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Helping organizational leaders to visualize their future through a "Futures Envisioning" process. Being aware of the "Trends & Drivers" that are effecting the work environment today is critical to effective business planning. A pro-active, long range, plan that incorporates anticipated change is crucial to making knowledgeable decisions in a timely manner.

On Strategy:

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On Strategy:

You cannot plan a strategy without a Vision of where you want to be in the future and your vision will never be realized without a Strategy! The two go hand-in-hand.  Indeed, we are not able to predict the future.  … Continue reading

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Futures Thinking is not a new revelation…

As I peruse my collection of books dedicated to the future of work and the visualization of its accommodating work environment, I have noticed that many of these publications were NOT written yesterday! In 1968, Robert Propst declared, “The office, … Continue reading

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Interesting Article

Interesting article in The Des Moines Register regarding change in the workplace. Yes, “Open Offices” are indeed getting more open as business leaders, “…transform their workplaces into more collaborative, congenial and productive settings”. There are numerous aspects of change that … Continue reading

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Imagining …a new approach to workplace planning. The convergence of design thinking and human need.

Imagining …a new approach to workplace planning. The convergence of design thinking and human need..

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Imagining …a new approach to workplace planning. The convergence of design thinking and human need.

“Design Thinking” has become a hot-topic in today’s business world.  No matter what it is called these days, the design thought process hasn’t changed all that much but, because of all the hype, it is touted to be the ultimate process … Continue reading

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As Drucker predicted over a decade ago, the human condition, aided by technology, is rapidly changing the way we think about everything.  Far beyond the “generational” differences in today’s workforce, ALL of us in in a process of adapting to … Continue reading

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“In a few hundred years, when the history of our time will be written from a long time perspective, it is likely that the most important event historians will see is not technology, not the internet, not e-commerce. It is the unprecedented change in the human condition. For the first time – literally – substantial and rapidly growing numbers of people have choices. For the first time, they will have to manage themselves. And, society is totally unprepared for it”. PETER F. DRUCKER, 2000

Drucker said this with the idea that we would have figured it out by 2020.  Today, we are still struggling with change as if it were to be expected sometime in the future.   It has all changed right in front … Continue reading

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Check out this great article regarding the “office of the future”…

It seems like about everything regarding working is changing all around us.  This article points out the fact that, in spite of all this change, we are still the same people with some remarkably basic needs…    http://officeinsight.org/?p=1869 

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“The future is far more certain than tomorrow” Warren Buffet

“The future is far more certain than tomorrow” Warren Buffet.

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