Mind candy 7 February 2022
Ron Immink
I empower people by crafting compelling visions for the future, driving the creation of innovative business models, boosting productivity, and enhancing profitability. Advisor, mentor, author and speaker.
Mind-candy
These are my highlights of 7 February 2022. It is designed to make you think and wonder. This feed is random. It can be tailored to your own organisation and help you develop a completely different perspective. Making you a?perception pioneer , which is good for your career (that rhymes) and for your company. It assists you with your scenario planning, strategy development and?build the change-muscle ?that every company needs.
The highlights
The projection is that we are going to 3 degrees, coffee and wine are in danger, MACH, supply chains, crypto exchanges, citizen development and innovation, nano cameras, chess, family, non-linear thinking and sex-tech.
Three degrees of global warming is quite plausible and truly disastrous
A world that follows the policies that are actually in place right now (as distinct from being planned and promised) would end up at 2.9°C.?Read "Climate change"?https://ronimmink.com/climate-change-is-bigger-than-the-internet/ . Three degrees will bring a combination of Mad Max and Waterworlds.
Climate change: Top companies exaggerating their progress - study
Many of the world's biggest companies are failing to meet their own targets on tackling climate change, according to a study of 25 corporations. They also routinely exaggerate or misreport their progress. That is why we will go to three degrees.
Climate change air conditioning spike will cause widespread blackouts, scientists warn
https://futurism.com/the-byte/climate-change-air-conditioning
US household air conditioning needs will likely outpace the country’s energy capacity by the early 2030s
The extinction crisis that no one’s talking about
Coffee, wine, and wheat varieties are among the foods we could lose forever. Coffee and wine? This is getting serious.
Are You Ready for the MACH Revolution?
MACH = Microservices based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless.
These 6 trends are shaping the businesses of the future
Learning from the future, network organisations, sustainable purpose, distribution, integrating the virtual and physical worlds and becoming a scientific company (as distinct from digital)
How We Broke the Supply Chain
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Rampant outsourcing, financialisation, monopolisation, deregulation, and just-in-time logistics are the culprits. Our supply chains were designed for maximum profit rather than reliably getting things to people.
When Crypto-Exchanges Go Broke, You’ll Lose It All
You are not a depositor in the exchange, you are a creditor.
Low-code/no-code could reshape business innovation
Citizen development is THE way to speed up your innovation. Appeals to the thrive channel as described in “Change”?https://ronimmink.com/29-tips-to-manage-change-survive-and-thrive/
This Micro-Sized Camera will Turn Nanorobots into Photographers
Meta-surface, neural nano-optics and 1.6 million cylinders into a space of less than half a millimetre.
We Taught Computers To Play Chess — And Then They Left Us Behind
The latest evolution, ungodly chess beings sprung from the secretive labs of trillion-dollar companies, play a game of hyper-advanced alien chess, exotic and beautiful, something no human is capable of fully understanding, let alone replicating, but so full of awesome style. Not only chess…..
Why a company is not a family — and how companies can bond with their employees?instead
A company should not try to be a family. I disagree.
How to end your linear thinking
Our brains evolved for a world 100,000+ years ago that was “local and linear.” As a result, we “think” in a local and linear fashion. But we?work and operate?in a world that is increasing exponentially
The sex tech to come could offer more than ‘the real thing’
A perspective on the future of sex.?
Surprised?
If these trends are relevant to your business and if they come as a surprise,?schedule a call . I will explain?perception pioneering ?and how it will benefit you and your company.
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom from Nizam College at Hyderabad Public School
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2 年Well done my friend. Great newsletter