How To Think Like Great Disruptors Do
Five steps to brainstorm about game-changing products
How far into the future do you look? You must think about the future if you're a business leader or solopreneur.
The conventional approach to future thinking looks relatively straightforward:
Study and analyze trends
Build your strategic assumptions about the future
Plan
Act
Check
Adjust and adapt
By acting this way, one can build a decent, steady business. But if you want to create something extraordinary, you need to embrace another approach. It guarantees nothing but gives a chance. In this article, I will provide a tool that can help you start efficiently thinking about disruptive innovation.
Forecasts that didn't come true
In 2016 Gartner issued a report. In it the agency, among other things, predicted that (source):
By 2020, 100 million consumers will shop in augmented reality
By 2020, 30% of web browsing sessions will be done without a screen
By 2022, a blockchain-based business will be worth $10 billion
By 2020, 40% of employees can cut their healthcare …