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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Unraveling the Mystery
The Vision Thing
Context Sensitivity
Short-Termism
Long-Term Language
The Battle
PART 1: VISIONARY CONTENT
Chapter 1: The Groundwork
Your Personal Vision
Vision 101
Transformational Leadership
The Alpe d’HuZes
Core Ingredients
Logos, Ethos, and Pathos
The Dark Side
Chapter 2: Tapping into Your Imagination
Rejuvenated Restaurants
N.N. Living in a Permanent Present
The Image of the Future
Alice in Wonderland
Schemas, Assumptions, and Frames
Two-Faced Friends
Eternal Truths
The Grand Illusion
I Cognitive Dissonance
Neural Networks
Breaking the Frame
That’s Funny
Lateral Thinking
WWGD
Blue Ocean
PART 2: VISIONARY PRACTICES
Chapter 3: Developing Your Visionary Capacity
Visionary Shoes
Made, Not Born
Contained Emergence
A Development Framework
Seeing Things Early
Connecting the Dots
2x2
Followers
Trend Hoppers
Historians, or Cynics
The Visionary
Deepening the Framework
Narcissistic Distraction
Chapter 4: Seeing Things Early
Reducing Thoughtlessness
Signal and Noise
The Theory of the Car Crash
Market Transitions
Toys in the Boardroom
The Priming Phenomenon
FuturePriming
FutureFacts
More Manifestations
The Four Golden Rules
Food for Thought
Missing Traffic Signs
Rubber Hits the Road
Creativity Ignited
Chapter 5: Connecting the Dots
June 12, 2005
A Belgian Tale
Black Swan?
The Tunnel Vision
Irrationality Rules
Frame Blindness
Overconfidence
The Mysterious Guru
Creating Memories of the Future
Shell’s Awakening
The Fall of Fortis
Groupthink
So What?
Brilliant or Foolish?
Responsible Visionary Leadership
PART 3: VISIONARY SELF
Chapter 6: Your Visionary Self
On Becoming a Visionary Leader
You!
Utzon’s Masterpiece
Jumping Off the Eiffel Tower
Passion and Authenticity
Discovery Mode
Covey, Stories, and Pearls
Mediating Reality
Danone’s Ecosystem
Chapter 7: Mindful Behavior
Solar Roadways
Mindfulnesslessness
Foolish Consistency
Mindfulness, Take Two
Curiosity
Powerful Questions
Conversation Surprise
Working Your Swing
Recategorizing Practices
New Information Practices
Multiple View Practices
PART 4: VISIONARY COMMUNICATION
Chapter 8: Igniting Your Followers
Hygiene Factors
Gettysburg Address
The Power of Language
Workhorse Verbs
Notions of Loss
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Memorable Metaphors
Actionable Analogies
Let Me Tell You a Story ...
Data with a Soul
Jobs & Pausch
Visionary Checklist
Appendix A: Strategic Questionnaire
Appendix B: Values List
Appendix C: 25 Visionary Development Practices
Notes
Index
About the Author
Free Sample Chapter from Leading at The Edge by Dennis N. T. Perkins, with Margaret P. Holtman and Jillian B. Murphy
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