Award-winning professor, industry advisor, and author of radical innovation and strategic foresight

Joined March 2008
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Can you measure moonshots? 🚀Learn how to use big & bold metrics for your visions in our latest #BuildingMoonshots newsletter - featuring how @FredSwaniker frames his early vision of reaching 3 million leaders and @Lenovo's KPIs across #FourHorizons. 👉 buildingmoonshots.substack.c…
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What's the ARPA Model, and is Europe still in the warm-up phase? 🚀 Share your honest reaction after reading our latest #BuildingMoonshots newsletter. buildingmoonshots.substack.c…
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⚠️ A must-read for government managers and policymakers at the @EU_Commission, @EU_EISMEA, & other agencies keen on moonshots!
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What type of people should govt agencies and other orgs hire if they are serious about big ideas and radical innovation? Learn what matters to moonshot groups like @DARPA, @EU_Commission (EIC), and @Theteamatx.👉Your fast read at buildingmoonshots.substack.c… #BuildingMoonshots #vision
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Imagine a world... 💭 These are powerful words that open the imagination. Who in your country is sharing visions of a positive future? Where have you seen great visions of a better utopian world?
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Read our latest newsletter about the need for more utopian visions - and how a moonshot often offers a vision of a better, brighter world ahead at buildingmoonshots.substack.c… 🚀#BuildingMoonshots

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2️⃣ I was invited by @vinnovase to speak about being visionary and bold during #Almedalen2025, Sweden's famous annual political festival (who will call me back first? 😁)
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3️⃣ I led a day of moonshots at @Google Switzerland during their annual staff Consumer Summit 🚀 ...and I'm now relaxing with coffee and planning some summer holiday☕
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Get smarter with this 5min read! 🤓 Learn about the Ambiguity Curve, how people think about ambiguity (unk-unks anyone?), and where you (and your teams) sit on the curve. ⤴️ #BuildingMoonshots #ImpressYourFriends
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And here's the link> 🤦‍♀️buildingmoonshots.substack.c…

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Moonshots are all around us! Here's a short story on why @Humane's AI Pin was a brave and beautiful vision, making a bold step toward an ambient computing future 🚀🫱buildingmoonshots.substack.c… #BuildingMoonshots
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Honored & happy to announce that I am now a Distinguished Global Professor of Radical Innovation at TECNOLÓGICO DE MONTERREY - long seen as the MIT of Latin America. 🇲🇽
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Special projects include: 1️⃣ building the world's 1st public database of moonshots (plus grand challenges) as an open resource 🚀 2️⃣ developing an applied research ecosystem with Tec's industry partners 🏭 #facultyofexcellence #openscience #buildingmoonshots #needtolearnSpanish
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How do moonshot funders bet big? ⚡ I recently spoke with the thoughtful Dr. @EricToone_, managing partner & technical leader at @Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Learn 3 lessons from his time at @ARPAE and BEV... 👉open.substack.com/pub/buildi…
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Breaking new ground with @cockayne again... 💥See the #preprint of our 2024 study examining how govt agencies deliberately provoke RISK-TAKING behavior in potential applicants, specifically comparing solicitation language from: 1️⃣@NASA (NIAC) 2️⃣@DARPA 3️⃣@ARPAE (energy) 4️⃣@DIU_x
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👉"The framing of opportunity to provoke high risk-taking decisions for radical innovation" > doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/aqgf… #decisionmaking #frontierresearch #radicalinnovation #openscience

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And our paper has been in peer review for 8 months - what's been the longest review time for you??
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