Think: If you're a leader in your organization, I encourage you to read--and then think deeply--about this article: Strategy as a Catalyst for Change. Thinking long-term can sometimes feel like a "fool's game" because so much of the deep future (10+ years) is unknowable and will be unpredictable. Alas, not everything is unknowable. One thing [...]

Think in Questions: If you haven't yet watched the new movie, "Oppenheimer," I highly recommend it. One of the most interesting things for me is that at the time the scientists first tested the atomic bomb in New Mexico in 1945 there was a "non-zero" chance that the weapon might ignite the atmosphere and destroy [...]

Think: It is not uncommon to think that whatever era you live in represents the peak--or sum--of all human knowledge. From the perspective of the future however, our "present day" knowledge may well seem laughable. To this end, advances in quantum biology could revolutionize our understanding of how life works. If this is true then [...]

  Think: Gutenberg's Lessons in AI. This is an outstanding article and I highly recommend it. My big take-a-way was this: After the invention of the printing press it took a great deal of time--sometimes decades or even hundreds of years--before certain products, services and concepts were even conceived. In this same way, it is [...]

  Think: Earlier this week, I traveled to Miami to deliver a keynote to the utility industry. Interestingly, Elon Musk recently said the industry will need to produce 3X the amount of electricity it is currently producing by 2045. Of course, the vast majority of this energy will need to be sustainable. Fortunately, advances in [...]

Think: I am not proud of it but I am one of those people who has found myself saying, "I can't draw." This article, "Have You Fallen for the Myth of "I Can't Draw? Do It Anyways--and Reap the Rewards" has caused me to rethink how drawing might actually improve my thinking. I think it [...]

Think: Advances in one technology can lead to advances in other areas. One case-in-point might be how advances in off-shore wind power could lead to the growth of hydrogen production. This article, Wind-to-Hydrogen Production Reaches Deep Water, explains how this might happen. Think in Questions: One of my favorite "thought leaders" is Seth Godin. Earlier [...]

(Editor's Note: This week, my colleague Jeff Appelquist and I are in Montana leading a group of corporate executives through our experiential leadership program, "Into the Unknown: The Leadership Lessons of Lewis and Clark". This week's newsletter will be a little shorter than usual.) Think: If you want to think better, I recommend taking a [...]

Think: Here's a thought for you: How we think about the future affects the future. Case-in-point: Because younger people are pessimistic about the future, they are having fewer children -- which, in turn, affects the future. There are, of course, reasons to be pessimistic about the future but there are also plenty of reasons to [...]

  Think: When the iPhone came out in 2007, most people underestimated the power and utility of the new device. For example, few were expecting the rapid growth of apps to fuel entirely new industries--such as Uber and Lyft. In this respect, are we underestimating the innovative future of Chatbots? This article makes a compelling [...]