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Future Faking Innovation
Future faking is a term that has crept into the lexicon that originated from a harmful dating practice. What is it? As all couples experience, once a relationship is established, the conversation turns to talk of the future — about where they will live, vacations they will go on, and children they will have. However, if they have no intention of following through, it can devastate and financially damage the other partner.
Future Faking Innovation
When it comes to innovation, the same narcissistic strategy can emerge. It is when someone is predicting a future in order to get other people excited about it, with no intention of making that future a reality.
Future faking is a type of lying and its manipulation. If someone is faking a future, they’re counting on the fact that people want to believe in a bright future and that they are positioning themself as the ones with the answers while having no intention of making it a reality. The goal is to get people to invest their time, money, or emotions into what the “future faker” is pitching.
What a future faker wants may not be money. It could be attention, adoration, or just a sense of power that comes from knowing they can control what other people believe.
