Anticipating change
Leaders can anticipate change. They:
- Look for game changing information at the periphery of their business
- Search beyond the boundaries of current, prevailing views
- Recognize potential changes before the competition does
- Connect the dots of incipient trends by triangulating weak signals
- Entertain multiple hypotheses about causes of change
- Encourage mavericks in their company to say what they really think
- Organize “paranoia sessions” to tap wisdom inside their company
- Build wide networks inside and outside the organization
- Remain vigilant and curious about signals from many spheres
