foresight

Walking backwards into the future

Marshall McLuhan once said that “We look at the present through a rear view mirror; we walk backwards into the future.” I was reminded of this quote as I was drafting a guest blog post for the Canada Council website. The post highlights a tension I felt at both Jacob Zimmer’s Unconference on Change and the Future(s) of Toronto Performance and the Canada Council’s Inter-Arts Office’s consultations I helped to frame  – a tension between an arts organization’s reliance on the past (i.e. an organization’s past practices and performance, so-called best practices based on other organizations’ past experiences, etc) and…

According to Andy Hines, the best foresight clients have 4 key characteristics.

See on Scoop.it – Chaos and Uncertainty This question came up in a recent discussion with a professional colleague. Despite my hesitation to engage in a “best” discussion, let’s see, and take into account the appropriate cautions that “best” is in the eye of the … Zan Chandler‘s insight: I agree wholeheartedly about these key characteristics of “best” or ideal clients. They respect you and your abilities. They have thought carefully about what they want and why. They challenge you, in a good way, by piquing your interests and inspiring you to grow in new directions. All this while continuing to…