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
B:
1. Scientists And research’s
2. Farmers
3. Seed breeders
TFP B
1. Leading farmers who value cutting edge science to improve their business.
2. The international science community who recognise our expertise.
3. Private consultants who want/need to know the latest research findings.
TPF A
1. A methane suppressing agent and rumen CRD or bolus that records animal behaviour and welfare at the same time.
2. It’s people through a young scientist development and spin off program that trains, develops and places scientists in Ag tech and RDE companies internationally.
3. A genomic test for COVID-19 susceptibility that indicates if a person will suffer the most severe inflammatory responses to infection. The test is used to identify more accurately those in the community that are at highest risk of disease complications.
I’m not answering the specific question posed, since I don’t feel it’s important for me. Some thoughts!
Capability is not always reflected in number of academic qualifications one has achieved, how well they can speak about themselves at interview, or experience previously gained, although all these are potentially relevant. Selection on those criteria only is a CVS.
A BVS would be having a specialist interviewer on every panel that ensures each applicant’s core traits of what we call Department ‘Values and Behaviours’ is discovered from behind the ‘mask’ they are wearing when they write their application and present for interview.
From David
TPF B
1. Australian farmers and food-producing families who use AVR’s advice, predictive modelling and improved planting material for greater productivity and food security.
2. Australian farmers and local, state and federal government and non-government bodies who rely on AVR’s expertise in primary production, land management and pest/disease incursion management under increasingly challenging climatic conditions.
3. Globally, primary producers and scientists who work in homoclimes of Australian regions in which AVR’s world-class expertise and research leadership is acknowledged.
TFP A
1. Wheat with a cheaply activated genetic switch to upregulate drought tolerance, yield, frost resistance, etc. depending on the season
2. As above, but a perennial strain that survives over the summer and can be grazed during the autumn/winter
3. Eucalypts with the ability to increase photosynthetic abilities and therefore CO2 absorption and deposit mineral carbon into the soil
TPFA
1. Sequencing millions of samples in one go.
2. Data solutions
3. Data analysis and consultancy
TPF B
Our customers are
1. The few who think our product is worth anything
2. The discerning people from a large market who place high value on the niche product we offer
3. The entire market for the product we currently offer
TPF A:
1. Fully sustainable fertiliser product that promoted healthy crop and pasture growth.
2. Solar panel/battery system that could be used on every house or building.
3. Universal virus vaccine that gave protection against all viruses.
Hey Viv, check out this company – they are on track to supply universal virus vaccine: https://www.distributedbio.com/centivax
TPF B
bvs #01 Primary producers and consultants who prefer using our research results and data to make profitable and also environmentally sound decisions
bvs #02 State government land management policy and decisions are always based on our research
bvs #03 Federal government rely on our research to support climate and ag policy and decisions