BUSINESS FUTURES | 81 CONCLUSION Imagine how your organization would fare, in its current shape, in the operating environments we have described: What changes would you consider if you knew that such a future would come about? How robust are the possible options to the possibility of future developments unfolding differently? We encourage leaders to think beyond our four futures. Select different trends, combine them in new ways, and ask what kind of future their interplay would create. In a world defined by the collision and interplay of those trends, what headlines could you expect to see? And what questions are raised by this potential tomorrow that you need to consider today? Preparing for the future will never be an exact science. It will always require judgment calls that combine positioning for success in the most likely-seeming futures with hedging against inherent uncertainty. The Business Futures methodology is a new tool for CEOs to clarify and structure their approach. THE WORLD OF REDESIGNING THE IMAGINATION THE AGE OF “TECHNO-POLITICS” LIFE ECONOMY (IN)SECURITY