Charlotte Kemp

Linear, local thinking has no place in a quantum, global world. Without a change of thinking about leadership, we run the risk of effectively leading our teams and companies into ruin. Our exposure to exponential graphs can be plotted on an exponential graph. The change of pace in the world has and continues to escalate and our old models of thinking, decision making, planning and leadership no longer work. We must discard old models and seek and embrace new thinking to cope with the world we are in now and the world that is changing around us.

For professionals and leaders who need to constantly develop their professional skills, Futures Literacy is an essential but often neglected field. Within the field of Futures Thinking or Strategic Foresight, this skill is the introduction to a powerful world of insight, models and approaches that can help you to steer your organisation through crises to success. If we do not understand the alphabet or the language of a country or a profession, then we cannot communicate clearly in that space. We are unable to read the signs, heed the warnings, see the opportunities. We are illiterate and vulnerable.​

Everyone is talking about them. Websites spread fear about their consequences. Businesses reel in anxiety in response to them. There are thousands of trends and hundreds of thousands of fads. How do you start? What do you pay attention to? Must you get on the bandwagon early or lose out entirely? How do these fads and trends actually influence your life and business? Will you become bankrupt if you miss one? Which one?