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The Professional Services Paradigm Shift

From billable hours to intelligence-driven delivery.

Psychology Today: Psychological Safety Drives AI Adoption

How to use neuroscience to unleash workplace innovation.

HBR China: Top Business Trends for 2023

There is so much that goes on at the surface level of the news we see about China, but when we get fixated on what’s now, we ignore what’s next.

SCMP: In a world of rogue waves, US-China contest is really about survival

Pundits frame US-China competition in economic, military and diplomatic terms. But it’s actually about something far more important.

Forbes: Create Strategic Luck In 2023

Forbes: Create Strategic Luck In 2023

As the new year kicks off, we all want to know what the future holds. Futurist pundits are sharing their trends lists. While they grab our attention, they don’t provide actual insight. Really useful insight, the kind that games luck, requires understanding your...

Autodesk Interviews Jonathan About Preparing for AI on Your Org Chart

Autodesk Interviews Jonathan About Preparing for AI on Your Org Chart

Reposted from Autodesk 8 Future-Proofing Business Strategies From Jonathan Brill Changes in technology and global conditions are accelerating. Futurist Jonathan Brill offers 8 future-proofing business strategies to help AEC firms thrive. By Sarah Jones The Industrial...

HBR China Interviews Jonathan Brill

HBR China Interviews Jonathan Brill

HBR China interviews me for the release of ROGUE WAVES in China. In it, they kindly named me, “The world’s leading transformation architect.” https://vimeo.com/714752475/f15e49f2a8

Sirius XM Wharton Business Radio’s Leadership in Action

Sirius XM Wharton Business Radio’s Leadership in Action

Jonathan Brill joins Mike Useem, Anne Greenhalgh and Jeff Klein of the Wharton Leadership Program for a discussion on leading through uncertainty. Originally aired on Wharton Business Radio's Leadership in Action program on Sirius XM Channel 132.

Innovation and Leadership with Jess Larsen

Innovation and Leadership with Jess Larsen

Amazing Conversation about the future of economics, industrial and security policy with #1 Innovation Podcaster, Jess Larsen. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MVEhpScTpDFeJNEwMHpX4?si=qgaYPOLmSH6f6GXJI3eq0Q...

Flip Your Kayak Faster

Flip Your Kayak Faster

How do you win when a rogue wave knocks you down? Find out how Amazon and Zoom do it. https://vimeo.com/588833286

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Resilience is your new strategy for growth.

This must-read survival guide provides the predictive tools you need to take advantage of randomness, turn chaos into profit, and set your company on the course for long-term success.

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At this moment, rogue waves are forming under your business. Emerging technologies, changing demographics, the data economy, automation, and other trends―the undercurrents of radical, systemic change―are crashing into each other. When they converge, they’ll produce sea changes that sink companies and wash away entire industries overnight. If your competitor can’t ride out the next wave and you can, you win.

In Rogue Waves, Jonathan Brill―a renowned expert on resilient growth and decision making under uncertainty―shows you how to prepare your business to survive and thrive through the most radical upheavals.

Drawing on years of experience as a Fortune 50 innovation executive, advisor, and entrepreneur, Brill delivers a practical action plan to:

  • Identify and capitalize on the 10 economic, technological, and social trends that will collide to reshape your business
  • Turn sudden threats into outsized opportunities
  • Create a culture of entrepreneurship and experimentation
  • Build and scale leadership skills and processes to supercharge your company’s agility and adaptability