The future is a foreign country
By Jim Whitt There’s a monument in Liberal, Kan. that reminds me of how different the world looked like 30 years ago. It’s easy to
August 15, 2017
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The future belongs to contrarians
By Jim Whitt If you were going to build the largest hotel in North America, where would you build it? The logical thing to do
February 19, 2014
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What will the world look like in 30 years?
By Jim Whitt While speaking at a meeting in Australia I shared the platform with Steve Tighe, a future strategist. This was in the fall
August 8, 2011
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How We Can Create Millions of Jobs and Pump Billions of Dollars into the Economy
By Jim Whitt There are over 600 million passenger cars in the world not to mention a few million planes, trains, buses and trucks. 99%
June 1, 2011
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What Charlie Sheen and Mel Gibson Can Teach Us about Change
By Jim Whitt A few months ago, Charlie Sheen seemed to be on top of the world. Then his world turned upside down. What’s really
April 28, 2011
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Do You Have Organizational Sclerosis?
By Jim Whitt A friend of mine who was attending the South by Southwest festival in Austin emailed this summary of one of the sessions
March 23, 2011
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The Prevailing Point of View
By Jim Whitt A friend sent me an article entitled In a Downturn, Provoke Your Customers* in which the authors write about provocation-based selling. Being
June 30, 2010
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Stop Planning and Start Pioneering
By Jim Whitt Before you invest time and money in traditional strategic planning consider this — only 5-10% of strategic plans are ever implemented. The
April 28, 2010
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Is Your Job Recreational?
By Jim Whitt Fred entered the room carrying a picture of John Wayne. Along with the other people in the room, Fred had been given
March 3, 2010
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