Since its publication in 2012, The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals has helped companies large and small to close the gap between strategy and execution. Authors Chris McChesney, Sean Covey and Jim Huling developed this precise set of practices by coaching hundreds of organizations and thousands of teams over the years. Based [...]

Future Point of View recently developed a whitepaper discussing the impacts of and potential alternatives to the path of Digital Nationalism recently adopted in the U.S. The singular goal of this document is to help legislators and the public gain a clear understanding of two potential futures. One is [...]

In 2020 the Future Point of View team put together a comprehensive guide on how to lead a home-based team. That was in April, at which point it was still unclear how long the pandemic-related shut downs would last. However, one thing we did know was that virtual interactions of [...]

In a previous post, we discussed the importance of a digital strategy roadmap. As we've worked with clients over the years, we have found that many of them benefit from applying the roadmap methodology to their business as a whole. As digital tools and processes continue to become increasingly [...]

As IT systems become an important competitive element in many industries, technology projects are getting larger, touching more parts of the organization, and posing a risk to the company if something goes wrong. Unfortunately, things often do go wrong. Research suggests that, on average, large IT projects run 45 [...]

  So, you’ve worked hard and developed a strategy that articulates your organization’s purpose, values, vision and goals. Now you need to create an implementation plan to execute this strategy – but this is where many organizations hit a road block. How do you successfully convert your strategy into [...]

Innovations in technology are constantly shaping the way societies operate, with profound implications for our quality and way of life. Of course, the development and use of technology is itself shaped by society’s norms, values and priorities. In democratic societies, we generally expect our public institutions to act in the [...]

We'll be releasing a series of posts on our blog regarding the theme of our upcoming 2020 Think Tank event Personal Digital Empowerment: The Rise of the Centaur. This first post looks at the augmented self, specifically the world of implantables. First, let’s begin with a definition of a digital [...]

By Scott Klososky With Karen Macdonald For many years, the business community has focused on gathering data as an important tool to support successful strategies and effective decision making. What’s become apparent, though, is that simply having the data isn’t enough – raw data doesn’t deliver value. Instead, the right [...]

At Future Point of View, we are tasked with looking into the future and predicting trends that will transform industry and society. We think we’re pretty good at what we do, however, there are unusual moments that not even we can account for, these are called “black swan" events. A [...]