Q. What do you get when you cross 160,498 nerds and geeks, with 3,500 exhibitors from 140 countries showing off their latest, greatest and yet to be seen techno toys? A. Technology Lust or as it’s better known CES 2015 (Consumer Electronic Show) Every January in Las Vegas, like r.

When signals like CES here I come 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 CES here I come 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.