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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:

What are the problems I’m about to have?

Leaders do not need answers.
Leaders must have the right questions.

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:

What are the problems I’m about to have?

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