How I See

In business, we reward the youngest son who handles crisis - but we rarely recognize the eldest son who prevents it entirely. This story explores why foresight often goes unrewarded, and what we lose when we miss the people who saw it coming.

If you stopped the crisis before it started, there’s nothing to clean up. No headlines. No hero moment. So how do you prove what you did was valuable? This is a guide for how to tell the story of what never occurred - and why it matters more than anyone realizes.

A crisis isn’t just something urgent. It’s not just something big. A true crisis only exists when timing, proximity, and impact all intersect. When even one is missing, it’s not a crisis yet - and how we respond should reflect that.

If you see the crisis before others do, you have two jobs: understand it - and translate it. The goal isn’t to be dramatic. It’s to be clear, calm, and early enough to give people a chance to act.

Forget managing trees; the deeper opportunity is understanding the forest ecosystem. "The Forest Lens" equips you with "Biome Intelligence" to listen to a system's heartbeat, not just its outputs, and sense shifts before they become crises. It's about seeing the living story of an organization and its greater biome, allowing for ecological foresight

The future isn't a mystery; it's a line. By understanding where a system started and where it stands now, you can draw a clear trajectory of where it's truly headed. This "Living Systems Foresight" transforms the unknowable into the steerable, empowering you to shape what's next.