The Future of Wichita: A First-of-its-Kind Scenario

Foresight only matters if it survives contact with reality. To impact strategy, a future scenario must be more than imaginative; it must be consumable.

I’ve deconstructed the traditional long-form scenario into a 10-week immersion. By slowing down the future, I’ve created the space needed to move past “what if” and into “what now.” This paced delivery allows you to notice blind spots, identify high-leverage opportunities, and reclaim your autonomy in an era of distraction and immediacy.

It also gives us time to talk about the signals of change and emerging trends that underlie this series. Everything here is inspired by something happening today. Let’s take the time to consider those changes and the implications if these emerging shifts take off.

This is a practical deviation from flash-in-the-pan overhype. It is built to ensure that foresight leads to decisive action, not just another bookmark.

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Strategic Foresight: A Proven Roadmap to Success.

Strategic foresight is the systematic process of identifying and analyzing signals of change, emerging trends and value shifts. This process involves looking beyond the immediate future to identify potential developments that could impact a business, industry, or society. The over-arching purpose is to anticipate and understand potential challenges and seize emerging opportunities in an always-changing, uncertain and complex world. Together with strategic foresight, we can prepare for uncertainty, explore long-term implications, and make better decisions today.

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    Emerging trends are patterns or developments that are starting to become noticeable or significant but have not yet reached their full potential. Often, these are shifts in values, an approach that’s catching on, younger people approaching an industry differently, the emergence of a new type of technology, or emergence of implications of change. Emerging trends…

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    A signal of change is an indicator of a shift that is occurring or emerging in a particular area. It can be a new technology, a medical advancement, a new patent, the way a society is adapting to become more resilient, a change in policy, a shift in an industry. Signals of change are one-off…

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