THE 5% FACTORLeading Change in a Need-it-Now World
Cecily SommersPresident, The Push Institute
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“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.”
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95% Execution
5% Exploration
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
CHANGE LITERACYCHANGE LITERACY
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CHOICE
Q: Why is it that, even when we Know better, we don’t Do better
A: We have to learn how to New better!
Learning, Memory
Senses
Left Hemisphere
Language
Right Hemisphere
Imagery
Motivation & Emotion
Autonomic System: Pain, Arousal
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L: Know
R: New
L: Do
Forward March!
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law
technologytechnology
resourcesresources
demographicsdemographics
markets
◦ Earth
◦ Ocean
◦ Space
◦ Climate
◦ Energy
◦ Water
◦ Land
◦ Food
◦ Sun
◦ Animals
◦ Habitat
◦ Minerals
◦ Forest
ResourcesFour Forces
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◦ Genetics
◦ Robotics
◦ Information
◦ Nanotechnology
◦ Health care
◦ Education
◦ Collaboration
◦ Virtual reality
◦ Games
◦ Telephony
◦ Manufacturing
◦ Infrastructure
TechnologyFour Forces
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◦ 6.1 B in 2000
◦ 9B in 2050
◦ Developing ++
◦ Industrial ---
◦ Immigration
◦ Multi-cultural
◦ Multi-lingual
◦ Nationalism
◦ Conflict
◦ Capital formation
DemographicsFour Forces
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◦ Economies
◦ Law
◦ Infrastructure
◦ Social Movements
◦ Transparency
◦ Emerging markets
◦ Tribalism
◦ Polarization
◦ Innovation
◦ e-Polity
◦ Corruption
GovernanceFour Forces
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ZONE OF DISCOVERY
◦ Business need◦ Futures research◦ Brand experience◦ New technologies◦ Scenario
development◦ Outside experts◦ Experiential
exploration◦ “Like That”◦ “Fill the Box”◦ Having it all◦ “Duh!,” “Love it!”,
High Risk/Reward◦ Chunking it down◦ First Movable Piece◦ Deliverables,
resource requests, Q-2-Q
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• “Like That!”• Play• Time out
Pour & Stir
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KNOW
NEW
DO
RIGHT BRAIN
Assumptions, Outcomes, Resources
• 10 Years• 5 years• 2 years• 1 year• 6 months• 3 months…
Plan in Reverse
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THE NEW I.P.
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INNOVATION PORTFOLIO
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Marching Forward
• Opportunity (BQ)
• Pour & Stir• Form (BP)
Know Better, New Better, Do Better
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GE: Consistent Investment in R&D
•Each year we put 6 percent of our industrial revenue back into technologies.•So much that more than half the products we sell today didn't exist 10 years ago.•An American renewal has to be built on technology.
Our R&D budget is the one budget that isn't being cut in this downturn, and that's a course of action I'd recommend to every company that wants to get through this economic crisis even stronger than before.
CLIENTS
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
THANK YOUTHANK YOU
CECILY SOMMERS
website www.pushthefuture.org
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