Conclusion The Longer Term

So, those are the five future strategies that you need to think hard about right now. But, it’s never too early to dip into the open files and see what strategies might be worth at least some of your time and attention in the near future.

As I noted in the introduction, they fall into three categories:

  1. Faint signals. Issues that will probably become strategies but have shown only a few, very slight signs so far. A lot of development is needed.
  2. Watch list. Potential strategies where the sources of competitive advantage are not entirely clear.
  3. Hallucinations. Provocative issues that are so out there they may never materialize, or at least not within this lifetime.

Faint Signals

Consider some of the following scenarios, ...

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