Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), where we try to draw your attention to things that matter and why is that? Because ‘let us remember this again, ‘What we give our Attention to matters.’ Our life’s experience would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to. Attention: is as fundamental as food; and we go blundering about, seeking ways to assuage the craving, instead of learning how to provide ourselves with what we need, sensibly and calmly. Once our attention is drawn to the mechanism of why and what we give attention to, it is as if a veil has been stripped off and we become freer in our action and choices. And that is our endavour. This week I bring to your attention another excerpt which we have titled – Ways to Map the Future from the book titled ‘Uncharted’ – How to Map the Future Together by Margaret Heffernan. In her bold and invigorating new book, Margaret Heffernan explores the individuals, organizations and mindsets that aren’t daunted by uncertainty but seize the challenge of making the future for them-selves and explores answers to these questions, how can we think about the future? What do we need to do – and who do we need to be?  Ways to Map the Future If we want to map the future, we start by acknowledging that we don’t know all it holds, that everyone can contribute, but no one knows what we will find. With simple language, an absence of power and entrenched interests, alertness to weak signals and small insights, we start to delineate the contours of what lies ahead. Instead of abdicating the future to those who know no more than we do, experiments are bolder, enlisting every kind of imagination in pursuit of more options. They show us what we miss when we cling to the shore, pinioned by forecasts or orthodoxies, doubt or tear. Each new insight adds detail to pictures of the future as they start to emerge. Excerpt from ‘Uncharted’ by Margaret Heffernan I am sure that you will enjoy reading this book; you can buy your copy from the following link: http://www.mheffernan.com/book-uncharted.php        Enjoy reading it with your family, friends and near and dear one’s. Namaste! a class="a2a_button_linkedin" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fqsconsultants.