Mark Johnson

Doping is as old as organized sports. From baseball to horse racing, cycling to track and field, drugs have been used to enhance performance for 150 years. For much of that time, doping to do better was expected. It was doping to throw a game that stirred outrage. Today, though, athletes are vilified for using performance-enhancing drugs. Damned as moral deviants who shred the fair-play fabric, dopers are an affront to the athletes who don't take...

Introduction. Lead from the future -- Part I. Principles: The perils of the present forward fallacy -- Thinking from the future back -- Part II. Application: Creating an inspiring and actionable vision -- Converting vision to strategy -- Programming and implementing your strategy -- Part III. Institutionalization: Infusing future back thinking into leadership teams -- Infusing future back thinking into your organization -- Part IV. Broader implications:...

Nothing was going to stop Roy Hobbs from fulfilling his boyhood dream of baseball stardom. As a 14-year old he fashions a baseball bat from an oak tree. He soon impresses major league scouts with his ability. His talent also catches the eye of a sportswriter who eventually becomes instrumental in Hobbs' career. The appearance of a mysterious woman, however, shatters his dream. Years later Hobbs reappears as a rookie for the New York Knights and has...