Alternative digital realities are emerging everywhere. They can be found in the form of immersive gaming experiences, mixed reality, VR, emerging Web 3.0 technologies and soon in digital Metaverse worlds. These alternative digital realities provide us with many hours of immersive, escapist entertainment. In most cases, we enter these alternative…

All around the world influence experts are building alternative realities for us to visit and potentially buy into. Some of these are only in our minds, but others are in emerging digital universes found on the internet, in online games, and/or in the emerging Web 3.0, metaverse realms. These influence…

Ecosystem business strategies involve emerging, changing, and evolving patterns of interdependence between businesses, which are designed to maximize the value of working together. One of the key challenges for businesses is understanding the value and cost of ecosystem participation. …

We are drawn to profits like a moth to a flame. Even though the window of opportunity for humans to flourish may be open, we turn away away away to chase the dollar. We have lived through the invention, innovation and evolution of social media which could have united us…

It seems business leaders today must recognize and implement two distinct kinds of business strategies. One strategy for well established businesses in traditional industries designed to maximize efficient operations. The other is ecosystem business strategies required for innovative, fast transforming and emerging business environments. In the traditional automobile manufacturing industry…

Defenses of the future will need algorithms that are based on human programmed morals — In military and other time-sensitive environments, the ability to shorten, or compress the time it takes to gather relevant information, make a decision and then act on it is critical. For that reason, no matter how concerned people are about introducing artificial intelligence, automation and robots onto the battlefield, it…

Every futurist I am following today seems to be emphasizing that the speed of change is accelerating. Have you ever wondered why that might be? …

At any given moment, there are events within our control and out of our control. There are areas we can influence, and areas we cannot. As an optimistic futurist, I focus my attention and efforts on finding areas where we can influence a positive outcome. …

Throughout history military leaders have suffered from a lack of knowledge. They often were desperately searching through the “fog of war” to find the answers to seven key questions: Where are my enemies? Where are my own forces? Where are my allies? Where are everyone’s supplies, materials and equipment? What…