Bold Conversations with the Future
"We must be brave enough to start a conversation that matters and trust that
meaningful conversations can change your world."
~ Meg Wheatley
Emerging Futures™ - an invitation to the Boldest Conversation
What is Emerging Futures™ work? It is a comprehensive, strategic inquiry around three powerful questions that requires a bold conversation within your organization. Guided by me and my colleague Mark Sobol you will work with three pivotal questions that form the basis for your inquiry:
- What is our organization's likely future emerging to be?
- How will we evolve our organization into the future we choose (rather than have future happen to us)?
- During this creative shift toward this future what will be required of me as a leader?
Given the ever-increasing velocity and complexity of our world, pausing to ask these questions positions you to pro-actively create your future within the inherent ambiguity of our times. This type of bold conversation creates understanding, promotes greater levels of trust and cultivates an attitude of leadership at all levels in an organization. As a result, you work more strategically, holding present objectives in alignment with long-term outcomes to hone your competitive advantage. You shift from reactive tactical approaches to purposeful and strategic actions based on real data. You begin to craft the kind of culture that creates a constant connection to its world, aware of its surroundings so it can evolve creatively rather than be assaulted by waves of disruptive change.
Are you confident that you can thrive in a future that is faster and more complex than can be imagined today?
Are you ready to tap the wisdom in your organization buried under the mundane events and transactional conversations inherent in today's organizations?
Are you ready to take your personal leadership and that of your team to a new level of effectiveness borne out of what truly matters for your organization and its stakeholders?
Are you ready to commit to an honest and meaningful dialogue that has the potential of creating breakthroughs in how you operate and lead your organization?
We invite you to a strategic conversation, one that challenges the status quo, by providing a safe environment working with objective yet challenging guides experienced in generative dialogue that moves polite conversations into meaningful and transformational dialogue. In a retreat setting, your attention is focused on addressing critical issues relative to the future of your organization. You begin to explore what is possible from having ever-emerging answers to these questions.
What is possible from an Emerging Futures™ Retreat?
A Better Tomorrow. In a world of increasing content, speed, and complexity, the purpose of this retreat is to reveal the opportunities and challenges just beginning to emerge for your organization, and equip you with a perspective on how to create a healthy and sustainable future.
A Foundation for Breakthrough. Throughout the off-site you have access to us for one-to-one conversations that assist you in identifying old patterns of thought and new perspectives that can open the door to breakthroughs in how you think about your organization's performance and leadership effectiveness.
Knowledge Into Insight. By the end of our time together you will discover a sense of what can be possible for your organization and begin the dialogue about the next steps to move toward your Emerging Future. This represents the beginnings of a process of moving away from reactive tactical approaches to unlocking the true value of your organization as a result of purposefully engaging a conversation with the future.
Insight Into Action. Value is unlocked when deeply held knowledge becomes visible and available to everyone. Value is also unlocked when we establish a more intimate connection with the environment around us, taking cues from it as to how and when we must evolve our organizations to meet the challenges of our fast-approaching future. Over time, this work teases out the perspectives and insights that inform the actions that can be taken, leading to a better tomorrow.
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Call me now for the first bold conversation on how we can help your organization meet your Emerging Future. Call 410-544-5262 ext. 102 or email me at alicia@sophia-associates.com.
The time is now. Don't wait for the future to happen to you.
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550M Ritchie Hwy. #121
Severna Park, MD 21146
PH: 410-544-5262
Bold: Fearless, Daring, Courageous; A readiness to take a risk.
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