Critical Thinking: Asking Probing Questions to Determine the Validity of the Future

We’re now entering the “Thinking” dimension of the Inner Development Goals. If you weren’t already 100% convinced that the 23 traits and skills highlighted in the IDGs are the same attributes necessary for robust futuring, then these next several podcasts should do the trick. (Honestly, what else do you want from us, friends!) In this episode, Yvette and Frank take a critical look - very meta of us - at the need for foresight to continually ask the “who, what, where, when, and why” questions when presented with any issue or idea, and to avoid the temptation of falling into the “face value” crowd. This means that we’re going to wrestle with the way that foresight often makes us feel threatened - a sure sign that futuring is less about changing the world around us than it is about first challenging the world inside of us.