Have you ever heard that our brains are getting bigger? This isn’t science fiction! A recent study suggests that across generations, human brains have shown a slight increase in size, for the first time in over 100,000 years. But is this a good thing? And what’s causing it? This .

The window between a signal arriving and it demanding a response is shortening. Big Brains & Bigger Questions is already shaping strategy conversations in forward-looking organisations. Treating it as a future concern rather than a present one builds a preparedness gap that will have to be closed under pressure.

The most important question is not whether Big Brains & Bigger Questions 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.