2014 will be a year of great change – psychologically, emotionally, technologically and pretty much for all of the other ology’s. Alright we get it. The worlds had it tough. Things will take a while to build towards a new normal, which will for the first time have to include a di.

When signals like Calm down and get real emerge, organisations that engage early have the advantage of choosing their response rather than reacting to events. That gap between those who prepared and those who did not is where competitive positioning is actually made or lost.

The most important question is not whether Calm down and get real 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.