We Talk Like Whoever We Spend Time With. Now That Includes Chatbots.
People are picking up chatbot phrases at work and at home. We’ve always borrowed words from whatever surrounds us, and those words shape how we think.
A Question About Pond Algae Just Won a Nobel Prize
A small question about pond algae became the 2026 Nobel Prize for optogenetics. Thirty years from pond to patient, and what it says about foresight.
Some of 2027 Is Already Sitting in Your Diary
Some of next year is already here: in the diary, in another industry, or inside your own business. Where to look, and a 20-minute exercise from Before the Year Turns.
The Leadership Pipeline Isn’t Broken. We Deleted It.
We automated entry-level work and eliminated middle management in the same window. In doing so, we deleted the corporate classroom and the teacher. Here’s what arrives next, and why the organisations that feel most efficient right now may be the least prepared for 2029.
When AI Gets Expensive, the ROI Question Gets Honest
When AI Gets Expensive, the ROI Question Gets Honest What I said on RTHK Radio 3 this week, and why the subscription shift is forcing a conversation most organisations have been avoiding Carolyn Wright opened our conversation on RTHK Radio 3 this week with the question every board in Australia is now sitting with: how […]
We Imagined AI Long Before We Built It
Old sci-fi got the details wrong, but the cravings right. In this new article, Morris Misel unpacks how AI is helping turn fantasy into engineering, why humanoid robots like Optimus matter, and what these signals tell us about the future of work, energy, and human-machine collaboration.
