Futures Thinking Quotes (86 quotes)

“In a systemic world, there is no such thing as a discrete or isolated event - impacts cascade and spill over.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

tags: complex-adaptive-systems, complex-systems, futures-thinking, systems-thinking

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“Futurists imagine multiple possible futures, as quantum physicists are set on multiple present realities.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

tags: foresight, futures-thinking, futurism, quantum-mechanics, quantum-physics

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“The paradox of short-term thinking is that it often ends up being more damaging and more expensive than longer-term thinking.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume II - Essential Frameworks for Disruption and Uncertainty

tags: alignment, anticipatory, foresight, futures-thinking, long-term-thinking, values

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“At any point, the information available for decision-making is historical, while the purpose of decisions lies in the future, which is inherently unknown.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume II - Essential Frameworks for Disruption and Uncertainty

tags: anticipation, decision-making, futures-thinking

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“Sustainable futures are not possible without futures intelligence, which in turn requires climate intelligence.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume IV - Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation

tags: climate-action, climate-change, futures-thinking, sustainability

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“The future is not simply a continuation of the past, nor should education be. To serve its purpose, education must be relevant to the future, helpful, and fulfilling.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume III - Beta Your Life: Existence in a Disruptive World

tags: education, futures-thinking, problem-solving, systems

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“While trends analyze the past, the fringe perspective provides a constantly updated view of the future. Welcome to the end of trends.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

tags: foresight, futures-thinking, perspective, trends

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“We must harness curiosity, creativity, and diverse perspectives, because today窶冱 standard knowledge will never solve tomorrow窶冱 surprises.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

tags: creativity, curiosity, education, futures-thinking, humanity

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“Disruption is no longer merely a single or recurring event, but a steady state, expanding its impact. In short, while disruption has always existed, it is now disrupting itself.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

tags: disruption, futures-thinking, relevance, systems-thinking

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“Horizon scanning enables you to catch a glimpse of the future by observing fragments embedded in the present.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

tags: foresight, futures-thinking, signals, uncertainty

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“As we evaluate the opportunities and risks that emanate from the scenarios developed, we scrutinize the potential consequences of the different alternative futures. This allows us to build resilience and the capacity to sustain even the most serious impacts and outcomes.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume II - Essential Frameworks for Disruption and Uncertainty

tags: assumptions, foresight, futures-thinking, relevance, strategy

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“The companies, institutions, and governments relied on assumptions about the predictability of the world, and they were wrong. As their assumptions had worked in the past, they are now blaming the nature of the world (not the erroneous assumptions they made).”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume IV - Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation

tags: assumptions, disruption, foresight, futures-thinking, systems-thinking

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“The cost of being prepared pales in comparison with the reputational, financial, and human costs of lacking anticipation.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume IV - Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation

tags: alignment, anticipation, existential-risks, foresight, futures-thinking, governance

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“For the first time in history, we have no answers to many of the fundamental questions around how the world or humanity might look a decade or two ahead.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume IV - Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation

tags: foresight, futures-thinking, humanity, uncertainty

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“There are new parameters for 窶忖nprecedented,窶� as unprecedented becomes the norm.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

tags: disruption, futures-thinking, surprise, unprecedented

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“Two of the most potent antidotes to relying entirely on assumptions are imagination and a small dose of humility. Humility is a place for learning.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

tags: assumptions, foresight, futures-thinking, humility

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“The degree of surprise or shock you experience from disruption correlates to your level of preparedness, perspectives, and your reliance on assumptions.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

tags: anticipatory, assumptions, disruption, foresight, futures-thinking, preparation

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“The bar to become and remain relevant is higher than ever. You need to run that much faster to stay in the same place, or even likely end up behind.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

tags: foresight, futures-thinking, relevance, through-the-looking-glass

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“You can窶冲 rely on modeling uncertainties to deliver certainty.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

tags: complexity, foresight, futures-thinking, risk, systems-thinking, uncertainty, unpredictability

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“The ultimate disruption would be an existential event so catastrophic that it leads to the extinction of humanity.”
― Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

tags: disruption, existential, foresight, futures-thinking, humanity, resilience, sustainabilitybility

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“Neither past nor present, but the FUTURE has become the key to y窶冩ur existence, today. As without a future there is no meaning to life.”
― Tom Meyers

tags: backcasting, forecasting, foresight, futures-thinking, futurist, futurize-yourself, personal-development, planning, scenario-planning, wellbeing

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“Neither past nor present, but the FUTURE has become the key to y窶冩ur existence, today. As without a future there is no meaning to life.”
― Tom Meyers, Futurize Yourself

tags: backcasting, forecasting, foresight, futures-thinking, futurist, futurize-yourself, personal-development, planning, scenario-planning, wellbeing

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“The future is y'our future.”
― Tom Meyers, Futurize Yourself

tags: anticipation, foresight, future-of-man, future-quotes, futures-thinking, futurization, futurize-yourself

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“After today, you窶冤l never be the same again.”
― Tom Meyers, Futurize Yourself

tags: change, futures-thinking, futurize-yourself, inspirational-quotes

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“Don窶冲 wait till it is too late for y窶冩ur future is at stake.”
― Tom Meyers, Futurize Yourself

tags: future-quotes, futures-thinking, futurize-yourself, inspirational-quotes

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“You can't change the past and the present goes to fast, so focus on creating a GREAT future and make it last.”
― Tom Meyers, Futurize Yourself

tags: futures-thinking, futurize-yourself, personal-development, the-futures-effect

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