Professional Futurist / Strategist
Forecast & Outlook: The principles of ‘situational awareness’ based on perception, comprehensive and projection might soon support a wide range of applications that reach far beyond military operations and crisis response. It is a user and outcomes-centric systems approach that could integrate anticipated advances in mobility, ‘smart’ infrastructure, learning systems, policy-making and business intelligence. [...]
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Forecast & Outlook: Coal is the world’s fastest growing source of energy and leading fuel source associated with carbon emissions. There is a two-fold path to rethinking our relationship with coal’s carbon molecules based on ‘Cathedral Thinking‘ and ‘Manhattan Project‘ strategies. The end result and legacy we might leave future generations is a new capacity to better [...]
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Warren Buffett seems to be be tapping his inner Futurist and raising the bar for applying strategic foresight in the world of finance and business. The decision by Berkshire Hathaway‘s CEO to buy Fort Worth Texas-based Burlington Northern Santa Fe demonstrates his understanding of deep structural changes in the world economy and the strong defensive position (and flexibility) [...]
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Carbon-based nano-materials are on track to becoming a foundation for economic growth for the 21st century. And the United States could be in the driver’s seat of this age of Carbon Capitalism and rethinking of carbon-based Industrialism! Manufacturing Eras: Silicon to Carbon If the 20th century economic revolution of computer-based information technologies was shaped by [...]
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I was recently asked to join the hosts of The Takeaway in a conversation [Listen] on the ‘game-changing’ relevance of GM’s claim that its soon to be released Chevy Volt can achieve a 230 mpg efficiency in urban-suburban commuting based on driving less than 50 miles per day. (Tricky math?) Is the Chevy Volt a [...]
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How do we enable the US military to shift its thinking about defense and security, and accelerate civilian commercialization of technology systems that could reboot the US economy? The US Military continues to evolve through its decades long transition from a Cold War military force to one that is better suited for the geopolitical realities [...]
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Welcome….. This week I pressed reset on my web presence and have shut down my previous blog hosted at this address. In the days and weeks ahead, I will be bringing things back to life with customized CSS style sheet and this Thesis template. Stay tuned… Garry
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