Igniting Hopeful Futures Thinking for Vale

Thank you for attending Nikolas Badminton ‘s futurist keynote on Igniting Hopeful Futures Thinking for Vale . It was amazing to meet you all to present my thoughts on how we can shift our mindsets to embrace new thinking, hope and wisdom as incredible energies for change across mining for the long-term. Email Nikolas to get a copy of the post-keynote report >>> click here See articles in the ‘CEO’s Guide to AI’ series >>> click here Learn more about Nikolas here , and reach out to discuss working together >>> click here. Post-keynote Reading Here are some selection articles and research that will help you continue your journey in exploring futures thinking and strategically thinking about foresight, and AI. Corporate foresight and its impact on firm performance: A longitudinal analysis (Rohrbeck and Kim, 2018) Firm Data on AI (Hoover Institute) Why AI Will Not Provide Sustainable Competitive Advantage (MIT Sloan School of Management) 5 Minutes to Future Now is the time to step up and lean into futures thinking with 5 Minutes to Future. Step 1: Pick a signal that you think could change the world (this needs an open mind) Step 2: Write down 3 positives and 3 negatives about its emergence Step 3: Consider what if… it affects the world – people and communities our industry – the impact we are trying to have the work we do – the tasks we need to do When you do that regularly then you are building the ability to imagine new worlds, anticipate change and build empathy for the people in our world. If you want to go one step further after doing this then identify one thing we need to start doing and one thing we need to stop doing because of that. Learn more about Nikolas here , and reach out to discuss working together >>> click here. Podcasts It’s so great to work and listen to incredible thinkers discuss our futures. Here are some of our favorites (we are sharing Apple Podcast links and they can be found on most platforms): Exponential Minds Podcast with Chief Futurist Nikolas Badminton – link Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff – link WSJ’s The Future of Everything by The Wall Street Journal – link The World Ahead from The Economist – link Switched On with Bloomberg Finance Talk – link Signals, Trends and Scenarios We can learn to master signals, trends and scenarios by undertaking 3 simple actions – and we’re going to share some simple ways to get going: Scan for signals and trends WHAT IF… scenarios Anticipate horizons 1. Scan for signals and trends Signal scanning can be simple and a fun way to level up your thinking on a daily basis. We scan academic journals, attend conferences, host podcast interviews, social media posts and discussions, read a lot of media articles and so much more. It’s our lifeblood. Some simple steps can really level up what you are tracking and there are a number of ways to do so. a. Set up Google Alerts for key areas of interest for your business – you just need a Google Gmail account to do this and you can enter whatever. Just go to https://www.google.com/alerts and type in the area of exploration as you would do a Google Search: Set your options – we recommend for you to get emails ‘At most once a day’ and ‘Only the best results’. Over time you can refine using boolean logic in your phrases. You can find out more at Google Help – link . b. Spend 15 to 30 minutes each morning for coffee and scanning – just search on Google for areas of interest and read articles under the ‘News’ tab. This is ;ess refined than Google Alerts but allows for free-form discovery. We love jumping down into the rabbit hole. c. Reddit – The ‘Front Page of the Internet’ has an incredible futures community and they share and discuss amazing developments in the world. It’s a free social media platform and you can find incredible references there and bookmark them for reading and sharing later. The core community for Future(s) Studies is https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/ . You can enter search phrases in at the top of the page to focus in on specific areas and then click through to the articles and deeper discussions. 2. WHAT IF… Scenarios We can also take things to the next level by building scenarios of what may happen in our futures using the signals and trends and then really taking a deeper dive into the positive and negative implications of speculative future products. We can start simply by asking what if is an invitation to be curious and consider all possibilities: What if AI supercharges (or burdens) our business function, our competitors, and consumers – cost, time, access, efficiencies? What if we invest in new technologies and take bigger risks to advance the thought leadership industry? What if we explore 10 or 20+ year future horizons to create bolder visions of our impact in the world, see unknown risks and create more robust organizational thought leadership? What if our hopeful futures work info