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Preferred Futuring
Book

Preferred Futuring

Envision the Future You Want and Unleash the Energy to Get There

Berrett-Koehler, 1998 plus...

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Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Well Structured
  • Eloquent

Recommendation

Lawrence L. Lippitt tells you how to create a future vision for your organization. You must assess your present reality and external threats, create a plan to get to your future, and monitor the results. The book’s focus on a future vision distinguishes it from ordinary problem-solving guides. Lippitt cites a few examples of groups that have used this approach successfully over the course of 30 years and emphasizes using this technique in a group session. This nicely written, well-organized book clearly and simply presents its eight-step model and offers a complete implementation guide. getAbstract recommends this book as useful to anyone working on planning or managing change - from CEOs to team leaders and trainers. One caveat: Its methods seem similar to those offered in other leadership and strategic change literature. The specific steps may vary, but the basic approach is much the same. What’s different is the vision thing.

Take-Aways

  • Preferred futuring works toward a collective future for your organization.
  • Preferred futuring leads to a more inspiring goal than mere problem solving.
  • To create a preferred future, first review your organization’s history.

About the Author

Lawrence L. Lippitt is president of Lippitt Carter Consulting and co-founder of the Preferred Futuring Network. The son of Ron Lippitt, he has used preferred futuring techniques for more than 20 years with both large and small organizations - from Fortune 500 companies and healthcare organizations, to schools, nonprofits and city governments.


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