If so, you are welcome.
A little about us...
The Hedtke (pronounced Head Key) Institute was created to bring together
a diverse group of very broad, creative thinkers with practical
intelligence, to develop ideas, solve problems, develop solutions,
envision new technology, and to develop “a strategy
for the future of humanity”.
This systems approach to considering all of the major
issues confronting us on the planet today is the goal
to produce a new set of ideas that could be the seeds
of a conscious evolution of our species to new ways
of thinking, new values and new tools.
Over the length of its existence, many thousands of people
will be included in the interchange of ideas and communication of new concepts.
We are a not for profit organization created to help mankind
How do we accomplish this task, when there are so many opinions
and diverse experience?
Simply join us, review a posted problem and then send your solutions.
Perhaps a consensus may not be reached on some things,
however truths are always true no matter who expresses them!
Using your Head is the Key to arriving at any solution...
Well, what do you think, to recoin a phrase?
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At The Hedtke Institute we use real ideas. We think and come up with ideas
for all types of problems. Ideas are rich in solutions and options!
Many believe that scenarios are the most effective tool currently
available for systematically considering the future. Some of humanity
wants better insight to know about the future of their marketplace, or
a major contributing factor to their operating environment, like technology.
Others are concerned about possible big events - surprises - that might
occur unexpectedly and fundamentally shift the status quo. Perhaps the
concern is a specific location, or the consideration of the purchase of
a major asset and want to have a sense of what might change the present
situation that makes that a good decision -- all of these are based upon
sound knowledge and innovative ideas. Again some may think of this as
scenarios. We know that the basis for everything is an idea from thinking.
Join us by posting your solution, brevity and simplicity are encouraged.
Your solution will have your byline attached to provide you appropriate
credit and recognition. This venue is for budding thinkers as well as
gifted sages alike!
People attempt to think about the future in quite a variety
of ways. Some try to predict what might happen. Others make forecasts
or projections. Some extrapolate trends. But all of these approaches have
fundamental flaws: it is NOT impossible to predict the future
(however, it is difficult to do so succinctly at this time).
One can go to the fundamental mathematics of the situation and find
that in highly complex situations, a very minor change in the initial
conditions (or of some element during the evolving process) will
result in major shifts in the end point. Therefore, it is essentially
impossible to identify and catalog the relationships of all of the
potential contributing factors at any one time, so similarly, it is
extremely difficult to anticipate the future that will arrive with
any level of confidence.
So what do you do if you want to methodically look at the future?
Right now, it is through ideas, a collective truth. Thinking of the best
answers - rigorously designed mental images of the most significant likely
possibilities that might evolve, developed around specific issues that
are most important to you or mankind. This process, if done well, will
essentially produce a spectrum of plausible futures that effectively
brackets that horizon. By using your experience, your knowledge, your
brain you will be able to think of most, if not all, of the likely big
possible situations.
Thus armed, you along with other contributors will be effective and can
then begin to consider the potential implications of each future world,
and begin to put into place the contingency plans for dealing with both
the opportunities and hazards that might arrive. This alone is usually
worth the effort, for it quickly illuminates one’s perspective and
immediately provides a larger, sophisticated, future-oriented context
for evaluating day-to-day events. News stories are suddenly seen in a
different light - as possible contributing factors for one or more
plausible futures.
As is the case in other disciplines as well, a large amount of the
value of thinking and shaping ideas takes place in the process rather
than the product. That is, in the consideration of a perspective of what
might happen, one methodically identifies and confronts the majority of
the active players that influence the life of an organization and considers
what the roles and potential impact are for each of them as they interact
with all of the others. Changes in government regulation, international
economic health, technological breakthroughs, social value shifts, even
the very reporting of manufactured news, the environmental and
population pressures - all are considered at the same time. That is
something most of us don’t get a chance to do very often, so it
is guaranteed to be loaded with insight.
Again, since you may actually predict the future, in a limited capacity,
it is unlikely that any of the scenarios will evolve in quite the form
that was considered. What will actually happen is some of one future
and part of another... but having considered all of the possibilities
before the fact, the effective thinker will immediately recognize
the evolving future in terms that are familiar and significant. The
future has order when seen in this way. It is not just a random
emergence of events.
Perhaps the most powerful feeling is creating the desired future.
After completing the process of developing an initial set of
ideas the thinker can look across the spectrum of possible
futures and begin to develop an image of the future that is
particularly desired. This solution can be methodically designed
and shaped to mankind’s specific capabilities and
resources and therefore become a very pivotal device for helping
individuals to “see” what they can become. This story of
the future puts a face on an otherwise abstract set of objectives.
Instead of simply having a goal of say, a sustainable economy,
a good solution paints the picture of what a world would look
like that was truly sustainable - what the players would do,
what would be the results, etc. These images can be communicated,
of course, using video, film, and multimedia.
A well-crafted solution allows participants to become proactive,
working specifically for the desired future, rather than sitting
by and passively waiting for what ever the world delivers.
It is a tool for allowing individuals and organizations to “create
their own future,” a perspective that is often an epiphany for the
participants. Are you ready to participate? Email us or submit
your solutions to the posted problems. The email link is at the top
of our pages. Thank you in advance!
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