One of the activities
I find extremely interesting
is
looking at trends
in different industries
and places
and demographics
and figuring out
how they might converge.
Many of us
call this
‘connecting the dots’
and it helps us
avoid dangers
(like food supply collapses)
and
recognize opportunities
(like awesome new products
to develop).
Jessica Wildfire
has a more professional term
for this.
She
calls this
sentinel intelligence.
She
shares
“If you have sentinel intelligence,
then your brain can aggregate and sift
through extraordinary amounts
of information
in a very short period of time,
especially when it comes to
seeing latent or hidden dangers.”
(This entire post is gold.
She talks about conspiracy theorists
and also why many people
don’t heed warnings.)
If you’re developing
new products or services,
you NEED someone
with sentinel intelligence
on your team.
You need someone
who can connect the dots.