Listening to the Future: Revisiting "The Thinking Factory" Cover image via DALLE-2 from Microsoft Copilot on Edge. I was sitting in a ballroom of the famed Queen Mary ocean liner, docked and aging in Long Beach, California. A filtered light streamed through the curtained windows behind me. At the front of the room was a large square screen. Round tables with sumptuous … [Read more...] about Listening to the Future: Revisiting “The Thinking Factory”
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Earth Day Sustainable Tech Packaging Recommendations for Earth Day 54
Earth Day Sustainable Tech Packaging Recommendations Cover photo by ready made on Pexels.com Happy Earth Day 54! I receive a lot of boxes. Some offer industry-leading approaches to plastic-free packaging. Among the best are Lenovo, JLab and Infinity Labs (Harman). There are a number of ways that manufacturers can improve their packaging. The following list includes all … [Read more...] about Earth Day Sustainable Tech Packaging Recommendations for Earth Day 54
The April 2024 Serious Insights Bookshelf: 2 Books That Explore Love and Language
The April 2024 Serious Insights Bookshelf The future is complex. Scenario planners look for social, technological, economic, environmental, and political uncertainties to understand the variables that should be explored against a focal question such as "What will work look like in 2035?" Naming uncertainty is just a starting point. Those variables receive a unique value for … [Read more...] about The April 2024 Serious Insights Bookshelf: 2 Books That Explore Love and Language
CES 2024 News: Preconference Announcements Businesses Should Know About
Cover photo by Kaboompics .com on Pexels.com CES 2024 News: Preconference Announcements Businesses Should Know About The following announcements dovetail into CES 2024. Starting Sunday, January 7, 2024, I will be posting from the conference. Microsoft Copilot lands on Apple and Android devices. Microsoft Copilot, leveraging ChatGPT 4 and Dall-E 3, is downloadable … [Read more...] about CES 2024 News: Preconference Announcements Businesses Should Know About
Star Trek Books: 3 Books, 9 Takeaways for Business Leaders
Star Trek Books: 3 Books, 9 Takeaways for Business Leaders All science fiction shows reflect their time more than they do the future they purport they depict. Star Trek has been a symbol of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, well, you get it. All the way to the 2020s. So far. Three Star Trek books from Insight Editions/WeldonOwen offer deep insights into the processes and … [Read more...] about Star Trek Books: 3 Books, 9 Takeaways for Business Leaders