Ecosystemic Futures

Dyan Finkhousen: CEO of Shoshin Works
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Ecosystemic Futures engages with the world’s elite thought leaders who are researching and leading meaningful development in areas that could impact society in the next half century. Provided by Shoshin Works in collaboration with NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project - Ecosystemic Futures explores technological advances and structural patterns that will help us better innovate, operate, and navigate in our increasingly connected world. Join the conversation as NASA leaders, and industry and policy luminaries share their perspectives with host Dyan Finkhousen, a leading strategist and global authority on ecosystemic solutions, and brilliant co-hosts.

  1. 2天前

    107. The Architecture of Resilience: Human Adaptive Capacity

    What if we could measure adaptive capacity with the same precision we apply to engineering rocket systems? Dr. Irena Chaushevska Danilovska reveals how neuroscience capabilities integrate with distributed innovation ecosystems to create a mission assurance architecture for organizations seeking resilience in dynamic environments. After building startup ecosystems across Silicon Valley, the US, and Europe, Dr. Danilovska recognized a critical pattern: investment systems deployed billions based on networks rather than capability under pressure. Her research validates what becomes possible when we engineer resilient infrastructure AND resilient minds as one integrated system. Paradigm Shifts: → The 71% Solution: Six validated dimensions of "Adaptive Capacity Under Uncertainty" predict entrepreneurial success with 71% accuracy (vs. Big Five's 10%)—transforming human performance from soft variable to quantifiable mission assurance metric → Distributed Redundancy Architecture: Regional innovation hubs co-located with NASA centers create parallel supplier networks—eliminating six-month wait times and single-point failures threatening national security → Complementarity Engineering: Mission-specific team profiles optimize for collective adaptive capacity, not individual perfection (commanders: resilience + leadership; specialists: curiosity + innovativeness; directors: decision-making + opportunism) The Innovation: Space Coast Valley Earth Port pioneers integrated infrastructure development and human potential assessment as one co-evolutionary system. No hardware milestone without a matching ecosystem + human milestone. No subjective selection without evidence-based assessment. Key Finding: Only 3-5% of aspiring entrepreneurs possess the necessary baseline adaptive capacity. Corporate CEOs demonstrate strength in resilience/leadership but exhibit weakness in curiosity and value creation. Successful founders score high across all dimensions—and these traits are trainable through neurofeedback protocols. Strategic Reframe: "How do we architect both resilient infrastructure and optimized human teams as integrated elements? How do we design adaptive capacity—human and organizational—into systems from inception rather than hoping for it?" The next decade will return humanity to the Moon and push toward Mars. The systems we build now—both technological and human—determine whether we thrive beyond Earth. Guest: Dr. Irena Chaushevska Danilovska, Founder & CEO, Space Coast Valley Earth Port Host: Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata Desai Advisors Series Hosts: Vikram Shyam, Lead Futurist, NASA Glenn Research Center Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Ecosystemic Futures is a systems foresight series provided by Shoshin Works, evolved from our collaboration with NASA's Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project.

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  2. 9月23日

    106. Human Systems Engineering: Vision as Gravitational Force

    The future belongs to organizations that engineer ecosystems with spacecraft-level precision. Carol Erikson reveals the breakthrough: applying aerospace systems engineering to organizational transformation unlocks exponential performance gains across speed, cost, and effectiveness. After 30 years leading aerospace missions and digital transformation at Northrop Grumman, Erikson discovered the paradigm that will define next-generation ecosystems: simultaneous execution of seemingly contradictory strategies. Aerospace-grade systems thinking creates adaptive networks that thrive under pressure, delivering breakthrough results while traditional approaches stagnate. Paradigm Shifts: → Vision as Gravitational Force: Common vision doesn't just align - it functions as engineered gravity in human systems. Erikson reveals how aerospace teams design a "gravitational pull" that keeps ecosystem components in an orbital relationship, even when individual motivations diverge. → The Common Good Framework Revolution: Notre Dame researchers are developing the first systematic merger of DARPA's decades-proven AI "Common Test Framework" with ethics and trust mechanisms. This could become the universal operating system for human-AI ecosystem governance. → Systematic Insensitivity Protocol: Mission-critical ecosystems engineer deliberate "noise immunity" - systematic insensitivity to geopolitical chaos while maintaining collaborative urgency. Organizations that master this protocol gain a significant advantage during periods of fragmentation. → Big Rocks/Little Rocks Simultaneity: The counter-intuitive discovery that breakthrough transformation requires engineering for massive multi-year "big rock" changes AND rapid "little rock" wins simultaneously - with mathematical precision about which rocks to move when in the system architecture of change itself. Ecosystem Impact: → Competition as Engineered Energy Source: Erikson reveals how to design "healthy competition" as a system component - transforming competitive dynamics from problem to managed energy that accelerates ecosystem performance → Interface Checkpoint Architecture: Human-AI collaboration designed with spacecraft-level interface specifications - measurable checkpoints, defined limits, and systematic trust mechanisms rather than hoping for organic adoption → Duplication-of-Effort Diagnostic: When transformation pilots proliferate in isolation, it signals the need for systematic integration. Organizations can now engineer transformation rather than managing random change initiatives → The Data-First Cascade Effect: Digital transformation follows aerospace assembly sequences - data quality and infrastructure must precede AI deployment, creating predictable transformation timelines and success metrics Innovation: Applying aerospace systems engineering methodology to organizational transformation - treating culture change, digital infrastructure, and stakeholder alignment as integrated system components with defined interfaces, requirements, and failure modes. First systematic approach to engineering human ecosystems with spacecraft-level reliability. Strategic Application: Any mission-critical ecosystem facing simultaneous pressure for speed, cost reduction, and performance improvement. Particularly powerful for regulated industries, defense contractors, healthcare systems, and infrastructure organizations where failure isn't an option. Strategic Reframe: The most adaptive ecosystems will shift from asking "How do we manage organizational change?" to engineering the question: "What are the mathematical interface specifications for human-system collaboration at ecosystem scale - and how do we systematically design predictable behavioral outcomes using aerospace-level precision rather than hoping for emergent organizational alignment?" The Hidden Revolution: Erikson reveals the birth of "Human Systems Engineering" - a new discipline treating human ecosystems as designable systems with engineered interfaces, quantifiable performance metrics, and predictable behavioral outcomes. Organizations that master this approach don't just transform faster; they engineer a sustainable competitive advantage through systematic human-system integration. Guest: Carol Erikson, Founder & President, Erikson Mission Solutions | Former VP Digital Transformation, Northrop Grumman Host: Marco Annunziata, Co-founder, Annunziata Desai Advisors Series Hosts: Vikram Shyam, Lead Futurist, NASA Glenn Research Center Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Ecosystemic Futures is provided by NASA onvergent Aeronautics Solutions Project in collaboration with Shoshin Works.

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  3. 9月17日

    105. The Space Manufacturing Revolution That Changes Everything

    Many ecosystems fall short of their full potential because they're designed around Earth's limitations. The revelation? Gravity isn't just a physical force—it's an economic barrier costing America trillions in unrealized breakthroughs across semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, and defense technologies. While ecosystem architects optimize terrestrial manufacturing, they overlook a fundamental constraint: Earth's gravity creates atomic-level defects that make perfect materials impossible. Lynn Harper (NASA InSPA) and Dr. Dan Rasky (SpaceX Dragon heat shield inventor) reveal the mathematical reality: microgravity manufacturing achieves 90% yields where Earth struggles to reach 5%—a 1,800% performance gap that redefines competitive advantage. Paradigm Shifts: → The Seed Crystal Revolution: Space doesn't replace Earth manufacturing—it creates "perfect" molecular templates that unlock Earth's potential. One space-grown crystal can seed millions of perfect Earth products. → The $2 Trillion Gravity Tax: Every semiconductor, pharmaceutical crystal, and advanced material manufactured on Earth carries atomic-level defects. Space manufacturing eliminates this fundamental limitation. → From Quantum to Human Impact: First mathematical proof that microgravity improves material organization at every scale—from atomic structures to human tissue engineering. → The 10X Cost Paradox: Metric-based space contracting delivers 10X cost savings vs traditional aerospace development—making space manufacturing economically inevitable. Ecosystem Impact: → United Semiconductor: 5% Earth yield → 90% space yield in identical conditions → Merck Keytruda: First uniform cancer drug crystals achieved in microgravity → 7.4 miles of commercial ZBLAN optical fiber: Breaking all world records for performance → 80% of 500+ space-manufactured crystals outperform Earth equivalents The Innovation: NASA's InSPA program demonstrates systematic superiority across materials science, proving microgravity manufacturing isn't experimental—it's the next industrial revolution. Combined with SpaceX's reusable transportation breakthrough, space manufacturing transitions from science fiction to economic reality. Strategic Application: Any ecosystem dependent on advanced materials—from quantum computing to personalized medicine—can achieve unprecedented performance by incorporating space-manufactured components or seed crystals into terrestrial production. Strategic Reframe: The most competitive ecosystems will shift from asking "How do we optimize Earth manufacturing?" to understanding: "Which materials require space perfection to unlock their full potential—and how do we architect hybrid space-Earth production systems?" The question isn't whether this transforms manufacturing. The question is: Will America lead this ecosystem transformation, or watch others capture the trillion-dollar opportunity? #EcosystemicFutures #SpaceManufacturing #Microgravity #NASA #MaterialsScience #SpaceEconomy #Innovation Guests: Lynn Harper,Strategic Integration Advisor, ISS National Laboratory | Co-founder, NASA InSPA Portfolio Dr. Dan Rasky, Senior Scientist, NASA Ames | SpaceX Dragon Heat Shield Inventor | Co-founder, NASA Space Portal Hosts: Marco Annunziata, Co-founder, Annunziata Desai Advisors Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Series Hosts: Vikram Shyam, Lead Futurist, NASA Glenn Research Center Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Ecosystemic Futures is provided by NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project in collaboration with Shoshin Works.

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  4. 9月9日

    104. The New Rules of Power

    Traditional geopolitical analysis is dead. A $10,000 drone can now destroy a $100 million military platform—and this "budgetary exhaustion" strategy is already transforming how smart companies compete. We need systems thinking to navigate the four forces reshaping global power: balance of power, technology, climate change, and the nature of warfare. Dr. Nicholas Kenney, founder of Beacon Geopolitical Intelligence, reveals how modern conflict operates through "budgetary exhaustion"—using $10K drones to destroy $100M platforms—and why this asymmetric strategy is already transforming business competition. Paradigm Shifts: → From Stocks to Flows: Geopolitical power no longer comes from controlling territories but from commanding technological stacks—the entire pipeline from extraction to distribution → Budgetary Exhaustion Strategy: Ukraine's drone warfare model now applies to business—use low-cost innovation to neutralize competitors' expensive advantages → Private Geopolitical Actors: Individual entrepreneurs (Musk/Starlink) now make decisions traditionally reserved for governments, creating new power dynamics Ecosystem Impact: → China's rare earths dominance forced US policy concessions—not through military might but technological stack control → DeepSeek vs OpenAI: 80% capability at 20% cost demonstrates an asymmetric competitive strategy → Leadership evolution: from "top-down control" to "center-out influence" in complex systems The Innovation: Recognizing that interconnections between system elements matter more than individual components. Success comes from understanding how power flows through networks, not from accumulating static resources. Strategic Application: Any organization can apply "budgetary exhaustion" principles—identify competitors' expensive advantages, then develop low-cost alternatives that force unsustainable resource allocation. The goal isn't superiority but sustainability. Strategic Reframe: In our interconnected world, ask: "What technological stacks do we need to control, and how do we position ourselves at the center of critical flows rather than trying to dominate from the top?" The most resilient ecosystems cultivate influence through connection, not control. Guest: Dr. Nicholas Kenney, Founder, Beacon Geopolitical Intelligence Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Series Hosts: Vikram Shyam, Lead Futurist, NASA Glenn Research Center Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Ecosystemic Futures is provided by NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project in collaboration with Shoshin Works.

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  5. 9月2日

    103. Source Code

    The universe's most sophisticated R&D lab has been running experiments for 4 billion years—and we're just learning how to read the results. The revelation? Nature's laboratory has field-tested solutions for health and resilience—we need human discernment to look in the right places, ask the right questions, and apply the right tools. Dr. Martin Kussmann, Head of Science at Bavaria's Competence Center for Nutrition and CEO of Kussmann Biotech, reveals: peptides function as "words of biology" that teach the body to heal itself—transforming nutrition from passive gap-filling to active biological programming. Paradigm Shifts: → Biological Language Discovery: Peptides are the "words of biology" that program biological responses through molecular communication. The parallel: organizational messaging similarly "programs" stakeholder behaviors → AI as Nature's Librarian: Instead of brute force testing, AI predicts which of nature's millions of bioactive compounds solve specific problems—compressing discovery from years to weeks → The Implementation Gap Crisis: "We know quite a few things, we just don't do it"—the most significant barrier isn't knowledge but making solutions attractive, affordable, adoptable Ecosystem Impact: → Traditional bioactive discovery: 5-10 years vs. AI-guided platforms: 2-6 weeks → C. elegans worm testing: shares evolutionary biology with humans while enabling rapid validation → Mass spectrometry: tracks nutrients through metabolism like "telescopes for the molecular universe" The Innovation: Human-AI collaboration combining strategic biological intuition with computational power. Success comes from knowing where to look in biology's 4-billion-year archive, not just having better search tools. Strategic Application: Any ecosystem can revolutionize its performance by developing discernment to identify which natural solutions apply to its specific context. This pattern recognition—knowing which proven solutions apply rather than reinventing—transforms both biological and business ecosystems. Strategic Reframe: The most adaptive ecosystems cultivate wisdom to ask: "What has nature already solved that applies to our challenge—and how do we recognize those solutions and apply appropriate tools?" Just as nature provides field-tested molecular solutions, successful approaches often exist in other contexts, waiting to be recognized and adapted. Guest: Dr. Martin Kussmann, Head of Science, Competence Center for Nutrition | CEO, Kussmann Biotech GmbH Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Series Hosts: Vikram Shyam, Lead Futurist, NASA Glenn Research Center Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Ecosystemic Futures is provided by NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project in collaboration with Shoshin Works.

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  6. 8月19日

    102. Orchestrated Autonomy: The Ecosystem Accelerator Government Misses

    The Apollo Program achieved humanity's most significant technological leap through "orchestrated autonomy"—a hidden methodology for ecosystem velocity and optimization that modern government partnerships miss. Breakthrough insight? True innovation requires autonomous components working independently first, then strategic orchestration second. Lieutenant Colonel Russ Matijevich reveals why the government seeks integration before independence, thereby stifling the innovation it demands. Ecosystems thrive when stakeholders maintain autonomous excellence, then leaders orchestrate a strategic combination of diverse outputs—not when consensus-seeking destroys individual contribution. Paradigm Shifts: → The Independence Paradox: Innovation ecosystems thrive when stakeholders are NOT dependent on each other but are rather aligned in mutual interest—Apollo succeeded through autonomous excellence vs consensus → The Collective Intelligence Inversion: True "wisdom of crowds" is elevated with independent inputs; collaboration before individual contribution can collapse intelligence into groupthink → The Commercial Viability Paradox: Government seeks technologies that don't depend on government funding—companies with independent commercial success become more attractive procurement targets → The Efficiency Paradox: More budget creates less innovation—Apollo achieved the impossible on balanced budgets, while today's 6-7% GDP deficits yield diminishing returns The Innovation: Innovation ecosystems thrive through structural independence aligned by missions that matter—companies that aren't dependent on government contracts paradoxically become more attractive government buyers. Strategic Reframe: Shift from "How do we align interests?" to: "How do we orchestrate autonomous excellence for breakthrough innovation?" #EcosystemicFutures #InnovationParadox #StrategicTension Guest: Russ Matijevich, Owner & CEO, Matijevich International Consulting | Retired USAF Lt. Colonel | Former Chief Innovation Officer, Airbus US Space & Defense Host: Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata + Desai Advisors | Economics PhD | Former Chief Economist, GE Series Hosts: Vikram Shyam, Lead Futurist, NASA Glenn Research Center Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Ecosystemic Futures is provided by NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project in collaboration with Shoshin Works.

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  7. 8月12日

    101. The 1-Ton Shock: Why Single Solutions Fail Complex Systems (Quantum Cities Reveal All)

    The revelation that shattered systems thinking: Replacing every combustion car with electric vehicles improves urban efficiency by only 6%—revealing why isolated optimizations fail in complex ecosystems. Dr. Parfait Atchadé from MIT Media Lab discovered this through quantum-enhanced urban modeling in Boston's Kendall Square. His breakthrough: humanized AI agents with emotional architectures that "live" in virtual cities for decades of compressed time, then vote on configurations—exposing the systematic failure of single-variable optimization. Paradigm Shifts: → The Single-Solution Trap: Complex systems require the vast majority of improvements from interconnected changes—individual optimizations create illusion of progress while missing systemic impact → Quantum Superposition Planning: Test multiple city configurations simultaneously rather than sequential scenarios—compress 40 years of urban experience into months of simulation → Agents with Feelings: AI agents embedded with emotional models (joy, fear, anger, sadness) provide qualitative experience data impossible to capture from human stakeholders → Portfolio Voting Revolution: Beyond binary decisions—split voting percentages across options like investment portfolios, enabling nuanced collective optimization → Traditional systems modeling: Sequential scenario testing vs. Quantum approach: Parallel reality simulation with dramatic efficiency gains The Innovation: Humanized Agent-Based Modeling (h-ABM) creates digital beings with memory, perception, and emotional responses that navigate virtual systems, accumulating experiences and providing stakeholder insights traditional analytics cannot capture. Strategic Application: Any complex ecosystem requiring multi-stakeholder optimization—from organizational transformation to supply chain design—can leverage quantum-enhanced modeling with emotionally-intelligent agents. Strategic Reframe: The most adaptive ecosystems will shift from asking "How do we optimize individual components?" to understanding: "How do we architect systems where quantum-enhanced agents can help us reveal the hidden interdependencies that single-solution approaches systematically miss?" #EcosystemicFutures #QuantumComputing #SystemsThinking #UrbanPlanning #MIT #ComplexSystems #AgentBasedModeling Guest: Dr. Parfait Atchadé, Research Affiliate, MIT Media Lab | Strategic Business Officer, Lighthouse DIG Host: Marco Annunziata, Co-founder, Annunziata & Desai Advisors Series Hosts: Vikram Shyam, Lead Futurist, NASA Glenn Research Center Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Ecosystemic Futures is provided by NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project in collaboration with Shoshin Works.

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  8. 8月5日

    100. Infrastructure 2.0: Your Next Airport Powers More Than Planes

    Transportation infrastructure is about to flip inside-out. The revelation? Advanced Air Mobility isn't just creating flying cars—it's concurrently addressing energy opportunities by transforming airports from power consumers into community power providers. While mobility experts focus on autonomous aircraft, they're missing the bigger disruption: the infrastructure supporting electric aviation will fundamentally rewire how communities access energy. Dan Sloat, Founder of the Advanced Air Mobility Institute and global top 20 AAM leader, reveals a stunning convergence: the same charging infrastructure needed for electric aircraft creates "energy nodes" capable of powering entire neighborhoods during disasters. This revelation builds on the 'Airports as Energy Nodes' innovation led by NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project and Langley Research teams. Paradigm Shifts: → Aviation Accessibility: Only 20% of humanity has ever flown—AAM extends accessibility, scalability → Infrastructure Inversion: Airports flip from energy consumers to community energy providers—your local vertiport could keep your refrigerator running during the next hurricane → The 2030 Quantum Collision: Passenger AAM deployment coincides precisely with cryptographically-relevant quantum computers—creating unprecedented cybersecurity vulnerabilities → Systematic Democratization: Autonomous systems eliminate pilot scarcity bottlenecks, potentially expanding air access from 20% to 80%+ of the global population Ecosystem Impact: → Current aviation accessibility: 20% of global population vs. AAM potential: 80%+ through autonomous operations → Infrastructure transformation: Airports becoming community energy resilience hubs with disaster relief capabilities → Economic democratization: Air mobility transitions from a luxury service to an accessible transportation mode The Innovation: Advanced Air Mobility's four-element ecosystem—autonomous aviation, uncrewed systems, smart infrastructure, and sustainable propulsion—concurrently creates the world's most distributed energy storage and generation network. The Breakthrough: Transportation nodes that strengthen community resilience rather than just moving people. Building on NASA CAS research showing airports as energy nodes, this represents the infrastructure's most significant paradigm shift since electrification. Strategic Application: Any community planning transportation infrastructure should simultaneously plan for energy independence. The same investment creates both mobility and energy security. Strategic Reframe: The question shifts from "How do we build flying car infrastructure?" to "How do we architect transportation systems that simultaneously solve mobility and energy resilience?" #EcosystemicFutures #AdvancedAirMobility #InfrastructureInversion #EnergyNodes #QuantumSecurity Guest: Dan Sloat, Founder & President, Advanced Air Mobility Institute | Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society | World Economic Forum AVIATE Committee Host: Marco Annunziata, Co-founder, Annunziata Desai Advisors Series Hosts: Vikram Shyam, Lead Futurist, NASA Glenn Research Center Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Ecosystemic Futures is provided by NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project in collaboration with Shoshin Works.

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Ecosystemic Futures engages with the world’s elite thought leaders who are researching and leading meaningful development in areas that could impact society in the next half century. Provided by Shoshin Works in collaboration with NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project - Ecosystemic Futures explores technological advances and structural patterns that will help us better innovate, operate, and navigate in our increasingly connected world. Join the conversation as NASA leaders, and industry and policy luminaries share their perspectives with host Dyan Finkhousen, a leading strategist and global authority on ecosystemic solutions, and brilliant co-hosts.

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  • 创作者
    Dyan Finkhousen: CEO of Shoshin Works
  • 活跃年份
    2023年 - 2025年
  • 单集
    122
  • 分级
    儿童适宜
  • 版权
    © Shoshin Works
  • 节目网站
    Ecosystemic Futures

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