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Act on Your Inspiration
"I was living in a little flat at the top of a house and I had a piano by my bed. I woke up one morning with a tune in my head and I thought, 'Hey, I don't know this tune - or do I?' It was like a...
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The forces of historical change
"Willis Harman's Global Mind Change from 1988 is a completely different kind of 'trend' book. The author anticipates a major paradigm change that could transform society. This could be as radical as...
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Ideas have no power
"Ideas have no power in themselves to change the world. Their effectiveness depends upon the existence of people both willing to put them into action and capable of doing so". Ian Miles
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What time is it? None.
A tribe of people in the Amazon live their lives by events rather than time and have no word for 'week' or 'year'. Einstein said that the irreversibility of time is an illusion. So for him, there was...
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What's your role - Transformer, Bridge Builder or Radical Innovator?
I've recently thought a bit about the different roles we play in changing things. The roles that we play are not what we are, and no one except for ourselves know who we are. The overview here has been...
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The Four Levels of Entrepreneurship
A pre-conventional entrepreneur cares only about themselves; a conventional entrepreneur about their own culture; a post-conventional entrepreneur considers all human cultures and a...
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A flow of uniqueness
Q: How do you know if the idea you came up with in the shower this morning is any good? A: If it's good, a company based on it was created in 1994, went public in 2006, and is now traded on the London...
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The Beauty of Speed
"We want to sing the love of danger, the habit of energy and rashness...We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed". - Beginning of the Futurism...
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Serendipity
The first noted use of "serendipity" in the English language was by Horace Walpole (1717–1797). In a letter to Horace Mann (dated 28 January 1754) he said he formed it from the Persian fairy tale The...
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The Universal Traveler
The Universal Traveler: A Soft-Systems Guide to Creativity, Problem-Solving, and the Process of Reaching Goals
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North Collingwood Street Art
When I exit my house and walk out on the streets of North Collingwood I enter quite a decent art gallery.
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Trickster
"The Native American Trickster is a figure who defies category. He is at once the scorned outsider and the culture-hero, the mythic transformer and the buffoon, a creature of low purpose and...
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The civilizational cliff?
While most media is focussed on the US "fiscal cliff" this week, many futurists think that we are very close to - or have already reached - another cliff; the civilizational tipping point, where the...
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We Don't Need a Map
Satellite image of Kumpupirntily (Lake Disappointment) in Western AustraliaI read the newspapers and watch the news about bush fires destroying properties in Tasmania. I go to the art exhibition at...
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2013 - The Year of Parallel Entrepreneurship
A while ago I heard Pete Williams at Centre for the Edge / Deloitte Digital talk about the innovation philosophy at his organisation. He said that rather than give a big chunk of money to launch one...
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Ganesha - Lord of Obstacles
Copyright: http://www.ancienteye.org/inspire/affirmations/ganesa/Ganesha, the Hindu elephant deity, is known as the placer and remover of obstacles. He creates obstacles when needed and removes them...
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A Day in the Life of a Futurist
Many people ask me what a futurist does and I answer differently every time. Partly because I don't know what sort of futurist I am yet, and partly because what I do varies so much from day to...
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Instead of watching so many TED talks this year, I have decided to watch this ten-minute interview with systems thinker Russell Ackoff weekly...
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