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What are the problems I’m about to have?
Leaders find themselves feeling like “crisis managers” much too often because, according to Daniel Burrus, they devote little time, on a regular basis, to becoming an “anticipatory leader” for an “anticipatory organization” that solves problems before they become a crisis. To do this, he suggests that leaders and groups look into the visible future and ask:
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