By 2050 almost half the jobs that we see today will be replaced by AI and Robotics. Are our kids ready or will the percentage be even higher? Critical thinking has long been recognized as a cornerstone of intellectual development, yet its integration into formal education—particularly as a central pillar of middle and high school curricula—remains inconsistent worldwide. School districts will point to the occasional training teachers go through as proof. They may even be able to point to the sporadic display of fish-bone diagrams in a classroom or displayed on a “beloved by admin” anchor chart. Many school districts are even paying for programs like HMH that does a good job of integrating critical thinking, however, it is left up to the teacher to implement, and we know that most teachers don’t have time.

“We’ve spent decades building tools. Now we’re building minds. Digital Intelligence isn’t here to replace us—it’s here to reason with us. But only if we’re ready to think critically.” From A Tool...To A Partner DI is not just a tool—it’s a thinking partner. But partnership requires dialogue, not deference. We must learn to question DI not because it’s broken, but because it’s evolving. Its weaknesses are not signs of failure—they are invitations to collaborate. Critical thinking is the bridge between human conscience and digital cognition. It’s how we ensure that DI doesn’t just make decisions—it makes meaningful ones. And it’s how we move from a world of answers to a world of understanding.

The Rise of Digital Intelligence (DI): Why AI, DI, and Robotics Can No Longer Be Ignored The Corporate Blind Spot: AI/DI as Strategic Leaders Education’s Resistance to DI: A System Stuck in the Past AI/DI & Robotics: Real, Not Artificial Intelligence! Mutual Benefit Culture: The Path to Harmonizing Humans & DI Conclusion: The Choice is Ours

You can't know if it is going to be an advantage until you fully understand the, why and how! I will discuss the 8 components of Critical Thinking. The Rapid Thought Switching Framework for Critical Thinking has 6 components... Learn them here.

This is a skill critical (pun intended) for staying ahead of AI advancements that is not currently taught in schools nor rewarded in corporations. Learn the 6 components of the Rapid Thought Switching Framework, an integral part of critical thinking Understand the 8 things you need to do to be a critical thinker... they are not easy! How to use it in everyday life

Learn - that you may have advanced thinking skills and NOT a disorder (ADD) - the 6 Components of Rapid Thought Switching (RTS) - What the BIG secret is - How RTS affects you...your children...your job

Have managers forgot what it is like to do your job? Do they want you to kiss ASS, to feed their ego? Are their friends getting ahead and hard workers being left behind? We discuss how relatability is key to the new style of leadership and culture development

Mediocrity Is Not The Problem Complacent management and executives are part of the problem Our complacency is another part of the problem everyone's inability to admit it is the other How AI fits in That we often mistake complacency based on job and title Corporate Culture and how it plays into complacency

We discuss: The simplification myth of replacing people with technology The need to take the time to understand the way any technology or process change affects People The last letter of the KISS (Stupid) philosophy 6 questions you must ask when implementing process or technology change

May Edition: in this edition we discuss: - Major AI players and their focus - Where they stand on AGI and Robotics - Advancements and - How Critical Thinkers look at these advancements - The benefits to Humanity - What we can do to help our children

This episode discusses the Metaverse and how it currently and will affect our lives in the future. We incorporate AI and a brief discussion of how this all ties into the RTO discussion that has reignited. "Corporate Metaverse – a virtual-reality space in which employees, management, vendors and customers can interact within a familiar computer-generated environment that creates a Mutually Beneficial culture." Marc Gilenson

- Control Negative Habits - understanding the survival impulse and the ego impulse - Eliminate Business Disease - they lie silently until it may be too late - Speak Your Mind - speak up and release all that stress

The S.M.A.R.T. Framework was developed to help companies become better, help their leaders become better, run better projects, create better processes, and help every employee become better. The S.M.A.R.T. Framework includes the three idea components wisdom, understanding and knowledge, and the five implementation components… Systemic, Measurable, Alignable, Relatable, Tailorable. The five implementation components are known as the “five learnable components of Corporate Entrepreneurial Leadership,” for it’s through these five components that you will bring amazing success to your leadership, project management, change management, technology roll-outs and more.

- Ego - good and bad - Creation - something from nothing - something from something- something from almost something - Eliminate Obstacles

- Have your teams do what you want them to do, and have them want to do it - Create a "Business Family" and they will work best for the whole organization - Don't spoil yourself or your employees

- FAREWELL TO CONFLICT - UNDERSTANDING THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS - LET IT GO

- Those skilled in developing business are skilled at attacking anywhere, entering new markets and launching new products - To expand your existing market, divide it up into niches; to expand into new territories, pay great commission. - Those skilled in maintaining and growing an existing business know how to revitalize old products while maintaining a distribution channel

- FIRST YOU MUST PLAN YOUR STRATEGY, THEN YOU MUST PREPARE YOUR WEAPONS - A COMPANY THAT IS WELL DISCIPLINED WILL TAKE MARKET SHARE FROM DISORGANIZED COMPANIES - DON’T DESTROY A MARKET JUST TO WIN

We discuss the following 3 attributes: - Banishing negativity from your business - Unconditional appreciation - it's not what you think! - Knowing your are where you want to be

10) Don't Envy What Other Posses 11) Interconnectedness Of The Corporate Entrepreneur 12) What Influences The Corporate Entrepreneur