FuturesThink
Imagine. Lead. Learn. Fix.®
Strategic foresight for individuals and collectives.
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Futurist Leon Rademeyer reframes our path to the future through a Four-Step Foresight® process designed for leaders, teams and organisations.
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It proposes four steps (imagine, lead, learn and fix®) to bridge the gap between the neural processing of futures thinking and the practicality of strategic change management. It's a mental model update to adjust future trajectories from the unwanted to the preferred.
Unwanted present
Our constant thinking about the future is nothing but a mental process in anticipating how future events will unfold and what our role in those events would be.
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The reality is we remain stuck in our present circumstances where the past and the future do not exist simply because the past has happened, and the future is yet to take place. By visualising the future, we are in effect trying to create better present circumstances in a time yet to come. We want our future visions to become our present reality.
The question is: how do we relocate from the unwanted present to the preferred present (the future)?
Preferred future
To escape the unwanted present we have to become aware of the neuroscience behind our experience of reality and our simulations of the future. This strategic knowledge will empower us to adjust our mental model (including our thinking and behaviour) to shape a better future.
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Leon B Rademeyer
Leon is a futurist, political scientist and journalist who has been employed in a range of senior communications, advocacy, and business management roles, including those responsible for engaging with Australian State and Federal Government on behalf of peak industry associations.
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In a career spanning 33 years, Leon has worked in the media, defence, higher education, healthcare, forest and executive search industries in Australia and abroad.
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He holds the following academic qualifications:
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MPhil Futures Studies
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BA (Hons) International Politics
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BA International Politics
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NDip Journalism
Mental model update
Four-step Foresight® is a mental model update for individuals and organisations, engineered to adjust their future trajectories from the unwanted to the preferred.
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Four-Step Foresight®
Imagine
Imagining without the intent to liberate is daydreaming. Imagining liberation in the first instance is a prerequisite for successful visioning. Without a clear need for liberating ourselves from the status quo, a realistic future cannot be visualised.
Lead
Leadership without the intent to relocate is following. Leadership is the relocation from A to B roadmapped by a mission. Leading cannot commence without a clear vision of the destination.
Learn
Learning without the intent to alter the current state of affairs is stagnation. A strategy is a learning curve to achieve the mission in terms of the vision. The crux is the ability to learn how to learn during the process.
Fix
Fixing without the intent to establish a new status quo is reacting. Fixing is executing an action plan guided by the strategy. Taking action is an attempt to control the future in line with the vision.
Value offering
Speaking
Tailored keynotes and presentations for conferences, functions, workshops, staff retreats and other events designed to inspire change, whether personal or organisational.
Facilitating
Facilitating the change process from moderating to decision conferencing
and participative learning.
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Consulting
Full range of consulting services for reputation mangement, organisational change, strategy formulation and implementation, leadership development and personal growth.
