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How Future Thinking Can Derail Your Company’s Present
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How Future Thinking Can Derail Your Company’s Present

by Howard Yu, Alyson Meister
July 2022
Beginner
6 pages
12m
English
MIT Sloan Management Review
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How Future Thinking Can Derail Your Company’s Present

The macrotrends reshaping society demand strategic reinvention from businesses, but leaders must not lose sight of their current reality.

Everyone wants to be future-ready, especially in uncertain times. Inflation has hit its highest level since the early 1980s. Many technology stocks have plunged dramatically from the beginning of the year. And the pandemic has pressed into its third year, with recent lockdowns in China deepening the supply chain crisis.

Despite the volatility, the future is still arriving at an accelerating pace. Climate change, quantum computing, Web3, AI and machine learning, and the metaverse are just a few examples of the ...

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