Article 7.4 Envisioning The Future

Not daring to take the risk of making the new happen, takes by default the greater risk of being surprised by what happened.

We must understand change and accept change as a way to update the old and bring in new creative ideas. Forming a vision calls for a capacity to take risks, to literally suffer change. This is distinctive among market leaders.

Forming a commitment to vision means giving up the present for a limbo state, somewhere between what is and what will be. Limbo can be a shifty, treacherous place. For one thing it is often chaotic. In fact it is the epitome of the ambiguous. We must tolerate inevitable resistance, and in the name of the vision, hold true to the uncertain course.

Not daring to take the risk of making the new happen, takes by default the greater risk of being surprised by what happened.

Current success will be achieved through the willingness of all the FSG team to look to the future rather than dwell in the past, to see the world as it is rather than as we would like it to be, and to move toward our goals boldly.

ACTION POINT: Be bold and endeavor to make new things happen.