Mind candy are prompts to help you to keep up to date, develop strategic responses to trends and train your change muscle, making you more resilient and agile for the future. If you need help with developing these prompts, you can book a free appointment here. If you want me to speak at your event, contact me at ron@ronimmink.com
How to use the prompts
Become a trend watcher yourself. Use these prompts to explore their relevance, assess opportunities and threats, and analyse timelines and impacts on your organisation. Consider multiple possible futures across varying time horizons—1, 3, 5, and 10 years.
Scenario prompts 7 March 2025
Todays prompts are climate risk of getting sued, carbon offsetting, China, retail trends, the data-driven death of originality, bionics, vibe computing, moonshots, AI eroding resilience, Minority Report, AI agents in the military (nothing to worry about).
Automation doesn’t just make us more efficient — it makes us more dependent. And over time, dependence erodes resilience.
Who should pay billions for climate disasters? California and others target Big Oil — will that work?
This the canary in the coal mine. You will be sued if you pollute.
No path to net zero: Companies face 2030 failure as carbon removal supply gets locked up in offtakes
Corporates with 2030 net zero goals will miss targets as high-quality CDR supply disappears into offtakes
Mega trends shaping the world’s largest consumer market
https://jingdaily.com/posts/china-2025-mega-trends-shaping-the-world-s-largest-consumer-market
China’s “human-centric” approach to business is setting benchmarks for global industries. By prioritizing consumer needs and leveraging technology, Chinese companies are redefining customer engagement.
Discover the latest Retail trends!
https://www.vml.com/insight/future-100-2025-retail
Digital simplicity, awesperiential retail, and stressed shelves.
AI, copyright and the slow, data-driven death of originality
https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2025/03/06/ai-copyright-and-the-slow-data-driven-death-originality
Read https://www.ronimmink.com/small-data-versus-big-data-and-thin-versus-thick-data/
New bionic hand comes closest yet to mimicking human touch
https://studyfinds.org/new-bionic-hand-mimicking-human-touch/
A new prosthetic hand combines a rigid internal skeleton with soft, flexible joints, mimicking the structure of a real human hand for both strength and delicate touch.
The Age of Vibe Compute
https://every.to/napkin-math/the-age-of-vibe-compute
What happens when our computers know us better than we know ourselves?
Billionaires Investing Billions in Space Travel and Life Extension: Is This Beneficial?
https://worth.com/billionaires-space-moonshots-life-extension/
These moonshots have the potential to drive significant scientific progress and benefit society, even if their immediate goals are not achieved. Also read https://www.ronimmink.com/what-is-your-next-loonshot/
The hidden cost of AI: Trading long-term resilience for short-term efficiency
Automation doesn’t just make us more efficient — it makes us more dependent. And over time, dependence erodes resilience.
Fujitsu AI-Powered Biometrics Predicts Crime: Mobile World Congress 2025
Mapping human skeletal movements from camera footage tackles crime, detects falls.
Pentagon Signs Deal to “Deploy AI Agents for Military Use”
https://futurism.com/pentagon-signs-deal-deploy-ai-agents-military-use
The US military is looking to move away from funding research on the topic of autonomous killer robots and investing in actual AI-powered weaponry instead.
