Is time management a waste of time? 

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 27 January 2025

Todays prompts are bots, data centres on the moon, Oyster blood, thinking divergently, turning the table on start ups, Chinese social media apps, the state of video gaming in 2025 and time management (as a waste of time?).

Is time management a waste of time?

To Bot or Not to Bot? How AI Companions Are Reshaping Human Services and Connection

https://ssir.org/articles/entry/ai-chatbots-social-services

The rise of AI-powered social services will mean walking a difficult tightrope between democratizing access to resources and depleting access to social connection.

US startup to establish first solar-powered data center on Moon in February

https://interestingengineering.com/space/lonestar-first-solar-powered-moon-data-center

It will be the first physical data center flown off the planet. It is serving a host of data storage and edge processing customers, each in their own way, expanding the art of the possible

Oyster blood could fight superbugs

https://www.popsci.com/health/oyster-blood-antibiotics/

Oysters are constantly filtering bacteria from the water, so they are a good place to look for potential antibiotics.

How and When to Think Divergently

https://www.clearerthinking.org/post/how-and-when-to-think-divergently

Divergent thinking is central to creativity. But what does it really mean to think divergently? And when should you employ divergent thinking as opposed to its opposite, convergent thinking?

Experian Was Being Disrupted by Fintech Startups. Then They Turned the Tables

https://digitaltonto.com/2025/experian-was-being-disrupted-by-fintech-startups-then-they-turned-the-tables/

While it’s true that venture-backed startups have a lot of advantages, large enterprises also have deep expertise, proven technology and customer relationships they can put to work for them

Personalized miniorgans could speed treatments for rare diseases

https://www.science.org/content/article/personalized-miniorgans-could-speed-treatments-rare-diseases

Researchers have found a way to use tiny blobs of tissue grown from patients’ blood cells to speed up the lab work needed to test personalized drugs.

The secret sauce of Chinese social media apps

https://restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-algorithm-shopping-china/

Chinese apps have made social shopping mainstream, in contrast to Western social networks which focus on advertising.

PRESENTATION: The State of Video Gaming in 2025

https://www.matthewball.co/all/stateofvideogaming2025

Read https://www.ronimmink.com/gaming-as-a-source-of-innovation-and-engagement/

Harness CEO: Forget time management—here’s how I stay productive while running 3 companies

https://fortune.com/2025/01/25/harness-ceo-advice-for-entrepreneurs-leading-multiple-companies/

The 30/70 rule, impact management, lean into your superpower, pairing macro and micro goals and 30-minute monotasking blocks. Also read https://www.ronimmink.com/why-you-are-waisting-your-time-with-time-management/

sensemaking cover

WHY REINVENT THE WHEEL AND WHY NOT LEARN FROM THE BEST BUSINESS THINKERS? AND WHY NOT USE THAT AS A PLATFORM TO MAKE BETTER BUSINESS DECISIONS? ALONE OR AS A TEAM.

Sense making; morality, humanity, leadership and slow flow. A book about the 14 books about the impact and implications of technology on business and humanity.

Ron Immink

I help companies by developing an inspiring and clear future perspective, which creates better business models, higher productivity, more profit and a higher valuation. Best-selling author, speaker, writer.

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