leadership

Farsightedness is one of the essential qualities of a leader. Farsighted thinking is the ability to envision and articulate a future that’s impactful and feasible. As a leader, you need to be able to articulate to others where you’re headed, what’s possible when you get there, and what you can…
Ali & Nick
December 17, 2020
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The Rolling Credits of Superhero Movies

When we were children, we didn’t understand why a few people would remain in their seats to sit through the never-ending rolling credits at the end of movies. Some of the credits were so long that if we would have left the theater when they started, we would have been…
Ali & Nick
November 26, 2020
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Why We Love Kaleidoscopes

With every twist, light bounced off ordinary objects in the room and refracted through the lens to produce wondrous and intricate designs. Whether you used a simple homemade tube filled with beads, strings, and paper clips, or a higher-end prism adorned with colored plastic, glass, or marbles, the angled mirrors…
Ali & Nick
November 26, 2020
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Nearsighted vs Farsighted

One of the essential traits of leadership is the ability to create, articulate and carry out vision. Jack Welch, CEO of GE for 20 years and someone who is regarded as one of the greatest leader of his era, once said: “good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision,…
Ali & Nick
November 26, 2020
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What is Futures Thinking?

The world is continually changing around you, and your past success isn’t guaranteed in the future. You need to be ready to adapt and act.  This means looking boldly into the future, figuring out what is possible, and defining the way forward. Just asking the question "What Comes Next?" requires…
Ali & Nick
November 24, 2020
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All our favorite quotes

One of the hard parts of writing a book is being able to decide which quotes we are going to include. We LOVE good quotes and we included many of our favorites in What Comes Next? Below are the words of wisdom we used in the opening of the chapters.…
Ali & Nick
November 22, 2020
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Wayfinding (Who this book is for)

We work with a lot of clients who are struggling with what to do about the future. They feel overwhelmed.  They are tired. They aren't doubting the truth of the Gospel or the reliability of the Scripture as their plumbline - it's the world around them that they don't know how…
Ali & Nick
November 22, 2020
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Introduction to the Futures Framework

In the Lord’s Prayer, we’re instructed to pray: “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10). For all of us who follow Christ, heaven is our preferred future. It’s the ultimate destination, the grandest of all possibilities, and the perfect example of…
Ali & Nick
November 22, 2020
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Invisible Forces

Have you ever almost been blown over by the wind on a stormy day? Even if you haven’t, you’ve witnessed the effects of this invisible force in the world in some way. The wind is uncontrollable and often unpredictable. Scripture tells us that it “blows where it wishes” (John 3:8).…
Ali & Nick
November 22, 2020
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Emerging Patterns

A framework is a set of rules or principles that you use to define a decision making process. It identifies boundaries so that you can find a place to start. The Futures Framework is exactly the same, only using a vision of the future to frame a starting place instead…
Ali & Nick
November 22, 2020