Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan

How Leaders Can Use Foresight to be Future-Ready and Prepare For What's Next - Lisa Bodell

Dec 9, 2024

Lisa Bodell, founder of Future Think and bestselling author, shares her insights on foresight and strategic planning. She emphasizes the necessity of agility and human-centered skills for leaders in a world of constant change. Lisa discusses practical tools like STEEP and the Futures Wheel to navigate uncertainty and foster innovation. She warns of the dangers of 'perma crisis' stifling creativity and highlights the importance of killing outdated company practices to uncover blind spots. Listeners will learn how to prepare for the future while staying anchored in the present.

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Leaders must prioritize agility and resilience over rigid planning to effectively respond to unforeseen challenges in a volatile environment.

Utilizing frameworks like the Futures Wheel and STEEP analysis enables organizations to explore future possibilities and their implications more effectively.

Integrating foresight practices into strategic planning fosters a culture of futurism, driving innovation and preparing teams for inevitable market changes.

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The Importance of Future-Ready Leadership

Being a future-ready leader involves developing agility and resilience to adapt to unforeseen challenges in a volatile environment. Leaders often get bogged down by rigid planning structures, which can hinder their ability to react effectively to unexpected developments. By fostering a proactive mindset, leaders can better navigate possible scenarios and prepare their teams for the inevitability of change. Emphasizing the need for ongoing adaptability allows organizations to thrive even amidst significant disruptions.

Intro

2min

Exploring the Discipline of Foresight and Its Importance

2min

Understanding Futurism and Foresight

4min

Futurism and the Influence of Science Fiction on Our Vision of the Future

2min

Shaping the Future with Foresight

12min

Embracing Human-Centered Skills for Future Readiness

4min

Harnessing Foresight Frameworks for Future Planning

6min

Using STEEP Analysis for Strategic Future Planning

2min

Future Forward Frameworks

6min

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Integrating Futurism into Organizational Structure

3min

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Foresight in Long-Term Development

5min

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Navigating Innovation in a State of Perma Crisis

3min

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Rethinking Education and Strategic Planning

10min

Amid constant change, how can leaders prepare for what's next without losing focus on today? In this episode, Lisa Bodell, Bestselling Author of "Kill the Company" and "Why Simple Wins", shares powerful strategies for becoming future-ready. She explains why agility and resilience matter more than rigid planning, how to leverage tools like STEEP and the Futures Wheel, and why every company must "Kill the Company" to uncover blind spots and innovate. Lisa also explores the dangers of "perma crisis" on creativity and why teaching human-centered skills like curiosity and agility is essential to thriving in uncertainty.

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Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan

How Leaders Can Use Foresight to be Future-Ready and Prepare For What's Next - Lisa Bodell

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

The Importance of Future-Ready Leadership

Understanding the Discipline of Futurism

Frameworks for Innovative Thinking

The Need for Strategic Planning in Uncertain Times

Building a Culture of Futuring

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts