I know this is a tad self-indulgent, but I do love it when something I’ve suggested a few years ago finally finds its time and place… "A few weeks ago, Smithink conducted an interesting workshop in Melbourne on "Outsourcing". Kane Munro of Deloitte delivered the key-note addres.

The window between a signal arriving and it demanding a response is shortening. The future often takes a while to catch up with the is already shaping strategy conversations in forward-looking organisations. Treating it as a future concern rather than a present one builds a preparedness gap that will have to be closed under pressure.

The most important question is not whether The future often takes a while to catch up with the will matter, but how quickly it will matter in your specific context. Leaders benefit most from mapping the ripple effects early — not just the direct impact but the second and third-order consequences that arrive later and hit harder. That is the practical work of foresight.