Bob Embry’s
rlaexp.com
real life adventures + exploration
rlaexp.com is a public service web site
for helping people
navigate
profoundly changing worldS
— worldS relentlessly moving toward
unimagined future(S)
The History Of The World In Two Hours ::: YouTube
The mind can only see what it is prepared to see
Thinking, choices, decisions are determined by what’s been seen #msd
Beware of the danger of premature mental patterns
What goes on behing closed doors #wgobcd #pman
The MEMO
they — the enemies of the future —
don’t want YOU
to SEE
We can only work on, with, and toward the things on our mental radar
Unimagined futures examples: News ::: Profound, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 …
Real Life Adventures + Exploration
Different thoughts for different times ↑ ↓
“AS WE ADVANCE deeper into the knowledge economy … ” — Drucker books
Tremendous challenges for: Government spending, Blockbuster, HP, Yahoo,
Proctor and Gamble, Nokia, Motorola, Xerox,
Blackberry, Sony, Panasonic, Kodak,
and many of the In Search Of Excellence Companies
Plus lots of individuals
Navigating first requires searching and selecting “things”
to work toward — direction
In other words it requires exploration
Exploration includes new Exposure
which includes
fresh insights
from repeated exploration.
“To know something,
to really understand something important,
one must look at it from sixteen different angles.
Druckerisms — attention-directing thought jewels from PFD
People are perceptually slow,
and there is no shortcut to understanding;
it takes a great deal of time.” read more
Where to jump next?
But precisely because there are so many different areas of importance,
the day-by-day method of management
is inadequate
even in the smallest and simplest business.
Because deterioration is what happens normally—that is,
unless somebody counteracts it—there is need for
a systematic and purposeful program.
There is need to reduce the almost limitless possible tasks
to a manageable number.
There is need to concentrate scarce resources
on the greatest opportunities and results.
There is need to do the few right things
and do them with excellence.
Managing for Results by Peter Drucker
read more on organization efforts
“But tomorrow always arrives.
It is always different.
And then even the mightiest company is in trouble
if it has not worked on the future.
It will have lost distinction and leadership—all that will remain
is big-company overhead.
It will neither control nor understand what is happening.
Not having dared to take the risk of making the new happen,
it perforce took the much greater risk
of being surprised by what did happen.
And this is a risk that even the largest and richest organization
cannot afford and that even the smallest one need not run.”
read more on making the future
We can only work on, with, and toward the things on our mental radar
Imagine the outcomes for somebody in
1950, 1970, 1990, 2005
devoting all their energy to
what existed at the time or
what was on their mental radar at the time
It is a very uneven and unpredictable landscape
When we are embedded in doing something
we are blind to the changing world around us
The human brain has no natural way to bring itself
to focus on the real tomorrowS that will emerge.
Even when it tries,
yesterday wants to prevail
When the time comes to think beyond the immediate
what mental radar content will be available?
When is the when?
The site provides a big picture thinking landscape over time
It is a way to see and work beyond current mental involvements
This is essential for navigating a changing world
The site is a tool for creating a work menu and considering what’s next
How do we keep our brain focused on the road ahead and
what’s next without it naturally slipping back into the normal
daily flow of events that eventually lead to dead ends?
Technology is changing very quickly, as are markets and structures.
You can’t design your life around a temporary organization.”
Larger
Successful careers are not planned
They develop when people are prepared
for opportunities
because they know
their strengths,
their method of work, and
their values.
Knowing where one belongs
can transform an ordinary person
—hardworking and competent but otherwise mediocre—
into an outstanding performer.
Managing Oneself and Living in More than One World
Early career work (beta)
500+ web pages and 100+ PDFs. Site map
Lots of links between pages (connections)
Don't memorize, calendarize! Working something out in time.
rlaexp.com is largely based on Peter Drucker’s work.
The link above is a Google site search
Links to Books by Peter Drucker
(with a work process)
Larger view of the big picture action system
About me Bob Embry
Keywords: tlnkwtime
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