The AI Future: A Forecast for Leaders and Strategists Facing the Perfect Digital Storm
In times of accelerating change, leaders and innovators need more than headlines—they need frameworks, foresight, and actionable models to navigate what comes next.
Our new book, "The AI Future: A Five-Year Forecast for the Critical Technologies of the 21st Century," is written precisely for that audience.
Co-authored by Moses Ma, Langdon Morris, Tom Brazil, and Dr. Carol Grojean, and published by FutureLab, this book delivers a provocative, data-driven, and leader-focused roadmap for the technological and economic transformations that are already underway—and which will accelerate dramatically over the next five years.
Beyond AI: The Perfect Digital Storm
Artificial Intelligence has captured the global imagination, but as we argue in the book, AI is just the leading edge of a much larger storm.
We describe this as the "Perfect Digital Storm"—the simultaneous convergence of AI, robotics, quantum computing, synthetic biology, immersive realities, blockchain, and a host of other exponential technologies.
The pace and power of these combined forces will profoundly reshape the global economy, industries, governance, and society. And the timeframe? Not decades. The next five years.
The Six Waves of the AI Revolution
A centerpiece of the book is the Six Waves Model, a forecast that charts the unfolding of the AI revolution from today's generative tools to tomorrow's agentic ecosystems and, ultimately, to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and beyond.
Each wave will not only bring technological acceleration but also social, economic, and ethical disruption.
Why Leaders Must Act Now
We are at an inflection point. As we argue throughout the book, waiting is not a strategy.
Organizations, industries, and nations must start thinking beyond today's ChatGPT-era capabilities and prepare for the waves that are already approaching. That requires not just tools, but new leadership models, agile strategies, and inclusive approaches to harness these technologies responsibly.
For Those Who Want to Lead in the AI Economy
"The AI Future" is written as a guidebook and forecast for decision-makers at all levels who want to lead—not react—during the coming waves of technological upheaval.
It is a book for leaders, strategists, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and anyone who understands that the next five years will determine the trajectory of the next fifty.
Now available from FutureLab.
Stay tuned for announcements, excerpts, and leadership toolkits drawn directly from the book.