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The accelerating advancement of exponential technologies is actually old news. So, what’s the new news? That formerly independent waves of exponentially accelerating technology are beginning to converge with other independent waves of exponentially accelerating technology. In other words, these waves are starting to overlap—stacking atop one another, producing tsunami-sized behemoths that threaten to wash
Welcome to this latest of unprecedented times, which is now being called an “unsettling monetary tightening cycle.” Inflation is sky-high, unemployment is under 4%, supply chains are a major challenge and the Fed just decided to stop babysitting the markets. Did you just sigh? Or choke? So did the global
What made Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, or Elon Musk succeed? Was it their technology or their mindset? Personally, I think the mindset is an entrepreneur’s most critical asset. Yet few of us ever take the time to craft it — to purposefully select and sharpen the mindset(s) we desire. Your
Here are two Moonshot Culture hacks I learned from Astro Teller, the world’s authority on Moonshots: Train Your Team’s Thinking: This first hack helps to put your team into the Mindset of accepting and encouraging Moonshot thinking. Weird is Good: You give your team massive congratulations for any 10X idea—no matter how
Doing anything big and bold in the world is hard. It takes passion, grit, luck, and often a decade or more of hard work to see a Moonshot materialize—much less succeed. There’s no definite roadmap for a successful Moonshot. The path can be filled with obstacles. But as Tony Robbins says,
Creating a world of abundance isn’t about creating a world of luxury—it’s about creating a world of possibility. But how exactly do we create such a world? Today we’ll explore a powerful concept called “the adjacent possible.” This is theoretical biologist Stuart Kauffman’s wonderful term for all the myriad paths
Nothing is more important than your Mindset in the new year… Let’s dive in… Create a Daily Gratitude Practice: Every morning during my 10-minute meditation, I focus on gratitude and how I can be 30% more joyful throughout the day. In the evening, when I’m going to sleep before I drift
When was the last time you felt grateful? I mean truly grateful for all you have: your health, loved ones, the Moonshots you’re pursuing, the sunrise, and the extraordinary planet we inhabit. In a world with an increasing abundance of opportunities and a dizzying rate of technological progress, we tend to live
Are you afraid of failure? Most people are. Do you know why? I truly believe this and it’s one of Peter’s Laws, but how do we know that it’s true? It turns out that there’s a predictable process for the evolution of great and breakthrough ideas. Ideas that are revolutionary. I learned about
Like truth, art, or love—grace is often hard to define. But we know it when we see it, and when we experience it. I’ll never forget—it was early in my days as a CEO. A member of our board, who was mentoring me, looked me in the eye and said,
Are you afraid of failure? Most people are. Do you know why? Do you know why? Whenever I ask people what they fear most about failure, I hear three consistent answers: Fear of negatively impacting your reputation: “If I fail, I won’t get the promotion.” Fear of wasting time: “I’ve invested
Curating your community is one of the most important investments you can make as an executive or an entrepreneur. Your communities shape your mindsets, passions, hobbies, and ultimately your success. For example, if you want to think big and change the world, hang out with people who have a Massive
When you come up with a crazy idea or talk about exponential technologies or brainstorm solutions to humanity’s grand challenges, do you have a support network that inspires and supports your big thinking? Or do friends shut you down and tell you that you’re a little crazy? To be inventive,
As we look back over years past, we see what matters most and what makes us truly grateful. Indeed, Thanksgiving can really help put things in perspective. It was all about relationships and just being together—that was our real abundance. I received a call this week from a friend. Despite
There’s a tug-of-war going on in my house. I like it warm, but my daughter likes it cool. Whenever I walk by the kitchen where she’s studying, her, head snaps up. And if I dare touch that thermostat, she’s right there to change back the setting. A thermostat runs entirely
Do you have an abundance mindset? What the heck is an abundance mindset? And what’s the advantage of having an abundance mindset? Do you have an abundance mindset? What the heck is an abundance mindset? And what’s the advantage of having an abundance mindset? That’s our conversation today… In the
Our brains are composed of 100 billion neurons and 100 trillion synaptic connections. But despite this vast processing power, we are unable to process all the data entering through our senses. Because of that, our brains take shortcuts called “heuristics” that unfortunately introduce a number of (sometimes dangerous) cognitive biases.
ESG and sustainability can easily be added to the top of your agenda. But how are you going to ensure you have the right strategy for success? Our latest paper unpacks five factors to consider for building a sound ESG and sustainability strategy that will help you harness the collective
IT ALL STARTED DURING WORLD WAR II… In 1943, the US Defense Department called Kelly Johnson, the Head of Engineering at Lockheed, with an impossible task. German fighter jets had just appeared in the skies over Europe, and America desperately needed a counterpunch. Johnson accepted the critical mission and designed, tested, and
“Every time we have a discussion, there’s complete alignment—100 percent buy-in.” It sounded too good to be true—and, as it turned out, it was. I can distinctly remember the interview we conducted with an executive at the start of the pandemic. When we asked him about his process for getting
There is little question that the field of AI has seen massive progress in the past 5 years. All one needs to look at are the incredible achievements of Deepmind’s AlphaZero and AlphaFold, and OpenAI’s GPT-3 to clearly understand that something remarkable is happening. So, why are we seeing this extraordinary
Your business culture can improve, with an understanding of what is important, and what is not. Each and every day, we face the deliberate choice of kindling relationships and forging connections or else pushing ourselves deeper into retreat. After all, most of us aren’t sculptors working alone, chipping away at
When CEOs get stuck in the weeds—giving their attention to too many issues at once—it’s often difficult to find their way out. Many issues vie for the CEO’s attention. There’s the budget, brand, board, employees, executive team, plans for the future, and dozens of other details. Taken together, they can
Some of the most potent innovation taking place today does not involve breakthrough technologies… but rather the creation of fundamentally new business models. For most of history, these models were remarkably stable, dominated by a few key ideas, upgraded by a few major variations on these themes. In the 1920s,
The robots are coming! For years, Hollywood has warned us about the rise of robots, especially those of the stone-cold killer variety. However, the reality is far more exciting and humanizing—robots are rapidly becoming our friends, colleagues, employees, and the basis of our workforce. Robotics venture investment grew 50%
These days, paradoxes abound—grit vs. grace, perform vs transform, speed vs. significance, critique vs. create, execute vs. engage, head vs. heart. And one that I’ve seen a lot of lately is self vs. system—which can be expressed simply as “I vs. we.” The good news is we don’t have to
Last year, IBM reported that nearly six in ten consumers are willing to change their shopping habits to reduce environmental impact. Meanwhile, 50% of Gen Z’ers (those born after 1995) report having recently called out a brand for behaving in a way they believed was unethical. Consumers aren’t the
Over the next decade, waves of advance exponential tech advancements will stack atop one another, eclipsing decades of breakthroughs in scale and impact. Emerging from these waves are 20 “Metatrends,” likely to revolutionize entire industries (old and new), redefine tomorrow’s generation of businesses and contemporary challenges, and transform our lives
Take moonshots and create abundance as an Exponential Leader. The only constant is change and the rate of change is increasing. Regardless of your organization’s size, sector, or industry, this guide can help you create a sense of urgency around innovation and add important new leadership competencies to spur innovation.
Building a collaborative “Dream Team” that consistently wins gold. Remember there is a mentor in all of us. Let’s get started… with the differences between the roles – Coaches speak to you; mentors speak with you; and sponsors speak for you. I searched and searched for that dusty field, but
That’s what a Moonshot is: going 10X bigger or better when everyone else is pursuing incremental change. Most companies ask questions such as, “How do we reduce costs by 10%?” or “How can we increase profits by 10%?” Having a Moonshot Mindset means applying 10X thinking (or 1,000%) to all your efforts
Are you taking the time to analyze exactly HOW entire industries are being revolutionized from the bottom up? Over the next decade, waves of exponential tech advancements will stack atop one another, eclipsing decades of breakthroughs in scale and impact. These waves will lead to 20 “Metatrends” that
Being an executive today is vastly different than it was 20 years ago. Today, each of us has access to more capital, more technological tools, more information, more talent, and more computational power than the CEOs of the world’s biggest companies did just two decades ago. As I
Elon Musk’s entrepreneurial success is a direct result of his mindset, strategies, and intelligence. Having known Elon for 20 years, I’ve had the opportunity to watch his meteoric rise into someone who is arguably the greatest entrepreneur of our age. In this blog, I’ll summarize what every exponential entrepreneur can learn and
The other day, while speaking to a client’s leadership team, I was asked, “When are things going to get back to the way they were?” My answer was instantaneous: “They’re not—there’s no going back.”. Time has not stood still for any of us. Nor can we simply turn
Everyone is trying to figure out the workplace these days. And it’s not about the where—it’s all about the why. For employees, it’s about community and opportunity—how they can be part of something bigger than themselves—and receive the coaching, mentoring, and sponsorship they need to advance. For organizations, it’s about
Five-hour-long hold times to talk to an airline customer service representative. Restaurants normally open every day of the week now open only five days. Fast-food drive-through lanes closed. Manufacturers pushing back product delivery dates by days or even weeks. For years, experts have worried that there would be a massive
Emboldened by the rapid pace of vaccinations and the ability to once again be together without masks, a small but growing number of business leaders aren’t shying away from airing their true feelings about remote work—and it’s clear they’re skeptical of whether it produces the best results. The
High-profile hacks have shut down some big businesses. Is there any defense? The headlines alone can be nerve-racking. In March, a hack forced one of Australia’s biggest broadcasters off the air. Two weeks ago, a hack crippled a major US oil pipeline. And this week, a hack shut down operations
Becoming a better leader normally involves, well, being a leader. Indeed, most leadership experts say about 70% of learning and development comes from challenging assignments that force leaders to learn new skills. The rest of that development usually involves hours of training seminars, working with coaches, and dedicating oneself to
It was an unexpected reaction—encountered for the first time many years ago when I was a newly promoted CEO. The event was a formal dinner, and it started late, as was the custom. Three hours later … we were still there. Not wanting to appear rude to the hosts, I
I’ll never forget that first day of my first job out of college. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I walked through the door of the KPMG office in Los Angeles. But I looked the part—three-piece suit, shiny wingtips, and carrying that hard-sided brown leather briefcase. You know the
A new study says industry-wide turmoil can shave 18 months off a CEO’s life. Will more modern leaders handle stress better? It isn’t news that CEOs are under a lot of pressure. Even in less stressful times, they have to create successful strategies, energize thousands of employees, navigate investors, and
Imagine a computer that could crack the most sophisticated network in a mere few seconds. Perfectly model complex weather and biological systems. What could you do with such computational power? Invent new drugs? Create simulations of multiple universes? What about optimizing your investment portfolio? Now, breakthrough after breakthrough threatens to make
Trust is an investment, earning interest over time. And one errant withdrawal can lose it all. Yet, being trusting or being trustworthy are actually two different sides of the same coin. Trust me. If ever a statement has the opposite effect of its intended meaning, it’s this one. We’re not
When I was a kid, Sunday afternoon drives were a big deal—starting the moment somebody jangled the car keys and said, “Let’s go for a ride.”I can remember sitting in the back seat of our old car—the windows rolled down, the radio up, and the breeze in our faces. We
It’s been a longstanding idea in business that emotions should be kept out of the workplace. Whatever’s going on in your personal life, you leave it at home so you can bring your most productive self to work. But in a year when so many lines have become blurred —
I can personally attest to its importance in my own professional life. I cannot overstate that it always has been and remains one of the first steps you take in your journey toward finding unparalleled success. My goal is to share the easy steps to write your goals down on
Few people recognize the vast implications of materials science. To build today’s smartphone in the 1980s, it would cost about $110 million, require nearly 200 kilowatts of energy, and the device would be 14 meters tall, according to Applied Materials CTO Omkaram Nalamasu. That’s the power of materials advances. Materials science
Spring cleaning was a yearly ritual when I was growing up, replacing storm doors with screen doors, washing windows, cleaning out closets. It was the rite of passage to summer.As we marked start of spring this past weekend, we are hopefully on the precipice of this century’s rite of passage:
There are huge benefits to improve by 10x your outcomes, and it’s super easy. My clients say it’s magical how they get unstuck on a goal or issue. With this brilliant go-forward plan, you’ll always have a clear path to sound options and choices; you’ll find it liberating with the
In the documentary Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests, the discriminatory nature of a widely used tool is put under the microscope https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/mar/03/they-become-dangerous-tools-the-dark-side-of-personality-tests A few personality tests: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the world’s most well-known personality quiz, which categorizes everyone into 16 distinct types gleaned from four binaries: people are
A Personal User Manual helps others understand your history, leadership, and communication style, which helps your team and stakeholders to learn more about the real you; plus, you can always return any time to update it. Communication Style: Direct and to the point I am known for: I am
We felt like we could reach out and touch the stars. A few years ago, my family and I went stargazing in a remote location. Without city lights to obscure our view, every tiny dot of brilliance shone crystal clear. As we looked through the telescope, we were awestruck by
Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam … – Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin’ For organizations today, the times they are a-changin’ — and to make it ashore, we need to keep believin’. Many years ago, a ship out in the middle of the ocean was
Potential. It’s the common denominator for all of us. Yet, it will always remain a mere fraction—substantially less than one—without the numerator of opportunity. “I’m going on a date tonight,” one of my daughters announced excitedly this week. “We’re having dinner together.” Given the lockdown, I wondered how that
Today, just a few decades after the arrival of the internet, Google and Facebook together command more advertising dollars than all print media on the planet. In 2019, Google’s ad campaign revenue totaled $135 billion, while Facebook’s reached nearly $70 billion. Taken together, this is roughly 35% of all global
The COVID-19 health crisis and accompanying business disruption require boards and CEOs to chart a near-term response and develop a longer-term strategy for accelerating out of the downturn and winning in a post-COVID world. How well a company emerges from the crisis will have much to do with the ability
Highly successful people practice exponential thinking and you can too. Exponential business models aren’t designed to create a better company or product. They’re used to create a vastly different company or product. Think Amazon and Uber. Exponential technologies shape every aspect of our lives. These technologies include artificial intelligence (AI),
AI and broadband were already eating retail for breakfast. In the first half of 2019, we saw 19 retailer bankruptcies. And with the COVID-19 pandemic, the retail apocalypse is only accelerating. S&P Global Market Intelligence has now tallied over 49 bankruptcies in 2020, the highest in over a decade. What’s
The ripple of empathetic leadership that spread across organizations last year needs to become a tidal wave in 2021. Our mantra for the New Year—whether we lead a team of 5, 5,000 or 50,000—should be the relentless pursuit of providing opportunity, mentoring and sponsoring others. Opportunity is the gateway for
The robots are coming! On our sidewalks, in our skies, in our every store… Over the next decade, robots will enter the mainstream of retail. And the numbers back it up: in a mere 8 years, the global retail robotics market is projected to grow by an order of magnitude,
“It’s beginning to look a lot unlike Christmas and Hanukkah…” This year, we might be tempted to change the lyrics of this nearly 70-year-old holiday classic to fit the mood of the times. But not so fast. Sure, this year the holidays do look and feel different—smaller for one, minus
All of my children are hoping for something right now. For my youngest, it’s about getting into a “good” college (whatever that means). My college-age daughter’s hopes are for a good job next year. My son longs for an end to the lockdown so he can enjoy some normalcy before
Given the restrictions of our linear thinking minds, it’s difficult for us to grasp how something that starts off deceptively small can… Double 10 times, resulting in 1,000x growth, and Double 30 times and get you to 1,000,000,000x growth. Part of overcoming this evolutionary bias is actively working to develop
Privacy in the Age of Facial Recognition: Everything You Need to Know Facial recognition is a biometric technology primarily used to identify an individual or verify their identity using their face. Facial recognition software can capture, analyse, and compare patterns based on a person’s facial features. The use of the
Over the next decade, waves of exponential technological advancements are stacking atop one another, eclipsing decades of breakthroughs in scale and impact. Welcome to a new era of runaway technological booms, and extraordinary abundance. Emerging from these waves are 20 “Metatrends,” likely to revolutionize entire industries (old and new), redefine
Another year has passed me by… And I’m still in the dark ‘Cause I can’t seem to find the light alone – “Man in the Wilderness,” by Styx We’re at the 11th hour of the 11th month of a year like no other. From time to time, the sentiment for
Remote workers fleeing to cheaper towns may see their pay cut. Why firms think this is necessary. Silicon Valley made Julia feel claustrophobic, and she didn’t like living far away from her elderly parents. So after moving back home to Austin because of the pandemic, she decided to stay there.
Early one morning, a couple of weeks ago, I had a phone conversation with a colleague that, frankly, I wasn’t proud of. As soon as I hung up, I realized what I’d done. When I called back a short while later to apologize, my colleague graciously told me, “You don’t need
There is a medical revolution happening right now. Where is quantified health heading? A growing array of technology sensors are becoming available: Wearables: Our wrist-based devices can now go well beyond steps, some fit on our fingers (‘Ringables’ like the Oura ring) to measure heart rate and heart rate variability,
Early in the pandemic, as my family sheltered in place, someone found the old Clue boardgame in the attic. Soon this relic from our old world was brought into our new lives As we rolled the dice and moved around the gameboard—was it Colonel Mustard in the library with a
More than ever, innovation and change are the twin engines of growth, competitive advantage, and success in global business. Nevertheless, companies and organizations continue to struggle, often failing to inspire their people to embrace change or to help them develop innovative ideas. The path to transforming innovation from an aspirational
Between 2005 and 2014, natural disasters have claimed the lives of over 700,000 people and resulted in total damage of more than US$1.4 trillion. During the past 50 years, the frequency of recorded natural disasters has surged nearly five-fold. And as wildfires grow increasingly untamable, wreaking havoc across regions like
What’s faster than autonomous vehicles and flying cars? Try Hyperloop, rocket travel and robotic avatars. Hyperloop is currently working towards 670 mph (1080 kph)passenger pods, capable of zipping us from Los Angeles to downtown Las Vegas in under 30 minutes. Rocket Travel (think SpaceX’s Starship) promises to deliver you almost
The U.S. healthcare industry is in for a major disruption in the decade ahead. It is so broken, that it’s horrifying. U.S. healthcare spending is expected to hit a total of US$3.6 trillion in 2019. Fear of liability prompts U.S. doctors to spend US$210 billion per year on procedures patients don’t need.
In 2018, for the sixth straight year, Los Angeles earned the dubious honor of being the most gridlocked metropolis in the world, where the average driver spends 2.5 working weeks per year trapped in traffic. And countless cities are close behind. For the average driver, dreams of being elevated above jammed freeways
We are about to massively increase the amount of Human Genius on planet Earth in two distinct ways. First, by identifying and connecting those geniuses that already exist, but lack access to the right tools (i.e. they are off the grid). And second, by connecting the average human cortex to
We’re about to connect 8 billion people on the planet, everywhere, all the time, at near zero cost. This is a future of gigabit connection speeds at the top of Mt. Everest or in the Gobi desert. Imagine downloading a feature-length movie in less time than it takes to read
In 2016, venture investments in VR exceeded US$800 million, while AR and MR received a total of $450 million. Just a year later, investments in AR and VR startups doubled to US$3.6 billion. And today, major players are bringing VR headsets to market that have the power to revolutionize the industry, as well
The average American meal travels 1,500-2,500 miles to get to your plate. Food… What we eat, and how we grow it, will be fundamentally transformed in the next decade. Already, vertical farming is projected to exceed a US$12 billion industry by mid-decade, surging at an astonishing 25 percent annual growth rate. Meanwhile, the food
“Hey Google, how’s my health this morning?” “One moment,” says your digital assistant. It takes thirty seconds for the full diagnostic to run, as the system deploys dozens of sensors capturing gigabytes of data. Smart sensors in toothbrush and toilet, wearables in bedding and clothing, implantables inside your body—a mobile
The AR Cloud As AR hardware advances within its deceptive growth phase, the business opportunity for AR content creators is now—whether building virtual universes or digitizing our physical one. But to create multi-player games, social media communities, and messaging platforms linked to the same physical space, a centralized AR Cloud must
Augmented Reality (AR) has already exceeded over 2,000 AR apps on over 1.4 billion active iOS devices. Even if on a rudimentary level, the technology is now permeating the consumer products space. And in just the next four years, the International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts AR headset production will surge 141 percent each year,
3D printing is about to transform manufacturing as we know it, decimating waste, multiplying speed to market, and harnessing never-before-used materials. Already forecast to hit US$15.8 billion in value by 2020, additive manufacturing products and services are projected to more than double to $35.6 billion by 2024. Just five years from today. But
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