The Great Remobilization

Introduction 1
I 
1 From Crises to Opportunities: FLP-IT Forward 23
II Forces
2 Red Hot Cataclysm: Geopolitical Curveballs 49
3 Flexibility or Feudalism: Digital Actors Adrift 69
4 Inside Out: Tech on the Brain 93
III Logic Phenomena
5 Connected, Not Convergent: Integrating a Fragmented World 107
6 Catching Mice: Governing in a Trustless World 123
IV Impact and Triage
8 The Chaos Ahead: Practicing Pivots toward Opportunities 151
9 The DAL Manifesto: Designing a Smarter World 171
Conclusion: The Road to Remobilization 201
Acknowledgments 207
Notes 211
Index 223

Olaf Groth is Professional Faculty for Strategy, Futures and Innovation in the Business & Public Policy group at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley; Faculty Director for the Future of Technology program at Berkeley Executive Education; and Professor of Practice for Global Strategy, Innovation & Futures at Hult International Business School. A global strategist and entrepreneurial tech executive, he is also CEO of advisory think tank and concept design studio Cambrian.ai and coauthor of Solomon’s Code and The AI Generation. As such he is a frequent media commentator and global network member at the World Economic Forum.

Mark Esposito is Professor of Economics at Hult International Business School, Professor of Public Policy at Mohamed Bin Rashid School of Government, and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. He is a Harvard social scientist with affiliations with the Center for International Development at Harvard Kennedy School, at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science and the Davis Center for Eurasian Studies. He has been affiliate faculty of the Microeconomics of Competitiveness at Harvard Business School, under the mentorship of Prof. Michael E. Porter. He advises governments in the GCC and Eurasia regions and is a global expert of the World Economic Forum. He co-founded Nexus FrontierTech, a Machine Learning research lab and The Circular Economy Alliance, an EdTech firm.

Terence Tse is Professor of Finance at Hult International Business School, Affiliate Professor at ESCP Business School, and Visiting Professor at Cotrugli Business School. He is cofounder and executive director of the AI company Nexus FrontierTech. He also cofounded Excellere, a think tank. A highly sought out speaker, he is coauthor of The AI Republic and Understanding How the Future Unfolds, and the author of Corporate Finance: The Basics.