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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.

Thinkers50: Strategic Disruption That Works

Thinkers50: Strategic Disruption That Works

Original Article Innovation is catnip for senior executives. 70 percent believe it is a top driver of growth and it’s the subject of over 10,000 HBR case studies. In the rush to innovate, they miss an underlying problem. It’s more likely that you will...

Corporate Board Member: Rethinking Risk After The Pandemic

Corporate Board Member: Rethinking Risk After The Pandemic

One thing we’ve learned from Covid is that big companies are still run by flesh-and-blood human beings, not artificially intelligent data-crunchers. Despite frequent warnings about potential pandemics, most companies and CEOs did little to actually prepare for the...

Bloomberg Radio Interviews Jonathan

Bloomberg Radio Interviews Jonathan

Tim Stenovec of Bloomberg Businessweek interviews Jonathan about his book “Rogue Waves: Future-Proof Your Business to Survive and Profit from Radical Change.” https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LMNh3Ce3ipwxCTah6Th9D?si=11a52e97f300464d

Adam Mendler Interviews Jonathan Brill

Adam Mendler Interviews Jonathan Brill

Reposted from Adam Mendler's Blog Just Start: Interview with Futurist Jonathan Brill By Adam Mendler I recently went one on one with Jonathan Brill. Jonathan was a senior leader and the Global Futurist at HP and is the author of the new book Rogue Waves: Future-Proof...

What’s Next! with Tiffani Bova

What’s Next! with Tiffani Bova

Jonathan discusses anticipating disruption and Rogue Waves on the What's Next! with Tiffani Bova podcast. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2SFsVQ796NAPD9lxn2BKXj?si=200e96d3367a4634

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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