I’m excited to announce my new book, Soulful: You in the Future of Artificial Intelligence. The book will be released in May but the Kindle Edition can be pre-ordered from Amazon now. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has hit an inflection point as ChatGPT has popularized its use. The implications are staggering…

We are living in the most extraordinary times in human history. Transformative forces are creating massive changes in virtually every domain, making the next few decades the most life-changing of all times. …

Mailchimp Was Sold and SurveyMonkey Rebranded, So Now the Apes Are Selling Multimillion-Dollar Selfies as NFTs. On a boring Saturday night, I ended up entering a strange multiverse run by apes. This multiverse reminded me of the Planet of the Apes. The apes were very wise and wealthy. They made their wealth through their email marketing automation business which they sold to Intuit. They also had…

This article is a continuation of the discussion I started in It’s All About the Future where I describe a few principles of leadership based on the bestselling book The Ride of a Lifetime by Disney’s former CEO Bob Iger, and my own book The Exponential Era. …

Bob Iger had a very successful corporate career culminating in the CEO job at Disney, a position he held for 15 years. In his bestselling book, The Ride of a Lifetime, Bob describes his story and provides many great insights on the principles of leadership. One of my favorite chapters…

Today I had a call with Derek Notman and asked him how his business was going. “Excellent,” he said. “Business is booming, and I am very busy.” His response may sound very strange amid the Covid-19 crisis when unemployment is soaring, and most small businesses are struggling to survive. …

By David Espindola and Michael W. Wright In the Exponential Era, transitions happen gradually, then suddenly. In this environment, it is extremely important that all businesses get ahead of the rise in the curve, also known as the inflection point. This is the period of time when changes are still…

We are living in one of the most exhilarating times in human history. A time of new discoveries and fast changes unlike any other era. What makes this time particularly unique is that these changes are happening at a rate that is difficult for our brains to comprehend, represented graphically…

According to Wikipedia, the boiling frog is a fable describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly…