In spite of the maxim that the best prediction of future behavior is past behavior, "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭" (Gümüsay & Reinecke, 2024).
Still, so much of strategy, teaching, and research is anchored to the past.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 (𝘪𝘮)𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦?
At the upcoming Academy of Management annual meeting, Jon Briscoe and I are hosting a symposium on prospective sensemaking; those processes where the attention and concern of people is primarily directed at events that may occur in the future.
We have a great line-up of presenters and co-authors joining us:
1. Mostafa Ayoobzadeh (presenter), Melika Shirmohammadi, and Mina Beigi: Prospective Sensemaking in Contemporary Career Contexts
2. Jon Briscoe: Integrating the Past and Future Self in Leadership and Career
3. Pascale Peters, Xander Lub, Robert Jan Blomme and myself: Building Sustainable Futures Brick by Brick: Exploring Prospective Sensemaking through LEGO Serious Play
4. Annemiek van der Schaft (presenter), Omar Solinger, Xander Lub, Woody van Olffen and Beatrice van der Heijden: "I Saw That Coming:" Employees' Prospective Sensemaking Stories of Organizational Change.
We're pleased to welcome Beatrice van der Heijden as our discussant, helping us to reflect, synthesize, and together imagine how individuals and organizations can more consciously prepare for and co-create sustainable futures.
Curious how we can better prepare for, make sense of, and even shape the future? Please join us on Monday the 28th of July at 3:30PM!
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Yoy Bergs
Nyenrode Business University
Breda
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