Scientists toil hard in their laboratories to predict the future because they control all of the variables. Or at least they try to control them.
Beyond the laboratory, there are too many variables interacting in complex ways for anyone to know exactly what will happen. That’s where futurists enter into the equation.
One of the key principles of strategic foresight is that it isn’t possible to predict precisely what the future holds. In the face of so much complexity, the task of anticipation is difficult.
In the pre-COVID 19 world, getting companies and people to use this power could be an uphill battle. Some prime questions centered around topics such as: What will global trade look like in 2100? What about governments?
To open up their imagination, I have cajoled plenty of business and government executives. I have offered them case studies of imagination-fueled breakthroughs and have quoted sage management gurus.
I did all this to encourage people to let themselves imagine the unimaginable. Ultimately, there is one simple rule: As long as a potential future event doesn’t violate the laws of gravity, it is always a possibility, even if it is a faint one.
Note EU-Digest: Bottom line, the world can't and should not go back to the "status quo", after and when the Coronavirus gets behind us. We have got to start thinking outside the box. Wall Street fake economic strategies must, and will have to die a slow and painful death, as the Global political system goes through a major shake-up and change. Only fresh, new, socially conscious ideas, powered by realistic, imaginary, and futuristic thinking, will be successful in the world of tomorrow.
Imagination: Powering Post-COVID Pandemic Planning - The Globalist
