For years now I have cringed when someone introduces me as a “Futurist” Thanks to media attention, marketing hype and the proliferation of snake-oil-salesmen, the once respected academic discipline of foresight now conjures up images of mystics and shamans and if I had a pound for every reference made to me concerning crystal balls then […]
“I’m worried that you would leave after 6 months – you know, after you had done the disruption” the hiring manager said as she looked up from her notes. I was half an hour into the interview and for the first time I was at a loss for words (unusual for me as those of […]
I had just finished on stage when I was approached by a young man beaming from ear to ear with his hand outstretched “Wow! That was fantastic – my head is like exploding with ideas after that” he blurted out as he shook my hand vigorously. “I wish our company did something like that – […]