Artificial Super Intelligence will make Covid-19 look like a gentle breeze. — Singular epiphany Exactly five years ago, I had my “singular” epiphany. Imagine a warm summer evening, palm trees, and a horizon pool. I was on a stopover from Europe and stayed at a friend’s place in Thousand Oaks, California. My host happened to be a great philosophical sparring partner. …

With quality information under siege, there is still hope. — In the mid-80s, I started to get interested in news in general, politics, and business in particular. At that time, without the internet, there were only two sources of information: my father’s Sunday newspaper and the 15-minute evening news on TV, both manageable by volume and depth, but with absolute…

10 lessons learned from over 20 years in corporate and crisis management — Imagine you are sitting in a plane ready for take-off. Your final destination is a small island with a white paradise beach. The airplane is old, it is humid, and the inner cabin tiny. You are tired, too tired to think about anything. …

What is (our) Future after all? — Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present, said Grand Master Oogway in Kung Fu Panda. This life advice, traceable back to the 2000-year-old Carpe Diem of Horace, is more valid than ever. …

Every crisis has its opportunities. — Time flies, already a couple of weeks in lockdown, but there is light on the horizon. Shops have reopened or are about to do so. Slowly we get back our lives. Soon we will stop licking our wounds (except the economic ones that will take a bit longer) and eventually…

COVID-19 is one of the biggest collective crises that each of us has ever experienced. In times of uncertainty, we need perspectives. While Groundhog Day is still not over, there is light on the horizon. In the end, we could turn all the fear and pain into something better —…

COVID-19 is one of the biggest collective crises that each of us has ever experienced. In times of uncertainty, we need perspectives. While Groundhog Day is still not over, there is light on the horizon. In the end, we could turn all the fear and pain into something better …