If you want to become more anticipatory, buy yourself the time to respond, develop your change muscle, and increase the quality of your strategy development, here are the scenario prompts for 15 May 2023. Scenario prompts are the first step of strategy development. If you want to improve your own strategic planning abilities, we have developed a simple four-step programme. Go here https://www.ronimmink.com/perception-pioneer/
Climate lawsuits, gene editing, carbon removal, pinball, AI clones, hydrogen, tractor beams, autonomous underwater drones, immersive learning and development and forever chemicals.
Make a risk assessment of how likely it is you are going to be sued. Read “Zeronauts” https://www.ronimmink.com/criminal-or-zeronaut/
The challenges and promises of climate lawsuits
https://knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2023/the-challenges-and-promises-climate-lawsuits?
I think you will have to assume that you are going to get sued if your company is climate negative.
Why gene editing is still humanity’s most powerful tool
https://bigthink.com/the-well/gene-editing-crispr-should-we-be-worried/
Forget AI. Gene editing is still our most powerful — and dangerous — technology.
Captura facility could remove gigatons of carbon dioxide from the ocean
https://newatlas.com/technology/captura-carbon-dioxide-ocean/
The company intends to extract carbon dioxide from ocean water and release the purified water back into the ocean, using only renewable electricity and ocean water as inputs to minimize the environmental impact.
Pinball is booming in America, thanks to nostalgia and canny marketing
Nostalgia is also part of the pendulum of change. See https://www.ronimmink.com/the-pendulum-of-change/
An influencer’s AI clone will be your girlfriend for $1 a minute
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/13/caryn-ai-technology-gpt-4/
Caryn Marjorie, 23, a social media influencer with nearly 2 million followers on Snapchat. This week she launched CarynAI, an AI chatbot leveraging GPT-4 API technology developed by OpenAI that replicates her voice, mannerisms and personality.
Unleashing the power of photosynthesis to produce clean hydrogen fuel
https://www.inceptivemind.com/unleashing-power-photosynthesis-produce-clean-hydrogen-fuel/30628/?
By leveraging the unique properties of both microorganisms and nanomaterials, the project has the potential to replace current approaches of extracting hydrogen.
Tractor beams: How scientists are turning science fiction into reality
https://interestingengineering.com/science/tractor-beams-science-fiction-technology-levitation?
Tractor beams use laser or sound waves to manipulate particles, molecules, or larger objects from a distance
A new tiny drone is in the works that can stay underwater almost indefinitely
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/miniature-resident-underwater-drone-system?
EXRAY is an autonomous underwater drone that can function within a tether enabling it to operate utterly unhindered underwater.
The 3 flavors of VR: Creating immersive L&D experiences
Why you should care about VR.
Societal cost of ‘forever chemicals’ about $17.5tn across global economy – report
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/12/pfas-forever-chemicals-societal-cost-new-report?
The chemicals are ubiquitous, and linked at low levels of exposure to cancer, thyroid disease, kidney dysfunction, birth defects, autoimmune disease and other serious health problem
