During the E 2.0 Organization Next Workshop, I asked participants to create people who live in the various futures we explored. Over the next few days, I will be talking the answers to their questions and writing little day-in-the-life stories about some of the people who might populate these possible futures. Today I start with Richard, a reinsurance sales person who lives in … [Read more...] about Organization Next Workshop Follow-up. The Richard Persona. #e2conf #organizationnext
Scenario Planning
Michael Shermer’s Believing Brain: Anybody Who Doubts the Need for Scenario Planning Needs to Read Shermer
At the heart of scenario planning is the belief that we all fall pray to our biases and that only techniques like scenario planning can help us expand our intellectual horizons in order to see things we might ignore, hear things we might tune out, and incorporate knowledge we might otherwise find blasphemy or hypocrisy. Michael Shermer's new book, The Believing Brain, … [Read more...] about Michael Shermer’s Believing Brain: Anybody Who Doubts the Need for Scenario Planning Needs to Read Shermer
Worktech11 NYC: Designing Knowledge Spaces
After many hours sitting around the Newark, NJ airport, I finally arrived back in Seattle late last night from my overnight trip to New York, and my keynote at Worktech 11 NYC. I gave the opening talk. I bridged scenario planning with Management by Design I want to thank Philip Ross and his team (especially Isabel for her excellent coordination) at unwork for creating and … [Read more...] about Worktech11 NYC: Designing Knowledge Spaces
Infographic: The New Hire-to-Retire Cycle
A few weeks ago I wrote a paper for Cisco that outlined what I call Organization Next. Today I will be with the Human Capital Institute via webinar (sign-up here) talking about the paper through the infographic below, which summarizes the key points of the paper. I look forward to talking with you this morning. PDF here … [Read more...] about Infographic: The New Hire-to-Retire Cycle
Why SWOT Isn’t As Good without Scenarios
Why SWOT Isn't As Good without Scenarios I grew up reading George Steiner on strategic planning. George didn't write or teach about SWOT, he wrote about WOTS-UP, which I think was a more colloquial and accessible way to state: weaknesses, opportunities, threats and strengths. And he used it long before Budweiser and their famous What's Up campaign. Regardless of the … [Read more...] about Why SWOT Isn’t As Good without Scenarios