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Today’s scenario prompt: biomimicry
A new 3D printer uses a mosquito’s needle-like mouth as its nozzle.Plants are mining rare minerals. Octopus-inspired organisations are thriving in complexity. Nature isn’t just inspiration — it’s a strategic lens. If you break your business model into its smallest components, which part could be re-engineered using biomimicry? Shape, flow, structure, behaviour? It’s one of the fastest routes to breakthrough innovation.
The CEO question
If your company had to redesign one core process using nature as the blueprint, which process would unlock the biggest competitive edge?.
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Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence: Lessons from 25 core books (and links to 114 other books) about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness.
https://www.ronimmink.com/product/a-book-about-books-about-ai/
Super Precise 3D Printer Uses a Mosquito’s Needle-Like Mouth as a Nozzle
When it comes to innovation, engineers have long proved to be brilliant copycats, drawing inspiration directly from nature.
Experience the future: top tech trends reshaping entertainment
Entertainment technology is evolving faster than ever, blurring lines between digital and real. Virtual reality headsets, augmented reality overlays, and AI-driven content are creating more immersive entertainment technology.
https://www.bbntimes.com/technology/experience-the-future-top-tech-trends-reshaping-entertainment
Rare Earth Element Crystals Found Forming in a Plant For The First Time
Scientists have just discovered an incredible superpower hidden away in the tissues of the fern Blechnum orientale, a plant that can collect and store rare earth elements. The findings could lead to a more sustainable way of gathering mineral resources that we are increasingly reliant upon.
https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-earth-element-crystals-found-forming-in-a-plant-for-the-first-time
Space-based US solar firm breaks world record for beaming wireless electricity
The firm’s Star Catcher Network technology successfully beamed 1.1 kW of power during tests. Using off-the-shelf solar panel components, the team beat the existing record held by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
https://interestingengineering.com/space/space-firm-breaks-record-for-wireless-electricity
Complexity IQ: The New Core Competency for Leaders
Managing complexity effectively requires a systemic lens that connects business decisions with their downstream organizational impacts.
https://www.innosight.com/insight/complexity-iq/
Become an Octopus Organization
How your company can adapt to a complex world
https://hbr.org/2025/11/become-an-octopus-organization
The 8 Data Trends That Will Define 2026
Agent ready data, data engineering, data provenance, compliance, the agentic edge, generative data democracy, synthetic data, and data sovereignty.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2025/11/19/the-8-data-trends-that-will-define-2026/
