Blog | Seth Harrell

Twenty Years, Give or Take

How a Missouri State University Geography grad ended up in a Beatle wig while also doing strategic foresight work for global corporations…and more Around 2001, I was a Geography student at Missouri State while also working musician and learning to sing by listening to the Beatles, which mostly meant I was a guy with a guitar, a course load, and loads of Beatles CDs on rotation in my car. One night, while listening to John Lennon's voice come out of a speaker (the voice of a m

Seth Harrell

2 days ago5 min read

Futurists For When You Can See Down the River, but You Can’t See Around the Bend

There are many perceived traits about people who call themselves Ozarkians, but I don’t think you could really call yourself one without...

Seth Harrell

Apr 11, 20222 min read

7-Steps to Quantitative Scenario Monitoring

See Interactive Tool Here I wanted to learn more about techniques for developing and measuring indicators and chose to explore several techniques for a project to satisfy a requirement to earn my Master of Foresight degree. While searching for indicator methods, I came across the following thesis paper titled “How Should Indicators be Found for Scenario Monitoring?,” written by Zheng He in 2013. I was intrigued by the process of assigning each driver of change a value for the

Seth Harrell

Apr 4, 20224 min read

Why Your 5-year Plan Needs a 20-year Perspective

There is no finish line Most strategic planning lives in a two-to-five-year window. That's reasonable. It's the range where budgets are real, where leadership tenure is measurable, and where a plan can actually be held accountable. Then someone in the room says: "We don't need to think about 2045. We need to think about 2030." And they're wrong. Not because 2030 is the wrong target, but because of what happens the day you hit it. The horizon moves when you do Here's the thing

Seth Harrell

2 days ago3 min read