Arena:  Navigating Complex Issues

Three Horizon Mapping – Strategic Staircasing

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ACTIVITY 1     Accelerating Knowledge Sharing

Each Catalytic Thinking Lab is supported by a WindTunneling project. WindTunneling is a systemic methodology to accelerate learning and knowledge sharing. Share what you learned from the lab transparently and anonymously. Compare your thinking and respond to the ideas of others. Everyone gets to see every idea; no one knows who shared which idea.

 

Go to WindTunneling. Use Project Code 77NCAA to record your insights.


ACTIVITY 2     Teaching as Learning

On a large sheet of paper, draw a Three Horizon Map. Use this as a visual tool to describe the process of backcasting to a colleague who wasn’t in the lab. You will have to explain move from a big goal in the future and work backwards by identifying foundations and making a map to the present.

What questions did they ask? What did you notice about your presentation?

 


ACTIVITY 3     Self-Reflection

Write 1-3 paragraphs recounting your experience working with your partner. What was the process like? What did you observe about yourself, your collaboration, and the group as a whole in the Three Horizon Mapping activity?

 


Other References, Articles, and Books

  • Share references, articles, or books in the WindTunneling Project that you think will be good supplemental content for future participants.