Thanks Ray! I'm happy you liked our work. Part Two, coming up!

I look forward to Part II, while I formulate my understanding of "Leading from the Emerging Future." I thank you for sending me this first part.

Michael,
I am focusing first on the title, "Leading from the Emerging Future." To lead in this context the leader must have a vision of the future, but, as I see it, this vision is not formed from a blank slate. There is some emergent indicators that form the basis for leading in a particular direction. Also, unless a course to the emerging future is sought, entrophy will surely set in. I recently picked up an updated and revised edition of Thomas Friedman's "The World is Flat." There is a short segement about the past and the future I suspect is relevant here. "In societies that have more memories than dreams, too many people are spending too many days looking backward...such societies focus all their imagination on making that imagined past even more beautiful that it ever was, and then they cling to it like a rosary or as strand of worry beads, rather than imagining a better future and acting on that." To follow on with Leigh Kelly-Monroe's anology to the original Star Trek, as Mr Spock would say, "Fasinating!"

Robert,

The excerpt you posted reminds me of nostalgia in the pathological sense; societies in which the the deep and inexplicable belief that the past was better tend toward atavism. To many there is no point in trying to make the future better when they could cut away from what disturbs them to exist in a world of memory.

Michael... this presentation really argues for people concerned about the future to stay in the game. It captures many engaging ideas that leaders today need to consider and engage. We are in the mix of iterative waves of change that present multiples waves of opportunity for those with the right head set. I really think you need to get on a speaking circuit. Great job!

Very interesting!

What a great combination of art, creativity and a powerful message. It is motivating to stay in the game as Jim Francek said and to participate and look forward to opportunities for change and personal challenge.