Who Moved My Cheese?

 

Applet 7: Be Ready to Change Again

 

Process

Questions

Triggers

Thinklets

Workspace

 

 

Purpose: Use this applet to develop your ability to look into the future. Once you see what’s emerging, your thinking and actions will dramatically improve.  Lessons Learned

 

Prime Questions:

o  What trends are driving your work/personal future? What if the trend stops?

o  What opportunities might exist in the future that do not exist today?

o  What might replace your job in the future?

o  What is not likely to happen in the future?

o  What is the best and worst thing that could happen to you in the near future?

o  If you were living in the ideal future, what would it look like?

o  What is the most likely or probable thing to happen in the future?

o  What ideally or preferably should the future become?

o  What are likely to be your biggest problems in the future?

o  What situation can most directly control and influence our future?

o  What major strengths should we be building on? What weaknesses eliminated?

Drill-down Questions (tbd)            Nutcracker Questions (tbd)      

Recommended Thinklets:

 

Work Life

 

Continuously change & improve your job

Find incremental changes in your job.

 

Re-invent  Your Job

Proactively change your job, or your job may cease to exist.

 

Analyze Current Trends

Organizations that thrive analyze trends to prepare for changing needs.

 

Personal Life

 

Sustainable Futures Thinking

Prepare for a less certain and faster arriving future.