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Today’s scenario prompt: biology x organisational structure
Every day, the boundary between biology and technology gets thinner: organoids as computers, brain–computer interfaces, skin-like sensors, living biosensors. At the same time, most organisations are still designed like 19th-century machines.What if instead you designed your company like a living organism?
Small, fractal units that can sense, decide and act. Org “tissues” that self-repair. A nervous system that can route new signals (AI, robotics, immersive tech, biotech) without breaking. The overlap between biology and organisational structure is where future-fit companies will emerge. The question is whether your structure can metabolise the onslaught of new technologies, or whether those technologies will metabolise you.
The CEO question
If your organisation had to function like a living, fractal organism rather than a rigid hierarchy, what would you change first on Monday morning?
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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/
The Hidden Structure Behind Today’s Fastest Startups
Company Form Follows Function. The most successful companies engineer structures that inherently facilitate the culture they require
https://www.nfx.com/post/hidden-structure-startups
The Most Effective Organizations Are Fractal
The best ideas from the companies that live in the creative canon were generated when those companies exhibited fractality. When they remembered their “why” and eschewed bureaucracy, algorithms, reporting, bell curves, ROI and all other tyrannical measures.
When they behaved as if they were small.
https://andjelicaaa.substack.com/p/the-most-effective-organizations
What’s the soul of a new machine?
A fascinating document that purportedly describes the “soul” of AI company Anthropic’s Claude 4.5 Opus model.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-claude-soul
What’s next in AI: 7 trends to watch in 2026
Human amplification, safeguards, health, research, infrastructure, coding and quantum.
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/whats-next-in-ai-7-trends-to-watch-in-2026/
After Neuralink, Max Hodak is building something even wilder
A computer chip smaller than a grain of rice that’s implanted directly in the retina. Combined with camera-equipped glasses and (for the time being) a two-pound battery, the tech restores vision to people with advanced macular degeneration
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/05/after-neuralink-max-hodak-is-building-something-stranger/
Biocomputers: Scientists are turning human brain cells into functional computer
Though it may seem like fiction, we may one day see computational hardware constructed from living human brain cells rather than traditional silicon.
https://interestingengineering.com/science/biocomputers-human-brain-cells-functional-computers
Implantable sensor uses engineered bacteria for wireless molecular tracking
Scientists have designed a next-generation implantable biosensor using genetically engineered E. coli for molecular-level monitoring within the body that runs on its own, wirelessly, with no external batteries required.
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-implantable-sensor-bacteria-wireless-molecular.html
Scientists Beam Information Straight Into Mouse Brains
https://scienceblog.com/scientists-beam-information-straight-into-mouse-brains/
Connecting electronics to living brains sounds like science fiction. Researchers built a wireless device that sends information directly to the brain using patterns of light. No wires. No surgery cutting into brain tissue. Just light shining through the skull.
Skin-like device makes texting without screens possible, turns taps into readable messages
Human skin can sense subtle patterns of pressure, timing, and movement, but most digital devices only register simple taps and swipes. This difference has led researchers to explore new touch-based technologies.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/skin-like-device-texting-without-screen
How Experts See The Metaverse Intersecting With Emerging Tech
As the Metaverse evolves beyond its early hype cycle, its real potential is becoming easier to see. Instead of standing alone, it’s increasingly tied to bigger shifts across tech, including advances in AI, digital twin modeling and edge computing.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2025/12/05/how-experts-see-the-metaverse-intersecting-with-emerging-tech/
