Simon Sees: The Future of The Past
Welcome to this week’s edition of Simon Sees! This week’s Simon Sees is inspired by our latest Future With Friends episode, “The Future of The Past“, with the ever-thoughtful Mykel Dixon — a rich conversation
Simon Sees: The Future of How We Will Live
Welcome to this week’s edition of Simon Sees! Inspired by our recent Future With Friends conversation with Col Fink, this week we’re diving into the future of how we’ll live
Simon Says: Can you see the bigger picture?
Although not technically part of the collaborative decision making framework, individual perception and the ability to see the bigger picture is still instrumental to good decision making. In fact, in
Simon Says: How will we agree to disagree?
We should always take frameworks and models with a healthy amount of skepticism. Just like a map is a gross simplification of the richness and complexity of the real world,
Simon Says: What They Don’t Teach You in Business School (But Should)
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been diving into the various layers of my strategic planning pyramid. So far, we’ve discussed the need for shared understanding and the power of
New Book update
For those of you who’ve been following along on my socials you’d know I’ve been working on a new book. Things are running just a little behind schedule so I
Having a Future Mindset
An extract from my soon to be released Scenario Planning Guide The following post is another abstract from my upcoming book ‘The Scenario Planning Guide’ due out later this month.
Think before you plan
The following is an extract from my new book! The Scenario Planning Guide is a comprehensive and insanely practical guide for leaders who are interested in using scenarios as part of their
From disjointed speculation to collective assumptions
I first studied economics nearly 30 years ago when I was still in high school. I have probably forgotten a lot of what I learnt at high school, but there
The Paradox of Planning in uncertainty
**Beware, click-bait ahead** Research shows organisations are spending 36% less time working on strategy in 2022 than they did in 2021. Now I cannot vouch for the validity of that
