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Patrick Dixon (born 1957) is an author and business consultant, often described as a futurist, and chairman of the trends forecasting company Global Change Ltd. He is also founder of the international AIDS agency ACET and Chairman of the ACET International Alliance.

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People will only follow you if they see you're ahead, are convinced you know the route, trust you, and want to get there too.

Convinced, People, Routes, See, Trust, Want

The paradox of innovation is this: CEO's often complain about lack of innovation, while workers often say leaders are hostile to new ideas.

Ideas, Leader, Innovation, Say, Workers, Complain

Institutional blindness is a major threat to the future of all corporations.

Blindness, Corporations, Future, Institutional, Threat

The key to understanding the future is one word: sustainability.

Key, Keys, Sustainability, Understanding, Word

When you have been close to death it makes you think about life.

Close, Close To Death, Death, Make You Think, Think, Thinking

You can have the greatest strategy in the world but what is the point if no one cares?

Care, Cares, Strategy, World

Business strategy is the battleplan for a better future.

Battleplan, Better Future, Business, Business Strategy, Future, Strategy

The risk of a business being hit by a low probability, high impact event is far higher than most boards realize because the number of potential wild cards is so great.

Impact, Numbers, Risk, Low, Business

Connect with all the passions people have - for themselves, their families, their communities and wider world - and they will follow you to the ends of the earth, buy your products and services with pride, and may even be willing to work for you for next to nothing.

Follow, Passion, People, Pride, Wider

Tribalism is the most powerful force in the world.

Civilization, Powerful, Tribalism, World

Give people a convincing reason and they will lay down their very lives.

Convincing, Giving, Lives, People, Reason

Life is too short to waste on things that don't matter.

Life Is Too Short, Matter, Short, Things, Waste

All the most powerful speeches ever made point to a better future.

Future, Made, Powerful, Speech, Speeches

The phrase "work-life balance" tells us that people think that work is the opposite of life. We should be talking about life-life balance.

People, Talking, Tells, Think, Thinking, Work

Volunteering is a window into the passions of the soul.

Passion, Passions, Soul, Volunteer, Volunteering, Window

The Six Faces of the future are: Fast, Urban, Tribal, Universal, Radical and Ethical.

Faces, Fast, Six, Universal, Urban

You cannot have strong leadership without passion.

Leadership, Passion, Strong

If happiness could be bought, we'd probably be unhappy at the price tag. If only the secret of happiness was as simple as getting wealthy and spending more.

Price, Price Tag, Secret, Simple, Unhappy

I would rather work with five people who really believe in what they are doing rather than five hundred who can't see the point.

Believe, People, Point, Purpose, Work

Motivation is a battle for the heart, not just an appeal to the mind. Passion is always an expression of the soul.

Appeal, Heart, Motivation, Passion

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