The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption

Discover how you can leverage systemic disruption to drive sustainable value creation!

What does our complex and unpredictable world mean for you as a business?

The bestselling "Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation" focuses on strategic decision-making and effective governance systems for our deeply uncertain world.

How can we develop Anticipatory Governance for leadership and boards given the increasing cost of business as usual?

We need to incentivize alignment and resilience through longer-term thinking. With disruption now a constant, the cost of being prepared pales in comparison with the reputational, financial, and human costs of lacking anticipation.

What Sustainability and ClimateTech opportunities are created by the energy transition?

Greenaissance is an era of renewal with momentous innovation and green investment opportunities. Businesses and investors must consider a broad set of stakeholders, partners, and complex ecosystem interactions to increase the energy transition's viability. We explore how to achieve systems-level change for sustainable and transformative innovation (versus ineffective point solutions).

How can organizations approach ecosystem innovation through Business Models-as-a-System (BMaaS)?

Similar to living organisms, these living BMaaS have an innate capacity to transform within their ecosystems. BMaaS blur boundaries between partners, customers, suppliers, and competitors. They constantly nurture the creation of markets and work collaboratively to address systemic challenges.

How will industries intersect, converge, then emerge in the next era of digital disruption?

The clearly delineated "industries" or "sectors" are disappearing. In this liminal world, there are no industry boundaries. The magic happens when intersections create new combinations.

Why is Space becoming the financial frontier as an investment theme, more than just a place? What could change as the center of gravity shifts to Asia and Africa?

"Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation" holds the answers.

Volume IV includes two workbooks with a rich set of case studies and tools on transformative innovation, prototyping the futures, reinventing governance, and creating resilience through futures intelligence capacity building. Disruption is disrupting itself, creating significant paradigm shifts in value and business models.

Get your copy and learn how to capitalize on these value shifts by using disruption as a springboard to create value!

Based in San Francisco, Roger Spitz is an international bestselling author, President of Techistential (Climate & Foresight Strategy), and Chair of the Disruptive Futures Institute. Roger has given over 100 keynote talks globally, frequently contributes across leading media, and has guest lectured at many of the world's most prestigious academic institutions. Roger has two decades of leading investment banking and venture capital businesses, advising CEOs, founders, boards, and shareholders on their most strategic decisions, evaluating their organizations' competitiveness and disruptions ahead. He sits on several Advisory Boards of companies, Climate Councils, VC funds & academic institutions worldwide. A world-leading authority on foresight, sustainability, and transformative innovation, Roger has written four influential books as part of "The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption" collection, which became an instant classic. He publishes extensively on decision-making in uncertain and complex environments, with bestselling books in Future Studies, Green Business, Sustainable Economic Development, Business Education, Strategic Management & Forecasting. Roger is an inaugural member of Cervest's Climate Intelligence Council, a contributor to IEEE's ESG standards, and the Foresight & Sustainability partner of Vektor Partners (Palo Alto, London), an impact VC firm investing in the future of mobility. Techistential, Roger's renowned strategic foresight practice, advises boards, leadership teams, and investors on sustainable value creation. He developed the Disruptive Futures Institute into a preeminent global executive education center that helps organizations build capacity for futures intelligence, resiliency, and systemic change. Roger is also an industry-recognized expert on Artificial Intelligence. As former Global Head of Technology M&A with BNP Paribas, Roger advised on over 50 transactions with deal value of $25bn. He launched the bank's US M&A practice in San Francisco and built its European Technology investment banking franchise in London & Paris. Bilingual in English & French, Roger has lived in 10 different cities across three continents.

Dr. Lidia Zuin is a journalist, science fiction writer, and professional futurist. Lidia is the Technology Foresight Director for Techistential, and Faculty & Chair of the Center for Science Fiction at the Disruptive Futures Institute. Lidia holds a PhD in Visual Arts and a Master's Degree in Semiotics. She publishes regular columns on global emerging trends (Tilt UOL, O Futuro das Coisas) and has presented several TED talks (including on science fiction and technological innovation, biohacking, transhumanism, and the future of species). Originally from São Paulo in Brazil, Lidia was head of Innovation & Futures at UP Lab and professor at Istituto Europeo di Design, teaching "Foresight & Futures Studies: Exponential Technologies" in their post-graduate Strategic Design & Innovation program. She moved to Malmö, Sweden, in 2022, where she is a technical writer with technology leader Neo4j. Lidia is also a researcher in Emerging Tech with Envisioning. Lidia published her first science fiction novel in 2021 (REQU13M), and has been publishing short stories since 2010. She also has experience in the gaming and virtual reality industries, including writing about extended reality, immersive technologies, and videogames. As an academic researcher, Lidia has authored three monographs on science fiction, arts, cyberculture, and semiotics. Her papers have been published in both academic journals and books. As a pastime, Lidia likes to paint, play video games, and read.