Implications: uncover current paradigm — how you view the world

And powerful forces that prevent changing the paradigm

How we think about the future — challenge — how to capture this body of knowledge in a unified and dynamic way?

Retreat on: Paradigm -> Change - > Leadership

Dissected a lifeline of a paradigm, then the question is:

Paradigm Hunting: What do I do now? I believe you now, we are stuck in our own paradigm, but what do we do now? How do we find the new paradigm? They don’t have a clue.

The future happens one day at a time

Simple next step: Paradigm Hunting Team

Easiest, most effective, most cost effective way to get your people involved.

What can we do immediately to get our people talking about paradigm and change?

This question is important because of two phrases:

1. Is impossible — outside the boundaries — creates potential for paradigm shift!
2. Fundamentally — not trivial — this is a BIG change!

Get people together - discuss — engage!

Two examples:

1. Glass company: Pour glass on site — breakage — pour the glass at the site, then eliminate the breakage — Barker — make glass without heat — new technique — possible paradigm shift — leverage for a new paradigm — shows area of opportunity
2. Paper company: paper that can be erased and reused

Practical: involve your staff — paradigm hunting — active pursuit — simple and realitively inexpensive. Since we live in an information rich environment, we have access to tons of information.

Bring in the people — as many who want to participate — explore the future — go hunting for ideas that will make a significant difference Almost no time today — just bits of time

First — list all the magazines and publications that they are reading. (top three if you could only read three — not necessarily with your business)

Prioritize — if you could only read one — what would it be — go down 1 to 5

Ask them to share — write down — that’s now your responsibility to continue that magazine

We are now in the hunt! Order a second subscription — reading for specific topics — tear it out! Company should buy the extra subscription for tear-outs

1. Look for a double-take! Any paradigm shift in your reading — cause a casacade of change.

2. What is impossible to do . . . . digital paper, pourable glass,

Defined by the impossibility question

3. Area of issue or question

Start small — 25 or so topics - Add a few topics every month!

Set the alert! Not in my radar screen (look for a Taurus — then see many of them)

Could scan it in — inventory — but old paper files work great!

In group — read — the file — once a month — scanner and reading expert on this —

Starting to see a pattern accumulate — gaining an accumulation of information — paradigm shift is occurring.

Once a quarter — meet on these topics

The bigger your organization is, the more pardigm hunting teams you can have.

Not much work — reading the same magazines that you are reading anyway

Two people could read the same magazine — different filters to look for the future

Get people actively engaged — changes the way they approach the future — instead of waiting for you the leader to bring it to them, — you include them and they become part of the solution

If you chose not to make a decision, you have made a decision (handing power to someone else, and you will have to deal with the consequences)

Proust: "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes."

Hunt new paradigm — begin to take action — most fail — think future is something that happens TO us — something our actions shape our future.