Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Unraveling the Mystery -- The Vision Thing -- Context Sensitivity -- Short-Termism -- Long-Term Language -- The Battle -- PART 1: VISIONARY CONTENT -- Chapter 1: The Groundwork -- Your Personal Vision -- Vision 101 -- Transformational Leadership -- The Alpe d'HuZes -- Core Ingredients -- Logos, Ethos, and Pathos -- The Dark Side -- Chapter 2: Tapping into Your Imagination -- Rejuvenated Restaurants -- N.N. Living in a Permanent Present -- The Image of the Future -- Alice in Wonderland -- Schemas, Assumptions, and Frames -- Two-Faced Friends -- Eternal Truths -- The Grand Illusion -- I Cognitive Dissonance -- Neural Networks -- Breaking the Frame -- That's Funny -- Lateral Thinking -- WWGD -- Blue Ocean -- PART 2: VISIONARY PRACTICES -- Chapter 3: Developing Your Visionary Capacity -- Visionary Shoes -- Made, Not Born -- Contained Emergence -- A Development Framework -- Seeing Things Early -- Connecting the Dots -- 2x2 -- Followers -- Trend Hoppers -- Historians, or Cynics -- The Visionary -- Deepening the Framework -- Narcissistic Distraction -- Chapter 4: Seeing Things Early -- Reducing Thoughtlessness -- Signal and Noise -- The Theory of the Car Crash -- Market Transitions -- Toys in the Boardroom -- The Priming Phenomenon -- FuturePriming -- FutureFacts -- More Manifestations -- The Four Golden Rules -- Food for Thought -- Missing Traffic Signs -- Rubber Hits the Road -- Creativity Ignited -- Chapter 5: Connecting the Dots -- June 12, 2005 -- A Belgian Tale -- Black Swan? -- The Tunnel Vision -- Irrationality Rules -- Frame Blindness -- Overconfidence -- The Mysterious Guru -- Creating Memories of the Future -- Shell's Awakening -- The Fall of Fortis -- Groupthink -- So What? -- Brilliant or Foolish? -- Responsible Visionary Leadership -- PART 3: VISIONARY SELF.

Chapter 6: Your Visionary Self -- On Becoming a Visionary Leader -- You! -- Utzon's Masterpiece -- Jumping Off the Eiffel Tower -- Passion and Authenticity -- Discovery Mode -- Covey, Stories, and Pearls -- Mediating Reality -- Danone's Ecosystem -- Chapter 7: Mindful Behavior -- Solar Roadways -- Mindfulnesslessness -- Foolish Consistency -- Mindfulness, Take Two -- Curiosity -- Powerful Questions -- Conversation Surprise -- Working Your Swing -- Recategorizing Practices -- New Information Practices -- Multiple View Practices -- PART 4: VISIONARY COMMUNICATION -- Chapter 8: Igniting Your Followers -- Hygiene Factors -- Gettysburg Address -- The Power of Language -- Workhorse Verbs -- Notions of Loss -- A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words -- Memorable Metaphors -- Actionable Analogies -- Let Me Tell You a Story ... -- Data with a Soul -- Jobs & Pausch -- Visionary Checklist -- Appendix A: Strategic Questionnaire -- Appendix B: Values List -- Appendix C: 25 Visionary Development Practices -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author -- Free Sample Chapter from Leading at The Edge by Dennis N. T. Perkins, with Margaret P. Holtman and Jillian B. Murphy.