Elevating human potential in 2025 and beyond

Happy New Year from Alaska! 2025 couldn’t have started in a more beautiful fashion as I took this photo of the northern lights in the early morning hours on January 1st and inspired this blog. This display of red lights is very uncommon in the northern hemisphere and made this light show more spectacular than the typical ‘dance’ of green lights across the sky. Just as the northern lights paint the sky with their exquisite dance, information, when managed effectively, can light up human potential and lead us to new horizons of achievement and innovation. Nature’s blueprint: Ingenious inventions that represent the wild There are countless examples of how human innovation represent nature. The airplane’s design represents the flight of birds, harnessing the principles of lift, thrust, and aerodynamics. The concept of the umbrella finds its roots in the shape of trees, translating this natural canopy into a portable form for human use. Artificial intelligence simulates the human mind by simulating cognitive abilities like learning, reasoning, problems-solving, and decision-making. Information management is no different and as is analogous to the northern lights, or aurora borealis. An analogy between the Northern Lights and information management The northern lights (and southern lights in the Southern Hemisphere) occur when charged particles from the sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere, creating a breathtaking display of light. Here’s how this natural phenomenon mirrors information management software technology. Sun burst = Corporate strategy & initiatives: The sun’s burst of energy represents a company’s annual release of corporate strategies and initiatives. This release of energy is focused in a specific direction that acts as a guide for employees and other stakeholders. Electrons = Employees setting out to execute the strategy: Sun bursts release an abundance of electrons that carry this energy toward earth. Just like the sun emits electrons i