How to be a Futurist (or a Kid with Silly Ideas): Principles for Fostering a Forward-Thinking Mindset by Adam Foley
How to be a Futurist (or a Kid with Silly Ideas): Principles for Fostering a Forward-Thinking Mindset
by Adam Foley
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My Ratings 4.4/5
Synopsis
Learn how to develop a forward-thinking, imaginative mindset. How to be a Futurist (or a Kid with Silly Ideas) is written for anyone who has made a prediction about the future, watched it come true, and wondered how they could encourage and act on more prophetic ideas going forward. This book is also written for those struggling to “think outside the box” when confronted with personal or professional challenges that require less frameworks and more abstract, “no limits” imagination. Anchored in experiences driving technological change across organizations of all shapes and sizes, this is an essential read for technologists and non-technologists alike looking to “free their minds” from day-to-day, incremental thinking. Written using professional anecdotes, childhood memories, and interviews with individuals possessing futurist ideals, How to be a Futurist (or a Kid with Silly Ideas) outlines how to adopt a forward-thinking mindset for those wishing to break the mold of the present and dream of a brighter future. This book is designed to guide business leaders, young professionals, and passionate kids on the path to imagining (and creating) the world of tomorrow!
My Thoughts
How to be a Futurist (or a Kid with Silly Ideas): Principles for Fostering a Forward-Thinking Mindset shows how to track changes, explore questions, and engage in new thinking that connects today's pressures with tomorrow's realities. Adam Foley shows how to apply long-term focus and strategies to needs as diverse as life and industry forecasts, innovation challenges, leadership development, or think outside the box. By understanding intersecting potentials that one day may impact your organization, you can readily spot emerging trends and market shifts, uncovering opportunities on the horizon. Written using professional anecdotes, childhood memories, and interviews with individuals possessing futurist ideals How to be a Futurist explores such questions as: how to adopt a forward-thinking mindset? What will be the big issues of the day? How will lifestyle, social mores, and policy adapt? And what role do we play in that future? This is a very interesting book for those willing to more about working as futurists. With the huge load of data we could collect, it's easy to get lost and have a very random process. The author reminds the key forces, the philosophical mode to leverage before any idea implementation efforts.
Adam Foley Offers a clear framework for thinking like a futurist, and direction for how to integrate it in high-pressure corporate environments. Written by Adam Foley , How to be a Futurist (or a Kid with Silly Ideas): Principles for Fostering a Forward-Thinking Mindset is designed to guide business leaders, young professionals, and passionate kids on the path to imagining (and creating) the world of tomorrow!
Filled with tools and models for a new world, this book should be required reading for strategists and innovators across disciplines.
Highly Recommended!
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