Dr. Connie Reimers-Hild serves as Interim Executive Director and Chief Futurist at the Rural Futures Institute and consults with organizations from both the private and public sectors in both the hard and human sciences. This allows her to see how our exponentially high-tech world must purposefully intersect with human needs and values for sustainability and exponential potential.
Dr. Connie is the host of The Rural Futures Podcast, a show for achievers to expand their perspective for social justice, economic growth and leadership. She excels at working with futurists, business innovators, mavericks and researchers who are smashing barriers for the sake of a thriving combined future.
Top Takeaways: Cultivating a Futurist Mindset with Connie Reimers-Hild
- You can’t connect the dots looking forward you can only connect them looking backward – Steve Jobs
- What if you could find a way to look forward?
- Futurist is a discipline and schools have teaching certifications for this
- Futurism is a strategic tool to influence and impact both now and the future
- A mix of methodology and mindset – strategic foresight to create the future we want
- Vivid Visual Vision – 3-5 years out what do you want to do and experience?
- Crayons, Paints, any medium to make the vision as vivid as possible – make it your own whole brain, whole soul process
- Get below the surface and become very self-aware and honest about your future
- Proactively pause and find out what you want – step away from the demand and create a new model – become mindful
- Slow the train down to obtain a creative flow – (savor a piece of chocolate)
- Time and Value of being in the moment
- The future is created every day – today matters as we build for tomorrow
- We live in a “nowist society” – instant gratification and we are starting to look for that in our careers as well
- Intentional learning – determine what you want to experience along the way
- Is your ladder against the right building? Are these the right steps? Adjust your ladder if you find you want a different option
- Authenticity – What am I willing to do to be bolder and go in the direction I want to go
- Follow other futurists – question the current paradigm – borrow from others but do unique and original things
- Inventory of your strengths and how do we leverage those – who wants or needs this?
- Focus on strengths rather than weaknesses – become the best at what you’re good at
- Alternate futures vs probable futures – develop your preferred future – something you are passionate about
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Learning From Leaders:
Current Book: The Truth about Cancer: What You Need to Know about Cancer’s History, Treatment, and Prevention by Ty M. Bollinger
Leadership Superpower: Adaptable leader
Motivational Mantra:
[shareable]Say Yes to the Best and No to the Rest [/shareable]
Book Most Often Gifted: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Additional Items Mentioned
Connie’s website: askdrconnie.me
Blue the Bee Learns to be Happy” an Activity Book for adults on the Science of Happiness