PART III

WHAT NOW?

Making Smart Choices for Individuals, Organizations, and Communities

All that you touch,

You Change.

All that you Change,

Changes you.

The only lasting truth,

Is Change.

God Is Change.

OCTAVIA BUTLER

Parable of the Sower¹

Our purpose in part III is to help you apply the futureback methodology for yourself, your organization, and your community. We provide you with a Quick Start Guide that includes four steps:

Step 1. Find your Future Self;

Step 2. Set your navigational star;

Step 3. Make your choices by sliding the scales on the Seven Spectrums of Choice described in part II;

Step 4. Co-create a compelling story of your flexive intent.

Part I provided a futures context for understanding office shock, while part II introduced the Seven Spectrums of Choice for you to consider.

Part III focuses on What Now? What can you do now—as an individual, an organization, or a community—to create better futures for work and life? Now is the time to develop the agility that will be required to create a better future. Now is the time for you to write your own stories for your offices and officing.

The mixing board will help you harmonize your choices across the spectrums and synchronize them with others. Combined with futureback thinking and a full-spectrum mindset, you can now flip office shock into an opportunity to co-create better futures of working and living.