Premature Barriers
His comment annoyed me. A fellow staff member recently made the near fatal error of identifying several possible barriers to an idea I had just shared. This kind of premature fault finding feels like a personal affront that contributes to an ethos of stasis and decay. If every “what if” is followed by “yeah but,” little change will ever occur.
The Dilemma of Unexpected Money
Unsolicited grants are rare. When presented with such a potential contribution recently, I found myself unprepared. “So what would you do with these monies?” the grantmakers asked. After having explained Foresight’s approach to innovation and several possible projects, I turned the question around on them: What do you think we should do?
Remembering Fun
Strategy matters. This summer marks the 13th year since Foresight set out to change the world. Of course, in so doing, the world changed us. With a staff reliant on regular paychecks, financial stability matters more than when we had a smaller crew. I’d like to think that becoming “established” has meant that we’ve become more intentional rather than more conservative.