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THE NEXUS
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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
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Imagine a world where boundaries between art, science, and technology blur, augmenting our thinking spaces and exploding with new ideas.
“MECCA MUSEUMS” BY PICO VELASQUEZ
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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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NEXUSTHINKINGINACTION
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
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Crises may alter maps but they can’t disrupt a compass.
Chuquicamata, the world’s largest open-pit copper mine.
NASA
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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
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Embrace constant reinvention and navigate uncharted territories.
Alien Zoo, the first Dreamscape VR production.
BRUCE MAU
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STRIKINGTHEBALANCE
Galle Crater, located in Mars’ Southern highlands.
NASA
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The key to navigating complexity?
Super typhoon Maysak taken by ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.
ESA/NASA
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It's about mastering the edge between the known and the unknown.
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover snaps a self-portrait.
NASA
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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
BARTLOMIEJ K. WROBLEWSKI / SHUTTERSTOCK
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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EMBRACE THE FUTURE
“STING” BY PICO VELASQUEZ
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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.
“SOCIAL GALAXY” BY PICO VELASQUEZ
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Seek inspiration beyond your own domain.
Understand how others think.
“SPECIES” BY PICO VELASQUEZ
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