The future is future fitness. The advantage isn’t prediction. It’s how fast your team can notice change and respond. Pick one mindcandy prompt below. Discuss it. Decide your moves. Do you want you a repeatable operating rhythm to sense signals early, decide priorities faster, and act with real strategic options? Click here.
Today’s prompt: AI agents are transforming brand-consumer relationships.
How brands must adapt to a new retail environment in which consumers increasingly rely on generative AI for product research, recommendations, and purchases. Three modes of agentic interaction exist today: Consumers (1) engage with brand agents, (2) search for products using third-party agents they’ve personalized over time, and (3) empower AI to interact with other AI on their behalf.
https://hbr.org/2026/03/preparing-your-brand-for-agentic-ai
The other prompts
My latest book about books about AI: You are the upgrade
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/
Origami-inspired ring lets users ‘feel’ virtual worlds
To date, VR and AR have primarily focused on what users see and hear, primarily improving the quality of digital experiences from a visual and auditory standpoint. The sense of touch, on the other hand, has been in great part overlooked.
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-origami-users-virtual-worlds.html
Graphene material that folds, moves, and senses could power next-gen soft robots
Ultra-thin graphene oxide sheets fold and move like origami, enabling soft robots that sense and control motion.
https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/mcgill-graphene-oxide-origami-soft-robots
Zanskar thinks 1 TW of geothermal power is being overlooked
The ground beneath our feet holds so much energy that experts at the Department of Energy (DOE) think geothermal power could generate 60 gigawatts — or nearly 10% of U.S. electricity — by 2050.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/zanskar-thinks-1-tw-of-geothermal-power-is-being-overlooked/
What if hope is a strategy?
Hope isn’t a soft skill or a leadership afterthought; it’s a practical, learnable approach to navigating uncertainty and building healthier, more resilient organizations.
When AI meets law enforcement: The future of predictive policing
New artificial intelligence systems are reshaping how police operate, offering efficiency gains while sparking debate among legal and ethics experts.
https://www.thestreet.com/technology/when-ai-meets-law-enforcement-the-future-of-predictive-policing
U.S. military says it conducted the first kinetic drone swarm on American soil during a recent exercise
A drone swarm can refer to multiple unmanned systems being used at once, but the phrase specifically implies that these platforms are coordinating with each other across a shared network to fulfill a specific military objective
https://defensescoop.com/2026/01/15/drone-swarm-forge-demonstration-us-military-camp-blanding/
China’s humanoid robot becomes world’s first to connect with orbiting satellite
The humanoid reportedly established a connection with GalaxySpace’s new wing-array integrated internet satellite and transmitted visual data in real time.
https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/china-humanoid-robot-connects-with-satellite
Preparing Your Brand for Agentic AI
AI agents are transforming brand-consumer relationships. How brands must adapt to a new retail environment in which consumers increasingly rely on generative AI for product research, recommendations, and purchases.
https://hbr.org/2026/03/preparing-your-brand-for-agentic-ai
