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The race for green technology dominance is not a distant contest—it’s unfolding right now, and the United States is trailing behind. In 2024, China’s green industry sales reached $1.9 trillion, compared to $520 billion in the U.S. This gap is more than economic; it’s about strategic influence, energy security, and climate leadership. Picture this: a sprawling gigafactory on the outskirts of Shenzhen. Automated lines hum as robotic arms assemble battery cells at lightning spee

# Why We Must Return to Real Things: A Call for Tangible Transformation In a world increasingly shaped by digital abstraction, we must not lose sight of the tangible. If we are to thrive—indeed, survive—in the world we’re entering, we need to radically reinvent how we feed ourselves, build our homes, manufacture goods, move people and products, defend our communities, care for one another, and power it all. These are not virtual challenges. They are physical, material, and im

A Conversation That Sparked Reinvention: Reflections from Cyprus The driveway was discreetly secure, lined with trees that opened into an...

Reinvention Starts with Understanding the Trends I’ve spent the last few years immersed in conversations with leaders across...

Since World War II, defense strategy has relied on a set of assumptions that once reliably protected nations. But today, those...

When Value Becomes Uninsurable: Why Reinvention in Financial Services Is Urgent It’s worth asking: why is reinvention in financial...

What Do I Really Mean by Reinvention? “Reinvention” is a word that’s been tossed around a lot lately. One firm even calls itself “the...

“We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us that prevents us from seeing it.” — Blaise Pascal I’ve built a...

One person took me up on the challenge to describe why their chosen industry demands reinvention.  So let’s take a closer look at care...

Why It’s Time to Reinvent Wood Debris Recovery When major storms strike, they leave behind more than just broken infrastructure and...

Why Universities Must Reinvent Themselves—Now What if universities don’t reinvent themselves—quickly and dramatically? It’s a question...

Why I Wrote Reinventing the World I retired in July 2024. Most people who care about me hoped I’d slow down—spend more time with friends,...

When the Mountains Fell: A Wake-Up Call from Hurricane Helene I’ve lived in North Carolina for 43 years, ever since I left Canada in 1981...

Heritagetre.com   Mulch-Biochar Man, Part 2: It Takes a Village Heritagetre.com At nearly every event where I’ve shared ideas from my...

Greg Jones, the President of Belmont University, asked me an interesting question. It was clear, as often happens, I was to be his...