There’s a moment I keep seeing in boardrooms this year. Someone slides a piece of research across the table, the room leans in, and within about ninety seconds the conversation lands on the same question it always lands on. “How do we move faster?” I was in one of those rooms a few weeks ago […]
Ripple Effects is one of the core analytical frameworks in Morris Misel’s foresight practice. It is built on a deceptively simple observation: most decisions, policies, and strategies are evaluated on their immediate, first-order consequences. The second and third-order effects — what happens as a result of the result — are rarely mapped in advance, and […]
Immediate Futures™ is a foresight framework by Morris Misel that redirects attention from long-range prediction to the signals and shifts that are already arriving. It is built on a single, clarifying premise: the most consequential futures are not the ones approaching in 2040 or 2050. They are the ones that are already here, already reshaping […]
The biggest shifts shaping your organisation aren’t coming from your competitors. Morris Misel explains how cross-industry signals and ripple effects are redefining strategy.
Leadership feels heavier in 2026, not because leaders are less capable, but because decisions now travel further, faster, and with greater consequence. This piece explores why judgement feels under strain and how leaders can regain steadiness without pushing harder.
Leadership today doesn’t feel harder because of technology alone. It feels heavier because the volume, speed, and consequence of decisions has changed. In this reflective piece, futurist Morris Misel explores leadership, AI, and human judgement, prompted by a recent conversation on the Beyond Obsolete podcast.
