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Image created using tinywow.com Over lunch, we were busy chitchatting as professional acquaintances tend to chitchat. With us it frequently gets heady, but this time devolved into mindless chatter because everyone needed to give their brain a vacation. At one point somebody asked — I don’t know who, either Cyndi or Jason, it doesn’t matter — “If you could have just one superpower, what would it be?” After a chuckle, they went back and forth. My first thought was  A normal hum

Image created using tinywow.com Foresight and scenario-based planning models develop plausible future scenarios using the relationship of multiple drivers. This task does not portend a certain future, but rather map out plausible futures. Then an organization can build resilience, by proposing “If this future — or one like it — were to come to fruition, what opportunities or risks would develop?” STEEPLE: SOCIAL TECHNOLOGICAL ECONOMIC ETHICAL POLITICAL OR POLICY LEGAL ENVIRON

The phrase ‘thinking outside the box’ has aged well, but it has aged. A Wikipedia entry suggests it could date back to the 1880s. Or that it may have gained traction in the business world sometime in the 1950s. Regardless, it is often used to encourage more creative thinking, limit barriers, and expand possibilities when developing strategic futures efforts. But really, are you thinking beyond the most desired future? Is your vision for your organization’s future based on bro