CHAPTER 1

The New Literacy of Looking Backward from the Future

LEADERS WHO HAVE THE LITERACY OF LOOKING BACKWARD from the future can say

Images  I can see long-term patterns of change ten years ahead, beyond the noise of the present.

Images  I bring a futures perspective to every conversation.

Images  I believe that a futures perspective makes better decisions in the present more likely.

  I develop my clarity but moderate my certainty.

I grew up as a basketball player ...

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