Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present

by Bob Johansen

Nobody can predict the future, but you still have to make sense of it to be successful. Leaders are facing a world of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity--a world laced with dilemmas. "Get There Early" shows how to sense the future to provoke new ways of understanding the present. Institute for the Future's Distinguished Fellow Bob Johansen uses 35 years of 10-year forecasting to unpack complex dilemmas and help leaders seed innovation and strategy. "Get There Early" helps leaders resolve the constant tension between judging too soon (the classic mistake of the problem solver) and deciding too late (the classic mistake of the academic).

Genres: Leadership, Business, Unfinished

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Bob Johansen is distinguished fellow at the Institute for the Future in Silicon Valley, where he helps top leaders around the world prepare for and shape the future. Bob works with corporations such as McKinsey, Tesco, UPS, Kellogg, Syngenta, and McDonald's - as well as a range of major universities and non profits. "The Reciprocity Advantage" is Bob's ninth book. A social scientist by training, Bob holds a BS from the University of Illinois, where he played varsity basketball, and a PhD from Northwestern University. To learn more about "The Reciprocity Advantage" visit the book's site at reciprocityadvantage.com

Reviews

[Salvador Vazquez PerezGrovas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice work by Johansen, good start on the futurism

[Ravi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thought provoking, and comforting if you've recently been struggling with strategic planning. Author's voice comes through and rings of both some eccentricity, lots of thoughtfulness, and warm regard for leaders struggling. Thought it provided nice layer of thought-provoking ways to approach the Institute for the Future 10 year forecast.

[Jenreese · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm honored to have met the author and heard him speak. CEEP (the org where I work) is working with this book. Imagine making sense of the MAJOR dilemmas of our time in order to seek insight and, ultimately, breakthroughs. In a word, provocative.

[Gregory · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent future path strategies!

[Lori Grant · Rating 4 out of 5]

A should-read book on competition for knowledge workers who want to be in executive role and entrepreneurs.

[Mills College Library]

658.4012 J652 2007