Tempo: The Operating System of Success, #10

Competition today is fought on the clock. Not the kind your grandmother has, but the different time dimensions humans, machines, and foresight experts live by. Tempo is what happens when those dimensions line up into a rhythm. It’s the operating system of the polyintelligent advantage.

You see it clearly in retail. A brick-and-mortar store runs on human-time. Doors open at ten, clerks work shifts, checkout lines move at the speed of hands and eyes. E-commerce, however, runs on digital-time. The site never closes, algorithms recommend products instantly, and payments clear in milliseconds. But neither works without future-time. Holiday promotions are planned months in ...