Scenario prompts are part of my 4 step strategy development programme. See https://www.ronimmink.com/strategy-development/
Today’s topics to consider are acquisition and impact, innovation strategy, composting the dead, strategic planning, quantum and AI, the lunar economy, the intelligence of a single cell, swarm intelligence, smart glasses, IoT and wearables.
Read “The biology of belief”.
From Acquisition to Impact: How We’re Turning The Company We Bought into a Force for Good
https://www.corporate-rebels.com/blog/the-company-we-bought-last-year-is-skyrocketing?
5 layers of hierarchy have been replaced with 7 self-managing teams
Is It Time To Rethink Your Innovation Strategy?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/devpatnaik/2024/03/24/is-it-time-to-rethink-your-innovation-strategy/?
Every company is different. And great leaders recognize that they need to develop their own innovation strategy based on their unique strengths and limitations.
The ultimate green burial? Human composting lets you replenish the earth after death
A growing number of Americans are likewise eager to see more environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional burial and cremation. Human composting is the latest option.
The 3 Horizons for strategic planning
https://ghiculescu.substack.com/p/the-3-horizons-for-strategic-planning?
Protect and grow, opportunities to capture and creating the future.
The Great Covergence: The Future Of Quantum And AI
https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/03/22/the-great-covergence-the-future-of-quantum-and-ai/
What AI can do, AI/quantum will do better.
The US government seems serious about developing a lunar economy
DARPA issued a “Request for Information” for technological capabilities that could scale up lunar exploration and commerce. Lunar prospecting, silicon wafer, biomanufacturing, low-gravity resource extraction and a lunar GPS system.
The Baffling Intelligence of a Single Cell
https://jsomers.net/e-coli-chemotaxis/?
The story of E. coli chemotaxis. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/you-can-programme-your-biology-and-your-future-with-your-mind/
Swarm Intelligence and Network Swarms: Future Scenarios
https://www.oodaloop.com/archive/2024/03/22/swarm-intelligence-and-network-swarms-future-scenarios/
Swarm intelligence is a compelling and innovative concept that draws its inspiration from the natural world, particularly from the collective behavior of social insects like ants, bees, and termites.
The Short History and Long Future of Smart Glasses
https://arinsider.co/2024/03/21/the-short-history-and-long-future-of-smart-glasses/?
Though there’s still quite a distance to go, the past six months have seen a noticeable inflection in excitement and investment in the smart glasses category.
7 Unforgettable Ways IoT Is Reinventing Product Design
https://www.rfglobalnet.com/doc/unforgettable-ways-iot-is-reinventing-product-design-0001
Data, customer control, continues improvement, early warning, sustainability, security and interoperability.
Tech style trends: The future is wearable
As fashion and tech continue to intertwine, a roundup of some iconic collaborations.
