Tech Leadership Lab

Imagine a world where people believe everything they hear without questioning the facts. Now, picture that happening on a global scale. The result? A gullible population, vulnerable to misinformation, manipulation, and exploitation. This is the danger we face today. - A world where critical thinking is often forgotten, and truth is lost in the noise. - When we stop questioning what we hear and see, we open the door to chaos. The consequences are huge. - From weakening trust in institutions to enabling dangerous ideologies, gullibility is disrupting everything from global business and politics to how we tackle climate change, health crises, and human rights. The systems we depend on start to fall apart when truth is no longer valued. Our progress grinds to a halt. It's time to wake up. We must build a society that prioritizes 1. critical thinking, 2. accountability, and 3. evidence over convenience. Skills that everyone should start learning in school, continue developing through adulthood, and constantly improve throughout life. The danger of a gullible world is too great to ignore. If we don’t act now, we risk being swept into a reality shaped by manipulation and half-truths. What would you do? #CriticalThinking #Misinformation #GlobalResponsibility

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The World in Motion: What Really Matters? 🌍 The headlines are loud, the distractions are endless, and the global stage is shifting fast. 🚨 Trade wars reignite. 🚨 Geopolitical tensions escalate. 🚨 AI advances faster than regulation. 🚨 Climate goals keep missing the mark. Yet beneath all this noise, the real question remains the same: Are we solving the problems that truly threaten our future? At Tech Leadership Lab (TLL), we focus on what moves the needle: 🔹 Sustainable solutions over short-term profits 🔹 Tech and innovation that serve humanity, not just markets 🔹 Global collaboration beyond borders, industries, and politics We don’t just analyze or discuss trends. We connect the right minds to take action. Because the future is shaped by those who step up, not those who watch from the sidelines. 💡 What’s one underreported issue that deserves more attention right now? Let’s talk about it. #GlobalLeadership #Sustainability #TechForGood #FutureOfHumanity

Every great civilization that fell had one thing in common. It wasn’t a lack of resources. It wasn’t external threats. It wasn’t even corruption. It was division from within. History shows us that societies, businesses, and even entire nations don’t collapse because of external enemies. They collapse because they become so fragmented, so internally weakened, that outside forces barely have to push. Think about it: 1. Rome didn’t fall in a day. It crumbled from political infighting and fractured leadership. 2. The most advanced empires throughout history lost their edge not because of a stronger enemy, but because they stopped acting as one. [When Constantinople fell in 1453, it wasn’t just because the Ottomans were strong. It was because Byzantium had already collapsed from within through internal division and political infighting.] 3. The greatest innovations happened when people united across differences to build something larger than themselves. [The Apollo Program and the Moon Landing in 1969 brought together scientists, engineers, and visionaries from all backgrounds or enemy status.] Today, we are repeating the same mistakes but having very dangerous tools at hand. - We see leaders weaponizing differences instead of bridging them. - We see businesses competing on short-term wins instead of collaborating for long-term impact. - We see nations more focused on self-preservation than collective progress. But real leadership isn’t about reinforcing walls but building bridges. The strongest civilizations, companies, and leaders aren’t the ones that divide and conquer. They’re the ones that unite and elevate. 💬 Do you have any personal favorite historical story that would apply here? #history #globalleadership #geopolitics

🚨 China just dropped another AI model called Kimi AI that beats OpenAI, DeepSeek, and Meta — and it's free to use! o1-level reasoning level, 200K characters context window, 50 files, real-time search in 1000+ webpages. Key Takeaways: - Moonshot’s Kimi AI 1.5 free model challenges paid AI tools from OpenAI and Google - Its multimodal capabilities allow seamless integration of text, images, and code - Kimi AI outperforms DeepSeek in reasoning, but DeepSeek excels in math and logic - It also ranked in the 94th percentile on Codeforces, a competitive coding platform, and demonstrated superior performance in the MathVista benchmark, particularly excelling in vision-language tasks The team behind Kimi AI includes some of China’s brightest AI researchers. Zhilin Yang, a Carnegie Mellon University PhD with deep expertise in machine learning, founded Moonshot AI. You can try it for free at https://kimi.ai/ — ➡️ That's it! Be sure to follow us (Evolving AI) for all the latest in AI!

That famously green company Shell has put out its new energy scenarios and, boy, they are worth your time. By 2100, worst-case scenario, the oil company sees global warming peaking at 2.2C. In the most ambitious, it comes back down to 1.3C. The full thread is here: https://lnkd.in/ee-msUaj

How do you navigate your business when power poles are shifting, and the global map is being redrawn in real-time? The world isn’t just changing. It’s reconfiguring itself. Geopolitical tensions, AI competition, economic shifts, and supply chain disruptions are reshaping industries overnight. In the middle of all this, businesses are expected to make decisions that will determine their trajectory for years to come. Confusion and fear are everywhere. Without detailing my geopolitical views here, what we have is that old playbooks don’t work anymore. - Some companies are stuck, waiting for clarity that may never come. - Others are adapting fast, recalibrating strategy, and leveraging agility as their main advantage. - And then there are those who see what’s happening but aren’t sure how to move next. Periods of global transition create winners and losers but the deciding factor isn’t just resources, it’s how leadership thinks ahead, understands power dynamics, and repositions accordingly. More and more, we see that businesses don’t need static, expensive, and slow-moving structures. - They need leaders who can plug in, analyze, and act fast. - They need strategists who see the bigger picture, beyond borders, markets, and industries. - They need decision-makers who understand power dynamics, both in business and in the world at large. I'm curious: 1) How do you think businesses should reposition themselves in times of transition? 2) Which industries are best positioned to thrive, and which are most at risk? One thing is certain. The companies that will lead the next decade are the ones that know how to move when the world is shifting. Let’s talk about it. #Leadership #GeopoliticsAndBusiness #BusinessStrategy

Forget policies, treaties, and institutions because power doesn’t work the way you think it does. I hope it’s clear by now that the seismic shifts we see today in global politics, business, and conflicts aren’t driven by long-term policies, grand strategies, or ideological alignment. Nope, the real game has always been played on a far more primal level: personal relationships. Everything that truly determines the course of history is based on five fundamental human drivers: ✔️ Respect – "I acknowledge your power and influence, so I deal with you." ✔️ Fear – "I don’t like you, but I recognize your ability to cause harm, so I negotiate." ✔️ Control – "I own the leverage, so I dictate the terms." ✔️ Loyalty – "I trust you, and we have a shared history, so I stand by you." ✔️ Sympathy – "I like you or align with your vision, so I support you." Some truths about humankind: The world was never fair, and it never will be. But our species evolved beyond small tribes precisely because we developed structures like laws, treaties, institutions that allowed us to cooperate in larger numbers. That’s what made us dominant over every other species on this planet. And yet, behind every global decision that shapes our future, there is always a closed-door meeting, a whispered deal, a personal dynamic that determines whether history moves forward or falls apart. Now, the real question is: Who do you know, and what’s your relationship with them? Do you inspire respect, fear, or likeness or are you just vanilla? Because no matter how skilled you think you are, without the right relationships, you won’t achieve much. Worth discussing? 👇 #Geopolitics #Leadership #GlobalStrategy

I am beyond ecstatic to be a part of this announcement: San Diego has a new $50M venture capital fund. I have been a longtime admirer of Prebys Foundation. The history of their efforts can be seen far and wide across our region.  They've made our lives better. And the Prebys Ventures Impact Fund is further demonstration of their leadership: they're innovative, and they execute. With this fund, we are going to help advance economic prosperity, across the megaregion, for future generations of families. It's been an honor and a responsibility to lead Connect for the past ten years. That organization remains as important as ever to the innovation economy. I couldn't be happier that these two organizations will continue to work together. The opportunity in front of the "collective us" is enormous. Broad-based Innovation economies will be a defining feature of tomorrow's great regions. And San Diego has all the pieces - we just need a shared vision, and a willingness to execute. So that's what we're going to do. Together, we're going to create a better San Diego. Looking forward to the barrage of deal flow, and the inevitable winning outcomes!!   Let's do this!!! https://lnkd.in/gEShj9SZ

Join an important dialogue tomorrow on the new developments to remove climate science and other environmental data from US government websites. Our community will appreciate a discussion on such crucial topics because climate change is real and US measures affect the globe. Please attend if you can and share this with others. Let's find ways for our collective sustainable future! #climatescience #climatechange #livegathering