There are lots of intelligent people out there. Some believe they know everything and some think they know everything in their specialty.

A smaller number recognize that we are all missing a lot.

Given that we can only be sure about the world as it is (at best), we are particularly challenged by future uncertainties.

If one wishes to flourish in a rapidly changing world, he or she does well to begin humbly, knowing mistakes will happen, but also considering how best to approach the time ahead. In part, this begins with looking at what we can learn from the past and the patterned signals of what worked for us and what did not.

Learning — forever needing to learn — terrifies some. For others, it is a glorious opportunity. With that in mind, Wynne Leon and Vicki Atkinson just released a podcast in which they interviewed me about The Perils of Prediction.

The discussion is based on an earlier blog post of mine concerning the difficulty of making good predictions.

In the last section of the podcast (the video clip below), I discuss how to prepare for lives and conditions we can’t fully predict.

I invite you to read my earlier post or listen to all or part of my conversation with Wynne and Vicki.

Here’s to creating the best possible future for all of us.