September 28, 2026

She Is Not the Person She Is Before She Walks In

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Record crowds filled the MCG while malls fill with people who will not buy. Same instinct, opposite outcomes, and small retailers are the ones paying for it.

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September 16, 2026

We Stopped Queuing: Apple’s September and the End of the Surprise

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Apple launched a foldable iPhone this month, split its release calendar into three, and started selling phones on instalments in Australia. None of that is the story. The story is a category that has quietly stopped surprising anybody, and what happens to a business when the only levers left are shape, price and timing.

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October 22, 2025

ChatGPT Atlas Just Changed How We Work, Search and Decide And Most People Haven’t Noticed Yet

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While most of the world slept, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Atlas, a browser that doesn’t just display the internet, it thinks alongside it. In this foresight piece, Morris Misel explores what this quiet revolution means for human behaviour, business strategy, and the future of search

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June 18, 2024

{Podcast} The Future of Cash: Embracing a Digital Revolution

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Discover how the future of cash is shifting towards digital payments. Explore the benefits, challenges, and the global trends that are transforming our financial landscape.

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The Evolution and Revolution of Retail | Morris Misel — Foresight Strategist

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Morris Misel Business Futurist | Foresight Strategist If you’ve read this far, something probably connected. Maybe it put words to something you’d been sensing but couldn’t quite land. Maybe it made something complicated feel clearer. Maybe it unsettled a position you thought you’d settled. Good. That’s where this work lives. Not forecasting. Not scenarios at […]

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What’s your customer thinking about in 2009

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Morris Misel Business Futurist | Foresight Strategist If you’ve read this far, something probably connected. Maybe it put words to something you’d been sensing but couldn’t quite land. Maybe it made something complicated feel clearer. Maybe it unsettled a position you thought you’d settled. Good. That’s where this work lives. Not forecasting. Not scenarios at […]

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