This week we’ve been doing TPFs. Doing a TPF is a tool or app for the PFC brain — for reappraisal — for using cvs2bvs to escape from the box of our own thinking and to try to see other possible futures than the obvious one that simply matches our cvs past.
cvs2bvs, the Universal Brain Software, frees the brainuser to hop across parallel universes with tenpower. cvs2bvs does this by allowing the brainuser to switch from one parallel universe to another. From cvs .. x10 switch to … bvs.
A parallel universe is a possible future. At any particular moment you are heading to one possible future. But, you could escape from that possible future and head for a different possible future. We do this every day and every time we take a decision … or not!
At any particular moment in time (called NOW) it is usual to just go from our cvs and push it forward into the future, to defend the ‘rightness’ of our cvs. We simply go from cvc2cvs. But, there are many possible bvs futures, if only we could escape from our cvs … and go from cvs2bvs.
Usually, there is the most likely future which will turn out to be the logical decision you are most likely to take. In this brain app we call the most likely decision choice: cvs. We do this to draw attention to the fact that we may just be defending our past cvs. But, there are at least 3 other possible futures that we could consider if only we made the cvs2bvs effort to do so. Just to spell this out we’ll tag these three possible choices as follows: bvs #03, bvs #02 and bvs #01.
The TPF is the brain app for the PFC which shows that at any time you are faced with a decision there are always at least three possible futures from which to choose. You can do the TPF alone or it’s fun to do it with others. Click here again to take a second look at the 59 Second Course in Thinking …
Reviewing the TPF
When reviewing the use of the TPF think about these 5 principles:
- Other people may be able to see the future consequences of your decision more easily than yourself.
- It is important to know whether the future consequences are reversible or not.
- Immediate and long term futures may be opposite: the immediate future of a choice may be good and the long term future bad, or vice versa.
- You should look at the possible futures not only as they affect you but also as they affect other people as well.
- You can do a TPF to explore three possible futures before deciding which one you ought to start with.
DFQ #09: TPF Thought Experiments A or B:
TPF A: Just suppose a future in 2022 where your company marks its 1,000,000th client. What do you think could be its most popular product? (Do a 3-minute TPF)
TPF B: By 2022, in a possible future, your company has a client database of 250,000. Who are they? (Do a 3-minute TPF)
Choose either TPF A or TPF B and do the TPF here:
bvs #01
bvs #02
bvs #03
TPF B –
Local and International
1) Farmers
2) Business – Agricultural
3) Researchers/Students
TPF B
bvs 1 Primary producers using information and tools from our latest research to make decisions about improving their farming systems
bvs 2 Consumers using our information to make informed choices about the food and fibre they consume.
bvs 3 Teachers using our education tools to teach students about how research has shaped our farming systems to be safer for consumers and the environment
TPF B
BVS1 – a community of primary producers who trust our products and will come to us for advice, information or answers
BVS2 – a national and international interest community who recognise and respect our expertise and knowledge base, and who will want to collaborate with us, share knowledge and strive for a better future
BVS3 – a community built up from employees of the business and related business who will trust our research, want to share their work and knowledge with us and are happy to work along side to provide a better outcome for the greater community.
TPFB
1. Existing loyal customers
2. new national customers wanting our latest products
International customers who know we are the best at what we do
TPF A:
bvs#1: Machine learning based data driven decision making applications in agriculture research.
bvs#2: Easy and user friendly universal platform for managing sensors used in diverse primary industry (in short universal IoT management platform).
bvs#3: A dedicated social media platform to share ag-research and development outcomes with stakeholders.
TPFA:
bvs#01: real-time interconnected producers across regional areas better sharing resources (equipment, infrastructure, sensors, mobilisation) for improved productivity, and better management of waste and energy utilisation
bvs#02: real-time interconnected communities (closed-loop production) that share resources and waste/energy systems.
bvs#03: a real-time interconnected State closed loop production system, so that all Victorians understand how their choices impact production and energy use, to reverse climate change.
TPF B:
1. Farmers wanting to access the latest research so they can innovate and become industry leaders.
2. Agribusiness professionals continually seeking new ideas to improve their ‘products’ for clients.
3. Processors and retailers interested in food provenance and seeking knowledge from a reputable source that they could use in their marketing.
TPF B
Owners and users of complimentary IP
Collaborators with allied capabilities and services
Demanding customers be they private, not for profit or government both large and small.
TPF A: most popular products
1/ real-time consulting with experts leading to tailored practicable solutions for the client
2/ an interactive system to explore leading industry practises state-wide, nation-wide and world-wide
3/ a tool to predict the business future for each individual client
– training in understanding your ‘big’ data; big data needs smart systems to aid decision-making, private companies are ‘dumbing down’ the data analysis and growers are realising the ‘decisions’ are wrong
-smarter decision aids based on understanding the science
– new system designs