PinnedRon Immink·Jul 5, 2021Never lose the founder mentalityEvery founder should apply the strategic box. A long time ago, me and Brian O’Kane invented this strategic box when we wrote “Growing your…
Ron Immink·1d agoThe signal is not the answer. It is the prompt.My first scenario prompt (#Mindcandy) was about electrodes, brains and octopuses. It was February 2023. Swedish researchers had grown…
Ron Immink·Jul 3Does your team have a failure fund?Most leadership teams aren’t short on intelligence. They’re short on space to think. This article is about fixing that — in two hours, with…
Ron Immink·Jun 26Eat glass and stare into the abyssI am a fan of Elon, and I am a fan of Naval. That is why I picked up “The Book of Elon: A Guide to Purpose and Success”. A journey through…
Ron Immink·Jun 19Why wine on the beach is a strategy toolA former colleague posts about a science-fiction novel. I decide to reread it. While I was drinking wine on the beach, a cybrid appears: a…
Ron Immink·Jun 18Hyperion, cybrids, Keats and mindcandyIt started with a post from my former colleague at DCU, Theo Lynn, Dean of DCU Business School. Theo collects science fiction books. His…
Ron Immink·Jun 8The book behind the newsletterI got a lot of responses to my last mail with the question: what if ancient wisdom is not just philosophy? What if it is a form of advanced…
Ron Immink·Jun 5Necessity innovationInnovation has a PR problem. We’ve wrapped it in so much mythology — the garage startup, the eureka moment, the visionary founder — that…
Ron Immink·Jun 112 lessons from 1,400 scenario promptsIn February 2023, I started publishing a daily scenario prompt. One signal. One question. Every day.