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Human+ Futures Starter Kit

Interactive Guide to Generating a Foresight-Inspired Strategy

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Culture

Why Most Strategies Fail: A Conversation with a Futurist on What You’re Missing

When you're under pressure to create strategy—whether it's to grow, innovate, or optimize—it can feel lonely. Developing a plan is hard enough, but getting people to follow it? That is where strategy falters.

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Culture

Harness the Power of Culture in Changing Times

What unspoken assumptions might be guiding behaviors in your organization? 

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Foresight

Eating Tomorrow: Futures Flavors

U.S. Soy and Bigwidesky explore the future of food in Eating Tomorrow, a five-episode story of interconnected ideas.

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Human Business

The Mythic Romance of the Visionary Leader

How to Simulate Your Company's Journey Across Space and Time The most storied romance in business is the one between leaders and their visions. You know it if you have ever read an Inc. article or logged onto LinkedIn. Memetic quotes about vision, passion, pursuit of dreams from Henry Ford to Dolly Parton are posted…

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Human Business

Speaking in Code

We at Bigwidesky have a benediction of sorts for you: We hope that you take this moment to craft your own constellations. Take those images that are perhaps light years apart — work things, childhood things, community things — and find new connections. By taking agency to shape the spaces between our images and ideas, new meaning can emerge. 

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Human Business

The Big Three Blind Spots in Mergers and Acquisitions

The two organizations were victims of the big three most common blind spots in mergers and acquisitions. They are the same ones we have seen lead organizations of all sizes headlong into failure. These blind spots are pervasive because they are, indeed, hidden from immediate view for even the most seasoned, intelligent, thoughtful executives.

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Communications

This is Not an Orange

Answering these four simple questions reveals the deepest insights about your brand and creates a basis for building trust.

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