This document discusses the importance of scanning the future to influence current decisions. It recommends spending most of the time defining the right questions to ask, which will help solve problems more quickly. Various information sources are listed that could help with scanning the future, such as news, social circles, and careful observation. Challenges that may arise like technological obsolescence, climate change, and lack of empathy are highlighted. The document concludes by emphasizing identifying exposure to risks, trigger points, and building resilience to help treat potential issues identified from scanning the future.

1. Scanning the Future to influence it

2. “If I had an hour to
solve a problem
and my life
depended on the
answer, I would
spend the first 55
minutes figuring
out the proper
questions to
ask. For if I knew
the proper
questions, I could
solve the
problem in less
than 5 minutes.”

3. What the past can tell us about Scanning the
future…

9. Sometimes logic is not applicable….

11. On projects

12. Qatar Blockage

14. Good Timing or Influencing the future?

16. “Don’t just see, observe”
Sherlock Homes

18. Put calories into decoding

19. What to do?
When? Follow up
Triage, is it
relevant,
how
relevant?
Getting
information
Execution

20. Where to start?

23. Ideas • World Economic Forum
• Consulting Firm website / studies
• Insurance companies publications
• News
• Social Circles
• Careful Observation
• Google trends
• “Misfits”
• Information diet
• Benchmarking

24. Plastic crisis
Animal diversity
Mental Health
Regionalization vs Globalization
Water crisis
State collapse
Lack of Empathy

25. Linking it to projects
• Technological Obsolescence
• Cyber
• Region vs Global
• Government – reliability / governance / law enforcement
• Climate Change
What could be the
illogical move?

26. What to do next
a) Identify exposure
b) Trigger Points
c) Treatment

27. Treatment
No Direct Control:
• Changing the likelihood – Slim chances
• Changing the consequences – higher chances
• Resilience – definitely possible

28. Thanks!
Hope you have more questions than answers