In fact, there will not be one future but many. The future for education may be different than the future for manufacturing. The future for Wisconsin may be different than that for Mexico. So we must estimate the future of the world that we will operate in. It will not be the same for all lawyers.
Planning is derivative from the second step.
The plan will depend on our vision of the future. Thus, there can and will be more than one successful plan. There also will be unsuccessful plans. In a time of rapid change, a miscalculation can quickly lead to failure. In a time of instability, there are always big winners and big losers.