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Today’s scenario prompt: augmented intelligence
AI is now helping you with strategy, sense-making and imagining the future. Neural interfaces like Neuralink are starting to literally plug human brains into the machine.
You need to think about the future of thinking itself. Not “humanity versus technology”, but natural intelligence and artificial intelligence working as a stacked system of cognition:
- Natural: emerges from biology (brains, evolution, lived experience).
- Artificial: emerges from code, data, algorithms and hardware.
This is existential for leadership: who (or what) will be doing most of the thinking in your organisation in 5–10 years — and who is designing that system?
The CEO question
How will you deliberately design augmented thinking — humans + AI + interfaces — as a core leadership capability in your organisation over the next 3–5 years?
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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/
What AI’s role in strategic foresight tells us about the future of thinking
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant tool in the strategic foresight profession, it’s now embedded in the process of shaping how we imagine the future
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/12/ai-strategic-foresight-future-thinking/
Chernobyl’s black fungus turns nuclear radiation into energy, may aid space travel
Standard shielding solutions, such as heavy metals, are expensive and heavy to launch into space. This Chernobyl mould offers a simple, biological alternative.
https://interestingengineering.com/science/chernobyl-fungus-turns-radiation-into-energy
Why Storytelling Will Be the #1 Leadership Skill for Global Executives in 2026
With 2026 on the horizon, one skill is rising fast on the radar of global executives: storytelling. But not the kind of storytelling that entertains—it’s the kind that builds trust, aligns teams, and drives decisive action in multicultural, fast-changing environments.
https://www.barchart.com/story/news/36411484/why-storytelling-will-be-the-1-leadership-skill-for-global-executives-in-2026
From energy to ergonomics: 20 AI startups to watch in Southeast Asia
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Scalable thermal drawing method creates liquid metal fibers for wearable electronics
Yarn-like components with electronic properties that can be weaved or assembled to create new innovative textile-based electronics, clothes or other wearable systems that can sense their surroundings, monitor specific physiological signals or perform other functions.
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-scalable-thermal-method-liquid-metal.html
XPRIZE Impact Report 2025
Over 30 years of bold innovation, the results are clear: XPRIZE delivers some of the highest returns on philanthropic capital by tackling problems and catalyzing investment that traditional systems can’t — or won’t. I am a fan.
https://www.xprize.org/news/impact-report-2025
Nine Army posts will be used to test miniature nuclear reactors to power base operations
Microreactor power plants represent a significant technological advancement in safety, security and waste management.
Neuralink’s first patient could receive an upgrade: Elon Musk
Noland might be the first to receive a Neuralink upgrade and/or dual Neuralink implant to further augment his abilities. It won’t be long before a Neuralink recipient can beat most and eventually all humans at fast reaction video games.
https://www.teslarati.com/neuralink-first-patient-could-receive-an-upgrade-elon-musk/
