Leadership Thinking for the Future

Anticipate, Collaborate, Activate

Exponential technologies, globalisation, a planet at risk…how will we cope and how can we leverage the opportunities? Think Beyond explores trends and signals and tries to reduce the ‘noise’ so that leaders can make sense of change.

To anticipate the pace of change means understanding the trends and working together to create our preferred future. Cheryl shares her  passion for futures thinking, leadership and social impact through presentations, foresight consulting and leadership at the edges.

Latest in Leadership

  • What are the emergent Education and Learning Trends for 2019

    March 5, 2019

    It has been a little quiet on the blogging front as I recover from shoulder surgery. However my colleague Nick Burnett has come to the rescue and offered his thoughts about some of the changes happening in education and learning for 2019. Enjoy the read. I will be back with you soon. Meanwhile check out some of my previous leadership trends posts and enjoy this guest post.

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  • Future of Learning Conference

    August 12, 2018

    When colleague Hamish Duff and I conceived a series of Future of Learning events we had no idea of the ripple effect that would be created. We set out to explore the impact of exponential technologies on learning in its widest sense. We wanted to move beyond the technohype of robots stealing jobs; to support a diverse group of people to understand more about some of the changes we can expect; and to work with self selected individuals who wanted to take action by way of group projects.

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  • Recommended Books 2018

    Books for your future reading

    January 17, 2018

    I have had my nose in a number of good books in the last few months. I've included some of them here so you can add them to your future reading list for 2018. There are ten in total – five related to education (which I think is everyone’s business) and five ‘must reads’ for future thriving of a more general nature.

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  • Uniquely Human is a strength

    January 7, 2018

    Technological change continues to accelerate. Automation is an increasing threat to employment. In times of such exponential acceleration it is important for us to consider and amplify what makes us uniquely human. Rather than trying to compete with technology, let's explore ways in which technology can enhance humanity. What does it mean to be human? What are the implications for organisations trying to understand these complex times?

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