THE NEXUS
We live in an era marked by uncertainty and complexity.
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The problems we face demand a radically new type of thinker — one leveraging innovative, cross-domain problem-solving.
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EXPAND YOUR THINKING SPACE
The last rays of an orbital sunset.
NASA
Imagine a world where boundaries between art, science, and technology blur, augmenting our thinking spaces and exploding with new ideas.
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That’s The Nexus, where the solutions of tomorrow wait to be uncovered.
Julia Koerner’s work bridges organic forms with synthetic processes and 3D printing.
JULIA KOERNER; Setae Jacket for Chro-Morpho Collection by Stratasys, 2019, Photography Ger Ger
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NASA engineer Ernie Wright striking a pose in front of the first six hexagonal mirror segments of the James Webb Space Telescope.
KENNETH G. LIBBRECHT
Crises may alter maps but they can’t disrupt a compass.
Chuquicamata, the world’s largest open-pit copper mine.
NASA
It's time for leaders and thinkers to transition from being map-driven to compass-driven.
Brooklyn’s Gowanus canal, one of America’s most polluted waterways.
WILLIAM MILLER
Embrace constant reinvention and navigate uncharted territories.
Alien Zoo, the first Dreamscape VR production.
BRUCE MAU
STRIKINGTHEBALANCE
Galle Crater, located in Mars’ Southern highlands.
NASA
The key to navigating complexity?
Super typhoon Maysak taken by ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.
ESA/NASA
It's about mastering the edge between the known and the unknown.
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover snaps a self-portrait.
NASA
Balancing investments in core areas of today
Hubbard Glacier, Disenchantment Bay
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with explorations into peripheral areas of tomorrow.
IBM Q quantum computer cryostat
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THE WORLD AS INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS
The most probable spreading routes of the SARS-CoV−2 Virus on the worldwide air transportation network.
DIRK BROCKMANN, HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN
To lead in today's world, it’s essential to understand complexity, see simplicity in it, and synthesize opposing viewpoints.
Chaos and order aren’t opposites;
they coexist within complexity.
A swooping mass of starlings at sunset swirling across the sky.
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THE POWER OF OPPOSITES
A supermassive black hole, 17 billion times the mass of our sun.
NASA
The ability to reconcile conflicting viewpoints isn’t just a skill.
It’s a necessity for the future.
Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building, High Bay 3
NASA
It’s about seeing how opposites can coexist, reinforce each other, and produce something unexpectedly bigger.
Partial Internet map is based on data from January 15, 2005.
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CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR INNOVATION
Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park, New Jersey, Laboratory
ANDREW BALET
Emergence occurs when diverse elements or agents interact, leading to unforeseen outcomes.
Santa Maria del Fiore inner dome, Florence, Italy
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Successful innovators engineer emergence, balancing the freedom to explore with the need for control.
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft
NASA
EMBRACE THE FUTURE
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The keys to the future belong to Nexus Thinkers.
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Be open to new ideas. Widen your lens.
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Seek inspiration beyond your own domain.
Understand how others think.
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Let's unlock our unlimited potential with augmented thinking and navigate the future together.
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