Frank Diana
@fdiana.bsky.social
Frank Diana is a Managing Partner and Principal Futurist at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global services and consulting organization. He is a recognized futurist, speaker, and author with over 40 years of experience in leadership roles
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Frank Diana
@fdiana.bsky.social
· Nov 25
A Journey Through The Looking Glass
In the last decade, a story of the future has emerged, titled “A Journey through the Looking Glass.” This metaphor symbolizes a complex, uncertain, and volatile world. By exploring hist…
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My work is captured in this multi-part series. titled "A Journey through the Looking Glass."
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#History #Future #Society #Geopolitics #Economy #Science #Technology #Environment #Philosophy
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#History #Future #Society #Geopolitics #Economy #Science #Technology #Environment #Philosophy
Every political order solves the problems of the one before it - until it becomes the next problem to solve.
From tribes to empires to nation-states, power has followed complexity. Now, a Fifth Order is forming frankdiana.net/2025/10/06/t...
From tribes to empires to nation-states, power has followed complexity. Now, a Fifth Order is forming frankdiana.net/2025/10/06/t...
The Evolution Of Political Order — And What Might Come Next
Political orders evolve in response to the complexities of governing societies. From tribes based on kinship to modern nation-states, each system shifts to address limitations of its predecessor. C…
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October 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Every political order solves the problems of the one before it - until it becomes the next problem to solve.
From tribes to empires to nation-states, power has followed complexity. Now, a Fifth Order is forming frankdiana.net/2025/10/06/t...
From tribes to empires to nation-states, power has followed complexity. Now, a Fifth Order is forming frankdiana.net/2025/10/06/t...
Electricity redefined the city. AI will do the same.
Not through gadgets or sensors, but through reinvention. When intelligence becomes infrastructure, the city itself begins to think. frankdiana.net/2025/10/06/t... #AI #FutureOfCities #GeneralPurposeTechnology
Not through gadgets or sensors, but through reinvention. When intelligence becomes infrastructure, the city itself begins to think. frankdiana.net/2025/10/06/t... #AI #FutureOfCities #GeneralPurposeTechnology
The Ambient City: When Intelligence Becomes Infrastructure
The text discusses the evolution of General Purpose Technology, particularly focusing on artificial intelligence’s role in transforming urban environments. Following Ajay Agrawal’s model, cit…
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October 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Electricity redefined the city. AI will do the same.
Not through gadgets or sensors, but through reinvention. When intelligence becomes infrastructure, the city itself begins to think. frankdiana.net/2025/10/06/t... #AI #FutureOfCities #GeneralPurposeTechnology
Not through gadgets or sensors, but through reinvention. When intelligence becomes infrastructure, the city itself begins to think. frankdiana.net/2025/10/06/t... #AI #FutureOfCities #GeneralPurposeTechnology
Learning itself is changing.
AI isn’t just helping students write essays - it’s reshaping how they learn. The challenge for institutions isn’t policing AI, but redesigning learning for a world where thinking matters more than remembering
#AI #Education frankdiana.net/2025/10/05/l...
AI isn’t just helping students write essays - it’s reshaping how they learn. The challenge for institutions isn’t policing AI, but redesigning learning for a world where thinking matters more than remembering
#AI #Education frankdiana.net/2025/10/05/l...
Learning in the Age of AI
I recently wrote about the evolution of learning. A recent article takes this conversation further. Here is a short summary:
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October 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Learning itself is changing.
AI isn’t just helping students write essays - it’s reshaping how they learn. The challenge for institutions isn’t policing AI, but redesigning learning for a world where thinking matters more than remembering
#AI #Education frankdiana.net/2025/10/05/l...
AI isn’t just helping students write essays - it’s reshaping how they learn. The challenge for institutions isn’t policing AI, but redesigning learning for a world where thinking matters more than remembering
#AI #Education frankdiana.net/2025/10/05/l...
China’s classrooms show us the future: robot dogs that tutor, AI booths that counsel, and tablets that teach. Promise and peril walk hand in hand — personalization vs. inequality, connection vs. dependence. What happens when machines raise our children? restofworld.org/2025/ai-chin...
AI is reshaping childhood in China
Government support and tech companies’ drive for profit fuel a rush to integrate AI tools, from robot tutors to chatbots, in education and caretaking.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
China’s classrooms show us the future: robot dogs that tutor, AI booths that counsel, and tablets that teach. Promise and peril walk hand in hand — personalization vs. inequality, connection vs. dependence. What happens when machines raise our children? restofworld.org/2025/ai-chin...
Dalio’s How Countries Go Broke reminds us that history moves in cycles: rise, peak, decline, renewal. What comes next when pressure points turn to possibility?
Decay and renewal are both real. Which path will we take?
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#Debt #Economy #Finance #History #Inequality
Decay and renewal are both real. Which path will we take?
frankdiana.net/2025/09/29/b...
#Debt #Economy #Finance #History #Inequality
Book Review: How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle By Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio’s book, “How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle,” analyzes the recurring patterns of nations’ rises and declines throughout history. He emphasizes the impact of deb…
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September 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Dalio’s How Countries Go Broke reminds us that history moves in cycles: rise, peak, decline, renewal. What comes next when pressure points turn to possibility?
Decay and renewal are both real. Which path will we take?
frankdiana.net/2025/09/29/b...
#Debt #Economy #Finance #History #Inequality
Decay and renewal are both real. Which path will we take?
frankdiana.net/2025/09/29/b...
#Debt #Economy #Finance #History #Inequality
The story of learning has 3 phases:
Vertical: passed down through families
Horizontal: shared across schools & peers
Ambient: embedded in daily life
Here is a video that brings this journey to life frankdiana.net/2025/09/23/l...
Vertical: passed down through families
Horizontal: shared across schools & peers
Ambient: embedded in daily life
Here is a video that brings this journey to life frankdiana.net/2025/09/23/l...
Learning’s Next Phase, Captured On Video
The evolution of human learning has transitioned from vertical, family-based knowledge transfer to horizontal exchanges across communities, and now into ambient learning. This new phase, enhanced b…
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September 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The story of learning has 3 phases:
Vertical: passed down through families
Horizontal: shared across schools & peers
Ambient: embedded in daily life
Here is a video that brings this journey to life frankdiana.net/2025/09/23/l...
Vertical: passed down through families
Horizontal: shared across schools & peers
Ambient: embedded in daily life
Here is a video that brings this journey to life frankdiana.net/2025/09/23/l...
Learning has moved from:
• Vertical → families & tradition
• Horizontal → schools & peers
• Ambient → embedded everywhere
In this new phase, AI and connected environments may revive polymathic thinking—freeing us to connect ideas across fields. frankdiana.net/2025/09/22/t... #Learning
• Vertical → families & tradition
• Horizontal → schools & peers
• Ambient → embedded everywhere
In this new phase, AI and connected environments may revive polymathic thinking—freeing us to connect ideas across fields. frankdiana.net/2025/09/22/t... #Learning
The Evolution Of Learning: From Vertical To Horizontal To Ambient
Human learning has evolved from vertical knowledge transfer within families to horizontal learning through institutions. Now, we are entering a phase of ambient learning, where knowledge is embedde…
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September 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Learning has moved from:
• Vertical → families & tradition
• Horizontal → schools & peers
• Ambient → embedded everywhere
In this new phase, AI and connected environments may revive polymathic thinking—freeing us to connect ideas across fields. frankdiana.net/2025/09/22/t... #Learning
• Vertical → families & tradition
• Horizontal → schools & peers
• Ambient → embedded everywhere
In this new phase, AI and connected environments may revive polymathic thinking—freeing us to connect ideas across fields. frankdiana.net/2025/09/22/t... #Learning
Banking is shifting from a channel you visit to an ambient utility that’s always on. We’re moving through four stages: point solutions → embedded finance → ambient finance → AI-native ecosystems
I break down the journey in my latest post
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I break down the journey in my latest post
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From Apps To Avatars: The Four Stages Shaping Banking’s AI Future
The banking industry is transitioning from traditional customer interactions to an integrated model driven by AI and automation. Point solutions are optimizing services without fundamentally alteri…
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September 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Banking is shifting from a channel you visit to an ambient utility that’s always on. We’re moving through four stages: point solutions → embedded finance → ambient finance → AI-native ecosystems
I break down the journey in my latest post
frankdiana.net/2025/09/08/f...
I break down the journey in my latest post
frankdiana.net/2025/09/08/f...
Completely agree. The first four forces he refers to are: the force of nature, international order and disorder, domestic order and disorder, debt/money.
August 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Completely agree. The first four forces he refers to are: the force of nature, international order and disorder, domestic order and disorder, debt/money.
I have been saying this
For several years now
For several years now
August 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I have been saying this
For several years now
For several years now
The nation-state is no longer the sole organizer of global power—cities, corporations, and AI are rising. Who leads in the 21st century? Read more: frankdiana.net/2025/08/13/t...
#SmartCities #AI #Governance
#SmartCities #AI #Governance
The Nation-State Under Pressure: Who Governs The 21st Century?
The future of global governance is evolving beyond the traditional nation-state model, shaped by cities, corporations, and AI systems that address complex, interconnected challenges like climate ch…
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August 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The nation-state is no longer the sole organizer of global power—cities, corporations, and AI are rising. Who leads in the 21st century? Read more: frankdiana.net/2025/08/13/t...
#SmartCities #AI #Governance
#SmartCities #AI #Governance
The next retail revolution won’t be driven by people - it’ll be driven by bots. Autonomous shoppers could be deciding what your customers buy in just a few years. Are you ready?
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#ecommerce #retail #onlineshopping #technology #innovation
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#ecommerce #retail #onlineshopping #technology #innovation
Bot Shoppers Are Coming — And They’ll Rewrite the Rules
The conversation with Evan Schuman highlights the rise of autonomous AI bots that will revolutionize retail shopping in the next 2–3 years. Retailers need to adapt their processes, from product dat…
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August 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The next retail revolution won’t be driven by people - it’ll be driven by bots. Autonomous shoppers could be deciding what your customers buy in just a few years. Are you ready?
frankdiana.net/2025/08/12/b...
#ecommerce #retail #onlineshopping #technology #innovation
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#ecommerce #retail #onlineshopping #technology #innovation
Hospitals with beds but no nurses. Orchards full of fruit but no hands to pick it.
My new video brings Too Few Hands to life—showing what it feels like when the world still has work, but not enough people to do it
Watch: frankdiana.net/2025/08/11/t...
My new video brings Too Few Hands to life—showing what it feels like when the world still has work, but not enough people to do it
Watch: frankdiana.net/2025/08/11/t...
The World Still Has Work. But Where Are The People?
The post “Too Few Hands” highlights a world filled with potential yet lacking the manpower to realize it, showcasing empty hospitals, abandoned orchards, and hopeful classrooms. The acc…
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August 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hospitals with beds but no nurses. Orchards full of fruit but no hands to pick it.
My new video brings Too Few Hands to life—showing what it feels like when the world still has work, but not enough people to do it
Watch: frankdiana.net/2025/08/11/t...
My new video brings Too Few Hands to life—showing what it feels like when the world still has work, but not enough people to do it
Watch: frankdiana.net/2025/08/11/t...
We are living longer than ever but our healthspan – our years spent in good health – has not kept pace.
Help bring this topic to @SXSW. My session, “Lifespan vs. Healthspan: The Longevity Crisis." Vote for it here: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
Help bring this topic to @SXSW. My session, “Lifespan vs. Healthspan: The Longevity Crisis." Vote for it here: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
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August 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We are living longer than ever but our healthspan – our years spent in good health – has not kept pace.
Help bring this topic to @SXSW. My session, “Lifespan vs. Healthspan: The Longevity Crisis." Vote for it here: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
Help bring this topic to @SXSW. My session, “Lifespan vs. Healthspan: The Longevity Crisis." Vote for it here: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
The playground is going quiet.
In my latest post, I explored why falling fertility rates mean more than just fewer births. Now, this short video brings that story to life.
What we stand to lose - and how the future is already changing: frankdiana.net/2025/08/07/u...
In my latest post, I explored why falling fertility rates mean more than just fewer births. Now, this short video brings that story to life.
What we stand to lose - and how the future is already changing: frankdiana.net/2025/08/07/u...
Unbearably Quiet
The post discusses the sharp decline in fertility rates, emphasizing its implications on communities, economies, and societal values. A short video accompanies the message, illustrating the emotion…
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August 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The playground is going quiet.
In my latest post, I explored why falling fertility rates mean more than just fewer births. Now, this short video brings that story to life.
What we stand to lose - and how the future is already changing: frankdiana.net/2025/08/07/u...
In my latest post, I explored why falling fertility rates mean more than just fewer births. Now, this short video brings that story to life.
What we stand to lose - and how the future is already changing: frankdiana.net/2025/08/07/u...
Not everyone moves at the speed of rush hour.
This video builds on Invisible at Rush Hour to show what happens when time leaves some behind
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#Aging #FutureOfSociety #DemographicChange
This video builds on Invisible at Rush Hour to show what happens when time leaves some behind
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#Aging #FutureOfSociety #DemographicChange
Invisible Rhythms Of An Aging Society
In “Invisible at Rush Hour,” I examined how aging populations affect daily life, from altered commute patterns to increasing elder influence. A new video complements this discussion, pr…
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August 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Not everyone moves at the speed of rush hour.
This video builds on Invisible at Rush Hour to show what happens when time leaves some behind
frankdiana.net/2025/08/04/i...
#Aging #FutureOfSociety #DemographicChange
This video builds on Invisible at Rush Hour to show what happens when time leaves some behind
frankdiana.net/2025/08/04/i...
#Aging #FutureOfSociety #DemographicChange
The world didn’t run out of work
It ran out of people.
We’re entering a new kind of scarcity - and it changes everything.
Too Few Hands:
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#FutureOfWork #LaborShortage #Foresight
It ran out of people.
We’re entering a new kind of scarcity - and it changes everything.
Too Few Hands:
frankdiana.net/2025/07/25/t...
#FutureOfWork #LaborShortage #Foresight
Too Few Hands
By 2030, a labor crisis emerged globally, characterized by high demand for workers in various sectors while faced with severe shortages. Falling birth rates, accelerated retirements, and inadequate…
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July 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The world didn’t run out of work
It ran out of people.
We’re entering a new kind of scarcity - and it changes everything.
Too Few Hands:
frankdiana.net/2025/07/25/t...
#FutureOfWork #LaborShortage #Foresight
It ran out of people.
We’re entering a new kind of scarcity - and it changes everything.
Too Few Hands:
frankdiana.net/2025/07/25/t...
#FutureOfWork #LaborShortage #Foresight
The future doesn’t unfold all at once - it emerges through chains of pressure, tradeoff, and choice. My latest series uses possibility chains to tell the stories behind our biggest societal challenges. This post will update links to the various stories frankdiana.net/2025/07/24/m... #Storytelling
Mapping Possibilities: The Stories That Shape What Comes Next
This blog series explores human experiences and societal shifts, illustrating how the future unfolds through interconnected patterns and choices. Utilizing the concept of “possibility chains,…
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July 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The future doesn’t unfold all at once - it emerges through chains of pressure, tradeoff, and choice. My latest series uses possibility chains to tell the stories behind our biggest societal challenges. This post will update links to the various stories frankdiana.net/2025/07/24/m... #Storytelling
What does it feel like to grow old in a world speeding past you? Not broken. Not sick. Just… invisible
By 2030, 1 in 6 people will be over 60
Marta’s story is just the beginning
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By 2030, 1 in 6 people will be over 60
Marta’s story is just the beginning
frankdiana.net/2025/07/24/i... #FutureOfAging #Longevity #UrbanDesign #HumanDignity #Foresight #FrankDiana
Invisible at Rush Hour
The global population is aging rapidly, leading to significant societal implications by 2030, with one in six individuals over 60. As older adults like Marta navigate a world that seemingly overloo…
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July 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
What does it feel like to grow old in a world speeding past you? Not broken. Not sick. Just… invisible
By 2030, 1 in 6 people will be over 60
Marta’s story is just the beginning
frankdiana.net/2025/07/24/i... #FutureOfAging #Longevity #UrbanDesign #HumanDignity #Foresight #FrankDiana
By 2030, 1 in 6 people will be over 60
Marta’s story is just the beginning
frankdiana.net/2025/07/24/i... #FutureOfAging #Longevity #UrbanDesign #HumanDignity #Foresight #FrankDiana
What happens when the playground goes quiet?
Falling birth rates are reshaping society - in ways most haven’t begun to imagine
frankdiana.net/2025/07/22/t...
#FertilityDecline #Demographics #FutureOfSociety
Falling birth rates are reshaping society - in ways most haven’t begun to imagine
frankdiana.net/2025/07/22/t...
#FertilityDecline #Demographics #FutureOfSociety
The Year the Playground Went Quiet
Falling fertility rates are signaling a significant demographic shift worldwide, driven by economic insecurities, delayed adulthood, changing gender roles, and social norms. By 2030, communities ma…
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July 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
What happens when the playground goes quiet?
Falling birth rates are reshaping society - in ways most haven’t begun to imagine
frankdiana.net/2025/07/22/t...
#FertilityDecline #Demographics #FutureOfSociety
Falling birth rates are reshaping society - in ways most haven’t begun to imagine
frankdiana.net/2025/07/22/t...
#FertilityDecline #Demographics #FutureOfSociety
We built our world for short lives. But we’re living longer. What happens when the old map no longer fits the new journey?
My new TIME Op-Ed:
time.com/7303332/the-... #Longevity #FutureOfWork #TimeOpEd
My new TIME Op-Ed:
time.com/7303332/the-... #Longevity #FutureOfWork #TimeOpEd
The Issue with Living Longer
"If we want longer lives to truly become better lives, we must shift our focus from simply extending lifespan."
time.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We built our world for short lives. But we’re living longer. What happens when the old map no longer fits the new journey?
My new TIME Op-Ed:
time.com/7303332/the-... #Longevity #FutureOfWork #TimeOpEd
My new TIME Op-Ed:
time.com/7303332/the-... #Longevity #FutureOfWork #TimeOpEd
It was a pleasure working with Time on this time.com/7303332/the-...
The Issue with Living Longer
"If we want longer lives to truly become better lives, we must shift our focus from simply extending lifespan."
time.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It was a pleasure working with Time on this time.com/7303332/the-...
What if the world stops trusting the dollar?
In Our Dollar, Your Problem, Kenneth Rogoff unpacks the quiet erosion of U.S. monetary dominance.
I break it down—plus why it matters now more than ever
#DollarDominance #USDebt #Geopolitics #Rogoff #Foresight frankdiana.net/2025/07/17/w...
In Our Dollar, Your Problem, Kenneth Rogoff unpacks the quiet erosion of U.S. monetary dominance.
I break it down—plus why it matters now more than ever
#DollarDominance #USDebt #Geopolitics #Rogoff #Foresight frankdiana.net/2025/07/17/w...
What Happens When the World Stops Trusting the Dollar?
If you’ve followed my work, you know I don’t do panic. I look for patterns—quiet shifts beneath the noise. Kenneth Rogoff’s new book, Our Dollar, Your Problem, is one of those rare signals tha…
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July 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
What if the world stops trusting the dollar?
In Our Dollar, Your Problem, Kenneth Rogoff unpacks the quiet erosion of U.S. monetary dominance.
I break it down—plus why it matters now more than ever
#DollarDominance #USDebt #Geopolitics #Rogoff #Foresight frankdiana.net/2025/07/17/w...
In Our Dollar, Your Problem, Kenneth Rogoff unpacks the quiet erosion of U.S. monetary dominance.
I break it down—plus why it matters now more than ever
#DollarDominance #USDebt #Geopolitics #Rogoff #Foresight frankdiana.net/2025/07/17/w...
In a future where AI keeps us safe and smart homes remember for us - what still matters?
A cup of jasmine tea.
The scent of toast.
A Sunday visit.
“Sunday Visits, With Eva” is a short story about memory, technology, and the quiet rituals that keep us human
frankdiana.net/2025/07/11/s...
A cup of jasmine tea.
The scent of toast.
A Sunday visit.
“Sunday Visits, With Eva” is a short story about memory, technology, and the quiet rituals that keep us human
frankdiana.net/2025/07/11/s...
Sunday Visits, With Eva
In a near-future world filled with technology, Layla visits her mother, June, whose memory is fading. Despite the advanced AI assisting June, it’s the sensory reminders like tea and familiar …
frankdiana.net
July 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In a future where AI keeps us safe and smart homes remember for us - what still matters?
A cup of jasmine tea.
The scent of toast.
A Sunday visit.
“Sunday Visits, With Eva” is a short story about memory, technology, and the quiet rituals that keep us human
frankdiana.net/2025/07/11/s...
A cup of jasmine tea.
The scent of toast.
A Sunday visit.
“Sunday Visits, With Eva” is a short story about memory, technology, and the quiet rituals that keep us human
frankdiana.net/2025/07/11/s...
Sense and Respond was never fully realized—certainly not at the scale our future demands. Now, a second loop is emerging:
→ Anticipate
→ Influence
The organizations that master both will define what comes next.
🔗 frankdiana.net/2025/07/09/f...
→ Anticipate
→ Influence
The organizations that master both will define what comes next.
🔗 frankdiana.net/2025/07/09/f...
From Sense And Respond To Anticipate and Influence
The post discusses the essential shift from merely sensing and responding to anticipating and influencing change in a rapidly converging world. Organizations must develop a dual-loop system: an inn…
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July 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Sense and Respond was never fully realized—certainly not at the scale our future demands. Now, a second loop is emerging:
→ Anticipate
→ Influence
The organizations that master both will define what comes next.
🔗 frankdiana.net/2025/07/09/f...
→ Anticipate
→ Influence
The organizations that master both will define what comes next.
🔗 frankdiana.net/2025/07/09/f...