Futures Wheel
This exercise helps you explore the potential impacts of your career choices by identifying immediate, secondary, and long-term consequences. By using a structured thought process, you can better anticipate challenges, opportunities, and unintended effects of your career path.
The Futures Wheel, developed by Jerome C. Glenn in the 1970s, is a tool for visualizing the ripple effects of a decision:
- First-Order Effects: Immediate outcomes of a decision.
- Second-Order Effects: Indirect results caused by the first effects.
- Third-Order Effects: Long-term or systemic changes that might emerge over time.