mika aaltonen

Futures, Strategy & Learning: 

Futures, Strategy & Learning Oulu 29.9.2006 Mika Aaltonen Head & Chairman of the Board StraX

StraX: 

StraX StraX = the research unit for strategic intelligence and exploration of futures Board -Mika Aaltonen, Head & Chairman of the Board, StraX -Matti Alahuhta, CEO Kone, Chairman IMD, Board Member BT -John L. Casti, President, The Kenos Circle -Josephine Green, Director Trends & Strategy, Philips -Rolf Jensen, Chief Imagination Officer, Dream Company -Michael S. Loescher, CEO, Copernicus Institute -Dave Snowden, Director Cynefin Centre, Editor E:CO

StraX Themes: 

StraX Themes Strategic Intelligence = A fundamental change in what intelligence is and how it is accomplished; a shift of perspective from sensors to discipline, and new applications in business and politics Multi-ontology Sense-making = Distinguishment of different types of systems and application of appropriate tools and methods accordingly Foresight = Ability to respond and influence future as it is emerging Complexity = Understanding where and how the knots of futures are tied and untied Exploration/Exploitation = Guided exploration tours into specific futures, and into exploration/exploitation ratio

Intelligence Mining: 

Intelligence Mining TimeAdventurers` Club Dream Company, Brandstory, BT, e-Cultura Net, Kaospiloterna... AC/UNU Millennium Project George Gowan, Peter Bishop, Jerome Glenn, Theodor Gordon... E:CO Peter Allen, Jeffrey Goldstein, David Snowden, Michael Lissack... European Regional Foresight College Michel Godet, Eleanora Masini, Hugues de Juvenel... The Kenos Circle John Naisbitt, John Casti, Harry Swain, Robert Prechter... The Royal Society of Arts Adam Smith, Karl Marx... Nelson Mandela, Stephen Hawking...

Targets: 

Targets Seeing things that people did not see before – shift your perspective Not to tell what to think, but lure people to think differently – teach people to practice possibilities Push the boundaries, the habits and prejudices, to the limits where new ideas have to be put forward Complex, confusing, uncertain scenarios/possibilities, and running people through them

Insights: 

Insights Starlight: the role and nature of time in analyses Sanctuary: the propensity to hide in an open world Small stuff: software, bio, nano Veracity: the challenge of truth and knowledge Herds: people and ideas on move Wealth: moving past money Power: clout and who has it Parallel universe: from networks to cyber life Bedfellows: the significance of teaming

Four Directions of Influence: 

Four Directions of Influence

Challenges: 

Challenges Knowing the changing global strategic landscape Increasing IQ as competitive advantage Improving capacity to decide Ubiquitous computing in constant decision changes Improving your improvement system Developing strategic consciousness Personal information management

Where Are We Heading At?: 

In two dimensions: From materialism to postmaterialism, the experience economy (the amethyst mine – experience + involvement) From uniformity to diversity (build-a-bear) Affluence, technology, globalization: Can someone overseas do your job cheaper? Can a computer do it faster? Is what I am offering in demand? Where Are We Heading At?

IQ as Competitive Advantage (I): 

IQ as Competitive Advantage (I) Responding to feedback Personal information management Consistency of love and diversity Stimulating your brain by being around intelligent people and playing intellectual games Company memes (intelligence is sexy) Studying logic, philosophy, literature... Improved nutrition, nootropics, bionic enhancements... Physical exercises from yoga to martial arts

IQ as Competitive Advantage (II): 

IQ as Competitive Advantage (II) High Concept: Detect patterns Create emotional beauty Craft satisfying narratives Combine unrelated things High Touch: Emphathize with others Understand human interaction Elicit joy in others Pursuit purpose and meaning Pink 2005

Thank You!: 

Thank You! Head & Chairman of the Board StraX BIT Business Innovation Technology P.O. Box 5500 FI-02015 TKK, Finland Tel. +359 40 5902131 Email. mika.aaltonen@hut.fi