02: Strategic Futuring

Welcome to the show where we discuss how to transform and share strategies for organizational and personal transformation! In our this conversation, we spoke about the idea of choosing a life for yourself and owning your own future. Our observation is that people often don't do that. Perhaps the reason for that is that they just don't know how. So today we will be talking about a process that Ray has developed over decades, called Strategic Futuring. Listen in to find out how this helpful strategy can assist you in taking charge of your own future. Strategic Futuring is a process that Ray created and on the show today he shares an overview of the process and why it works. He also explains how it can be used by people to help them to own their life and their future. This episode will have proven techniques that can help you begin to own your own life and become the author of your own story. Show Highlights: Ray explains what Strategic Futuring is. What it means to treat the future as fact, and not as hope. Why hope gives people a reason to persist. Ray's notion of 'positive paranoia'. A story of how Ray, unknowingly at the time, used Strategic Futuring to create his vision. The importance of the kind of language you use. A five-step-process to becoming clear about your vision for the future. Creating a dynamic, renewable, strategic plan for the future. Living life in a very different way. Ray's key learning for today's session. Resources: You can find out more about the work Ray does at www.thegenysysgroup.com You can find Amy at www.theartofpoweringdown.com Our online course for Strategic Futuring will be released soon!