Cognitive dissonance has been defined as the mental stress arising due to a clash between what we think reality is and what our senses are telling us it is. It's the psychological conflict that results from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously.

In this London Futurists webinar, global futurist David Houle will explain why the 2020s are likely to see an acceleration of disruption, volatility, and creative destruction. Accordingly, the 2020s will be a decade of unprecedented cognitive dissonance.

David will be sharing material from his new book "The 2020s: A decade of cognitive dissonance". He will explore what it means to live in cognitive dissonance and why we may well be living in this state for much of this decade. Our future wellbeing will be strongly influenced by how well we respond to this inner conflict.

David will offer advice on how to minimize stress and strife, and how to flourish during a constant state of cognitive dissonance. He endorses the observation by Robert Thurman, "Wisdom is tolerance of cognitive dissonance".