SuperShifts

Praise for SUPERSHIFTS “Duane and Fisher delve into humanity’s struggle with the uncertainty brought by technology’s rapid advancement, providing insightful context on how we arrived at this point and what lies ahead. Their thought-provoking observations spark vital discussions necessary for thriving in this new era. SuperShifts equips readers with systems and models to navigate the future with clarity, adaptability, and confidence.” —EMILY KWOK, Multiple-time IBJJF World Champion, MMA Veteran, Entrepreneur, and Peak Performance Coach “There are no shortage of inquiries into the factors and forces that are shaping our futures. And yet, few, if any, take us into the heart of the human experience and challenge us to imagine impacts and implications upon our nearest and dearest. SuperShifts not only accomplishes this Herculean feat; it does so with an intelligence and heart that is at once deeply profound and dynamically provocative. This book will be an invaluable resource for anyone looking ahead and working to create a better future.” —DR. JOHN A. SWEENEY, Futurist and UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies for Anticipatory Governance and Sustainable Policymaking “SuperShifts provides really fresh thinking on what we must pay attention to that so many are missing. Plug in to the flow of thinking here and then dive into their futures exploration models. You will not regret the decision to level up.” —NIKOLAS BADMINTON, Chief Futurist, Futurist.com “We truly are in the Age of Intelligence. Human-AI partnerships, personal AIs, collective intelligence, transparency, interdependence, positive sumness, bio-inspired alignment, network-centric antifragility, and much more are key drivers of our future. The insights, tools, and narratives in this amazing book will transform your worldview, firm-view, relationship-view, and self-view. You’ll see the accelerating agency that you have over your personal future, and the deeply humanizing trajectory of our collective futures. We all need to wake up and take advantage of these shifts.” —JOHN SMART, CEO, Foresight University Forward-thinking exploration of the dawn of humanity's new age and the imminent technology-enabled transformation on society, business, and beyond. In SUPERSHIFTS, leading behavioral scientist Dr. Ja-Nae Duane and world-renowned entrepreneur and futurist Steve Fisher deliver an incisive overview of how we are at the end of one 200-year arc and embarking on another. With this new age of intelligence, Duane and Fisher highlight the various catalysts for change currently affecting individuals, businesses, and society as a whole. They also provide a model for transformation that expertly bridges the gap between theory and practice to provide a holistic view of making radical change through three lenses: you as a leader, your organization, and society. Drawing on Duane and Fisher's wealth of collective experience, this book pays particular attention to how emerging technologies, biological revolutions, energy abundance create opportunities for humanity's transformational purpose, and emergence of new intelligent species over the next two hundred years. Readers will find various case studies showing successful and failed responses to disruption, and learn about topics including: What is needed for mankind to thrive beyond the predictions of the singularity, and how that will shift our communications, beliefs, and values How can we create anti-fragile organizations and global systems based on nature's ecosystems Humanity's coexistence with technology, the fall of centralized systems, and the emergence of collective intelligence as a solution for prosperity A guide for change, SUPERSHIFTS earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of executives, entrepreneurs, and leaders seeking to create a better world for themselves, their organizations, and society at large.