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Why do leaders and experts make big mistakes when it comes to anticipating the future?

As the saying goes, “Predictions are difficult, especially when they concern the future” (Pierre Dac). And yet we might expect people who have succeeded in a particular field and are considered experts, benchmarks, to be relevant and far-sighted when it comes to envisioning the future, but this is not the case. "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home", said Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation in 1977. Nearly 50 years later, we can only laugh, and it wouldn't be so bad if this were the...

The Next Step in Open Innovation

Distributed innovation, collaboration with clients and partners are becoming central in companies' strategic reflexion. To learn more about this subject I often discuss here, it's...