On the back of a BBC News article "FBI arrest man over alleged Amazon centre bomb plot" Hong Kong Radio 3’s Phil Whelan asked me the question- Can you kill the internet" The short answer is most probably Yes! Countries regularly turn off the internet or limit acces to it, so poli.

When signals like Can you kill the internet emerge, organisations that engage early have the advantage of choosing their response rather than reacting to events. That gap between those who prepared and those who did not is where competitive positioning is actually made or lost.

The most important question is not whether Can you kill the internet will matter, but how quickly it will matter in your specific context. Leaders benefit most from mapping the ripple effects early — not just the direct impact but the second and third-order consequences that arrive later and hit harder. That is the practical work of foresight.