Bob is a globally-praised consulting futurist, strategy advisor, and leadership educator. For the past 33 years he’s helped organizations and leaders look ahead, plan flexibly, and take action on the future. Clients like Gillette, Berkshire Hathaway, ExxonMobil, , Hilton, the Federal Reserve and AT&T use his services to help understand uncertainty, anticipate coming events, make better decisions, and develop robust strategic plans.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:10 Bob’s career path

2:44 Staying informed and email newsletters

6:56 Harbinger of Doom and Bellwethers

10:21 Micro indicators of the market

12:49 Looking upstream to determine outcomes

14:56 Signals hiding in plain sight and the cone of relative certainty

19:16 Forecasting vs prediction

24:46 Focusing on implications rather than reasoning

25:51 Implications of decreased American birth rates

32:43 Book recommendation

34:44 Outro

Seeing Around Corners with Bob Treadway | The Good Leadership Podcast #6