Hey there. Just a note before we shift to the new content strategy on Monday.
Starting Monday, paid subscribers will get two Future Ready news digests per week and one original piece, either in writing or video. Paid subscribers will also get access to the Future Ready Toolkit, which gives a complete explanation of the Future Ready trends and how to use them, and they will get invitations to biweekly Office Hours. Paid subscribers will also get early access to new products and discounts on all Wise Economy books, workbooks and other materials.
Free subscribers will get one news digest per week and one original piece every other month.
Paid membership gives you a whole lot more valuable information, for less than one cappuchino per month. And… if you upgrade before Monday, you get an additional 25% off for one year!
Perhaps more importantly, your paid membership will help build a community of innovators across the world - people from many walks of life who are working to build Future Ready businesses, organizations and communities. And for themselves.
So I hope you will join the crew of paid members. The opportunity— and the chaos — have never been higher, and if we’re going to find new solutions to the hard challenges we face, we’re going to need to be Future Ready.
One of the crucial skills that Future Readiness requires is the ability to make something new out of old stuff. We often think that an innovation has to be something that’s totally new, never heard of before. But sometimes a very powerful innovation just comes from pushing two unrelated things together.
Last Sunday I went to see the rock band OK Go perform in Cleveland. You might remember this as the band that does the crazy complex videos, like this one or this one. Obviously they can’t take that on the road (and I don’t blame them for not wanting to do the treadmill routine with another 15 years on their knees)
But these are smart dudes, and they want to be as creative as possible without breaking the bank. So they did this. Which also reinforces that they’re damn good musicians.
Remember this the next time you think you’re stuck. If you borrow a tactic from a different type of work, how might that change your situation?