On the back of a keynote I am delivering this week to one of Australia’s largest commercial builders on the Future of the Construction Industry, I chatted with Jackson Stiles of the New Daily about what lies ahead for our cities and homes over the next 100 years. Three skyscraper.

When signals like ‘Your grandkids will rent in the clouds’ 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 ‘Your grandkids will rent in the clouds’ 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.