The Top Ten Ways Scenario Planning Can Go Wrong: 10 Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them Scenario planning is a powerful tool. When it works, it rewires how people think about the future. It invites leaders to confront uncertainty, question their assumptions, and build more agile strategies. I’ve seen scenarios help organizations avoid big bets on bad assumptions — and … [Read more...] about The Top Ten Ways Scenario Planning Can Go Wrong: 10 Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
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Rafsan Bhuiyan Interview. AI in The Trades: Noise, Accents and Spotty Connections Test AI’s Edges.
If AI is to succeed in reshaping work, it will reshape all kinds of work. I recently had the opportunity to interview Rafsan Bhuiyan, who. While his new endeavor, OrionQ appears focused on traditional marketing and lead generation, Rahsan would rather talk about AI in construction sites, garages, and service vans. OrionQ builds AI agents that pick up the phone when a … [Read more...] about Rafsan Bhuiyan Interview. AI in The Trades: Noise, Accents and Spotty Connections Test AI’s Edges.
Hamlet, Shakespeare and Uncertainty. Crazed or Confused: What Leaders Can Learn About Uncertainty from ‘Hamlet’
Hamlet, Shakespeare and UncertaintyCrazed or Confused: What Leaders Can Learn About Uncertainty from ‘Hamlet.' There is a lot of uncertainty in the world at the end of Shakespeare’s reign as a poet and playwright. With the only ruler most had ever known dying, and a new, unknown monarch from Scotland invested, the future of England and English society was very much in … [Read more...] about Hamlet, Shakespeare and Uncertainty. Crazed or Confused: What Leaders Can Learn About Uncertainty from ‘Hamlet’
Microsoft 2025 Work Trend Index Review: Frontier Firms May be The Future Microsoft Wants, but is It The Approach Customers Need?
Microsoft 2025 Work Trend Index: Context and History When I wrote Listening to the Future for Microsoft, I argued that any credible strategy must rest on stories that diverge, collide, and contradict. The point was never to predict the one true outcome; it was to stretch decision-makers so they could thrive no matter how the future unfolded. That mindset shaped the scenario … [Read more...] about Microsoft 2025 Work Trend Index Review: Frontier Firms May be The Future Microsoft Wants, but is It The Approach Customers Need?
Getting Strategy Wrong: The Top 5 Concepts Organizations Get Wrong about Strategy
Getting Strategy Wrong: The Top 5 Concepts Organizations Get Wrong about Strategy The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future. And for that there is no technique, no program, just a sharp mind in touch with the situation―Henry Mitzberg, Crafting Strategy. HBR. Scenario planning is a key … [Read more...] about Getting Strategy Wrong: The Top 5 Concepts Organizations Get Wrong about Strategy