Top 280 Roger Spitz Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “For those intent on business as usual, the scope of value destruction is growing.”

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152. “The value of intangibles derived from intellectual property rights and trademarks from brands, inventions, software code, and programs has never been higher.”

— Roger Spitz

153. “AI is taking over areas that we previously thought were too important to entrust to machines.”

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154. “This need for humans to enhance their capabilities to become AAA is relevant in the context of machines learning faster, with increasingly higher-level human functions.”

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155. “The degree of surprise or shock you experience from disruption correlates to your level of preparedness, perspectives, and your reliance on assumptions.”

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156. “Maybe the existential risk is not machines taking over the world or reaching human-level intelligence, but rather the opposite where human beings think like idle machines – unable to connect the emerging dots of our complex, systemic world.”

— Roger Spitz

157. “Scenarios help solve problems differently because they can illuminate new possibilities and ignite hope.”

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158. “The bar to become and remain relevant is higher than ever.”

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159. “This asymmetry means that the fragile suffers a disproportionate amount of downside from shocks.”

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160. “AI won’t replace humans, but people who can use it will.” This sounds reassuring, but it oversimplifies the complex future of work and AI integration. Experts predict a surge in opportunities, but the intricate interplay between cognification, mass automation, and how we work remains uncharted. The net effect of AI on employment is unknown – we have no data on the future.”

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161. “How the West reacts to China’s rise will be an epoch-defining driver of disruption.”

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162. “Physically agile, this squishy strategist and tentacled tactician uses its intelligence and agency to intuit situations, anticipate outcomes, invent solutions, and improvise, remaining relevant for nearly 300 million years.”

— Roger Spitz

163. “Changes in ecological systems create unpredictable second-order consequences.”

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164. “When we consider that our bodies and environments are data, we realize the importance of data privacy, ethics and governance.”

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165. “Ecosystems blur the lines of fixed business models. In a digital, dematerialized, disintermediated world, there are no direct competitors.”

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166. “The rise of info-ruption is an arms race.”

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167. “Certain ideas will be deemed impossible until they become part of everyday life.”

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168. “Reversible decisions are two-way doors, allowing for agility in the face of uncertainty.”

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169. “In truth, neither volatility nor change have an inherent valence.”

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170. “Everything in our world is constantly evolving – except our organizations, strategies, and governance structures.”

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171. “Complexity allows for emergence as an alternative to operating on autopilot.”

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172. “Stressors, incoherence, and even mistakes strengthen antifragile systems, rather than breaking them.”

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173. “Science fiction anticipated many of today’s existential questions... Science fiction provides an ethical platform for debate, to anticipate what might arise.”

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174. “Maybe the existential risk is not machines taking over the world, but rather the opposite, where humans start responding like idle machines – unable to connect the emerging dots of our UN-VICE world.”

— Roger Spitz

175. “A vertical innovation will never look like anything that came before – this is invention.”

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176. “If we are not thoughtful in becoming AAA, this future scenario could see human agency replaced, with decisions made by algorithms instead of humans.”

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177. “To create truly novel breakthrough innovations, you must discard your hard-held beliefs.”

— Roger Spitz

178. “Reshoring is replacing offshoring and outsourcing.”

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179. “The magic of a small – but regular – investment in time is its compounding returns.”

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180. “In these paradigm shifts, addressing individual parts of a problem will not resolve anything.”

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181. “We don’t overemphasize the future at the expense of the present, because the present is our only tangible reality. We imagine the future as a tool to inform today’s actions and short-term decisions.”

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182. “In a VUCA world, if you’re not consciously confused, you’re ignorant. If you’re not preparing, you’re negligent.”

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183. “Techistentialism studies the nature of human beings, existence, and decision-making in our technological world. Today, we face both technological and existential conditions that can no longer be separated. We define this phenomenon as Techistentialism.”

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184. “Companies often limit their propensity for invention by relying on flawed assumptions.”

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185. “The future is now, because now is the only thing we can impact. It can be prototyped today, every day.”

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186. “The impacts of disruption depend on your perspective, preparation and response.”

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187. “Misaligned incentives can foster herd mentality.”

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188. “Rare is becoming less rare.”

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189. “Ransomware attacks are not only increasing in scale and frequency, but also sophistication.”

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190. “Foresight does not hold a crystal ball. It prepares you for the swerves. The future of prediction is imagination.”

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191. “Metaruptions cause widespread and self-perpetuating effects that extend beyond their initial disruptions.”

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192. “A combination of fast and slow is required when thinking in different time horizons. Poised, patient innovation has extraordinary power.”

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193. “Imagination outshines analysis.”

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194. “Decision-makers have more information than ever before, but the speed of change means they have less time to make decisions.”

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195. “Before insights arrive, one must undergo an incubation period.”

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196. “These are our 6 i’s to thriving on disruption: intuition, inspiration, imagination, improvisation, invention, impossible.”

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197. “Agency is our ability to take action and influence outcomes.”

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198. “Some things will constantly emerge; others may disappear or change at different rates. Ultimately, we have agency to determine our future. We have choices as, above all, we are human.”

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199. “Erase outdated elements and rewrite programs: learn, unlearn and relearn to constantly adapt.”

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200. “Breakthroughs are even more abrupt and turbulent when we are not paying attention.”

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