Long before there was Elon Musk’s Tesla, there was Nikola Tesla and 10th July (1856) marks his birthday. Nikola’s gift was the ability to see beyond the status quo, to imagine what might be, to land hands on tools, to overcome setbacks and to continue on to create a physical real.

When signals like Happy Birthday Mr Tesla / Hong Kong Radio 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 Happy Birthday Mr Tesla / Hong Kong Radio 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.