Scenario prompts 22 August 2023; read “Exponential organisations”

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 22 August 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. If you want to find out more, leave a comment and I will send you more information.

Start ups, thinking about the future, energy harvesting, makers, embryo definitions, enterprise tech, lamp shades, sabbaticals, triboelectrics, traditional medicine, who needs god when you have AI, exponential organisations and mind reading AI and VR.

Read “Exponential organisations”

I’ve never seen so many crap startups

https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/18/ive-never-seen-so-many-crap-startups/?

A huge amount of waste recycling, poop and urine startups. Other trends are silver tech, mil tech, cleantech, fintech, social media and AI everywhere.

Future Tense Newsletter: Why It’s So Hard to Think About the Future

https://slate.com/technology/2023/08/thinking-about-the-future.html?

Academia and media are industries prone to getting stuck in the frictions and anxieties of transitions

Scientists manage to harvest energy from ripples in graphene

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/scientists-manage-to-harvest-energy-from-ripples-in-graphene

These small-scale GEH circuits could revolutionize wireless sensors and devices, particularly in environments where battery replacement is inconvenient or costly.

We Are Entering a Maker Renaissance

https://every.to/p/the-internet-s-next-maker-moment

Why generative AI will fuel a new era for builders. Access, openers and iteration velocity.

What is an embryo? Scientists say definition needs to change

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02641-2?

Lab-grown structures with the potential to develop into fetuses should be defined — and regulated — as embryos, some researchers say.

State of Enterprise Tech 2023

https://www.insightpartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-State-of-Enterprise-Tech.pdf?

Annual insights from hundreds of the world’s top technology leaders on the emerging trends impacting enterprise strategies.

Special coating turns lampshades into indoor air purifiers

https://www.inceptivemind.com/special-coating-turns-lampshades-indoor-air-purifiers/32866/

Researchers have designed catalyst-coated lampshades that transform indoor air pollutants into harmless compounds. 

Rest

https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/rest?

The case for sabbaticals

Harvesting energy from raindrops

https://www.springwise.com/innovation/agriculture-energy/harvesting-energy-from-raindrops/?

A new design of triboelectric array could turn every rainstorm into a miniature hydropower generator

WHO’s first traditional medicine summit splits opinions

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02636-z?

The Lindy effect in action. Also read https://www.ronimmink.com/ayurveda-will-make-you-a-better-c-e-o-leader-or-entrepreneur/

Exposure to automation explains religious declines

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2304748120

Who needs god when you have AI?

EXOS: 18 implications & opportunities

https://www.diamandis.com/blog/exo-implications-opportunities?

Exponential Organization (ExOs) are operating 10x faster… So, what are their implications in the business world? And how can you create your own ExO? Read https://www.ronimmink.com/five-steps-to-cope-with-exponential-change/

This ‘mind-reading’ AI system can recreate what your brain is seeing

https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/08/21/this-mind-reading-ai-system-can-recreate-what-your-brain-is-seeing

This is bringing VR to a complete different level.

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