By trying and predicting many parallel timelines, you remove yourself from having to take sides, which is dangerous in the world of corporate politics, and from the risk of being potentially wrong, which people avoid as much as possible out of fear.

@JordanPlotnek I recommend you read Homo Deus after (if you didn’t already). Exceptional.

What is the book that changed your life? (not novels or religious texts)

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Today’s taxi drivers will become drone pilots of tomorrow. The demand will be enormous until #AI is ready. This is just one use case. > Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves. https://t.co/KuF3VO9s8a

“If you’re not seeking approval, they have no power.”

— @ShaneAParrish

“William James pointed out that no new idea in the history of the world has been proven in advance analytically. Most innovation processes in the world of big companies insist on proof before doing stuff.”

The Difference Between a Good and Bad Strategy https://t.co/AnP8tZRbBB

Hence, your #strategy depends on your capability to predict. Hence, given that humans are exceptionally bad at predicting, you want to try and predict many parallel timelines.

#Strategy is articulated through choices, yes. But, in reality, what you are doing is predicting the unfolding of events and exploiting (and/or influencing) that timeline through choices. >

Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works https://t.co/JljgEA734P https://t.co/8GYtKYW90p

“Rather than develop strategies, many leaders tend to approach strategy in one of the following ineffective ways:

strategy as a vision
strategy as a plan
…
strategy as the optimization of the status quo
strategy as following best practices”

https://t.co/JljgEA734P

You cannot understand trends or predict growth just by looking at financial indicators. You need to take into account the technology aspect, too. You can read pages of projections from financial analysts about tech-focused orgs without a single mention of technology challenges.