“It often feels these days as if the future arrives from nowhere,” writes Margaret Wheatley in her thought-provoking book, Turning To One Another: simple conversations to restore hope to the future (Berrett-Koehlers, 2001). “Suddenly things feel unfamiliar, we’re behaving differently, the world doesn’t work the way it used to.”
As she continues, “The future doesn’t take form irrationally, even if it feels that way. The future comes from where we are now. It materializes from the actions, values and beliefs we are practicing now. We’re creating the future everyday, by what we choose to do. If we want a different future, we have to take responsibility for what we are doing in the present.”
For people in leadership positions, this is a powerful insight. If we seek to create a new and better future, we have to take responsibility for what we are doing now and take responsibility for what our organizations are choosing to do and focus upon at this time period. The future reflects our big and our small choices. How we live our values and express our beliefs today creates the foundation for tomorrow.
This week, I encourage you to reflect on the above quote and to reflect on your role in creating the future. The future starts now.
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