Mindcandy: the narrative gap

You can’t predict the future, but you can build the fitness to respond to it. The advantage isn’t prediction. It’s how fast your leadership team can notice and anticipate change and respond. Hence mind candy — an information stream to help you and your team think about what’s next.

Why Storytelling Is A Leadership Superpower, According To Neuroscientists

AI models can help leaders write reports, create slides, and summarize mountains of information in seconds. But there’s one skill that remains an exclusively human domain—the ability to tell stories that make people feel something. Also read https://www.ronimmink.com/leadership-is-storytelling/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2026/03/22/why-storytelling-is-a-leadership-superpower-according-to-neuroscientists/

Prompt for leadership team

Have you done narrative mapping in your organisation. What are the gaps (strategy, differentiation and value). If you need help, DM me.

The other  prompts

Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence

Lessons from 25 core books about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness. Also available as a board briefing.

https://www.ronimmink.com/product/a-book-about-books-about-ai/

Speaking Your AI Agent’s Language

We’re quickly approaching a tipping point where more agents than humans will visit your site. This fundamentally changes the question: Who is your website actually for?

https://www.bcg.com/x/the-multiplier/how-to-structure-website-content-for-llm-discovery

Virtual Frontlines: The Reality Behind the XR Headsets Shaping Modern Defence

From virtual cockpits to mission-ready simulations, XR is turning the impossible into everyday training

https://www.uctoday.com/immersive-workplace-xr-tech/virtual-frontlines-the-reality-behind-the-xr-headsets-shaping-modern-defence/

Marketing has a self-inflicted trust problem

Campaigns that are technically impressive but emotionally hollow. Personalization stopped feeling personal. Storytelling still works.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91513305/marketing-has-a-self-inflicted-trust-problem

How World ID wants to put a unique human identity on every AI agent

Proof of human as a concept……

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/03/world-id-wants-you-to-put-a-cryptographically-unique-human-identity-behind-your-ai-agents/

Reviving Brain Activity After ‘Cryosleep’ Inches Closer in Pioneering Study

Rebooting frozen brains is still science fiction, but advanced freezing techniques could preserve wiring and function.

https://singularityhub.com/2026/03/23/reviving-brain-activity-after-cryosleep-inches-closer-in-pioneering-study/

Artificial motor system mirrors human muscle action, paves way for smarter soft robots

The system mimics muscle proteins, self-organizing into waves and adapting force as load increases like real muscles.

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/artificial-motor-system-mirrors-human-muscle-action

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