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Future Cultures
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Future Cultures

by Scott Smith, Susan Cox-Smith
October 2023
Intermediate to advanced
232 pages
5h 17m
English
Kogan Page
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CHAPTER ONE

From function to culture

The future: a question of culture

A workshop participant who had been quietly taking notes and nodding all day, intently focused on our team of instructors and seemingly taking in every word, stood alone by his seat as his colleagues filtered out of the room.

‘Thank you, this has been an enjoyable session today, very eye-opening’ he said, paraphrasing his polite compliment to our team. ‘But, I have a question. All of this is new to me, and I’m learning quite a few new approaches for changing my mindset to be more future-oriented, to think about different future scenarios and what they might mean – this is great.’ Then, he paused for a moment. ‘But… what do I do when I go back to work later this week?’

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