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Harvard Business Review: To Build Strategy, Start with the Future

Listen to To Build Strategy, Start with the Future, from Harvard Business Review, May 12, 2020.

Personally, I have struggled with how to look at my business during the pandemic. I remained stuck in the day-to-day problem solving and trying to look at how I can be relevant right now. Mark Johnson from Innosight recommends looking into the future and working backwards to the current reality. By adjusting our perspective, we can both plan for the future and manage our current reality.

From HBR IdeaCast: Mark Johnson, cofounder of the consulting firm Innosight, says that too many managers develop strategy while focusing on problems in the present, and that’s especially true during a crisis. Instead, he argues, leaders should imagine the future and work backward, so they can build their organization for that new reality. He shares practical steps managers can take to look beyond the typical short-term planning horizon and help their teams grasp future opportunities. Johnson is the coauthor of the HBR article “Leaders, Do You Have a Clear Vision for the Post-Crisis Future?” and the book Lead from the Future: How to Turn Visionary Thinking into Breakthrough Growth.

A Deeper Understanding of Creativity at Work – HBR IdeaCast

We all know that creativity is the backbone of innovation and, ultimately, business success. But we don't always think deeply about how creative people get their ideas and the steps we might take to do the same. Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, a physician and chief product and chief innovation officer at BetterUp, and Martin Seligman, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, say there are four types of creativity — integration, splitting, figure-ground reversal, and distal thinking — and explain how each shows up at work. Amid startling advances in artificial intelligence, people who hone these skills will set themselves apart. Kellerman and Seligman are the authors of the HBR article “Cultivating the Four Kinds of Creativity” and the book Tomorrowmind.

Continue listening to To Build Strategy, Start with the Future, from Harvard Business Review, May 12, 2020.