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This is a five minute read which is well worth the time.\u00a0 It outlines some collisions between megatrends that are already in plain sight and makes the point that:<\/p>\n
If you are a leader in government or a company, you still have time to build the necessary strategies and capabilities for a robust and effective response.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The challenge with this is always how to focus a board or executive team on the long term, and in my experience this is challenging at the best of times.\u00a0 For further context about this, I recommend reading about the three-box model<\/a> in an HBR article from 2011.<\/p>\n
Essentially this points out that most leaders focus on operational efficiency today, when they should actually be thinking about creating more value by inventing the future.\u00a0 From left to right, Box One is operational, Box Two is Change and Box Three is the future.\u00a0 Most value comes from Box Three, but nearly all leaders focus on Box One.\u00a0 In a world of accelerating change, this is not the value to endure organisational longevity.<\/p>\n