“The Exponential Era turns strategic planning from a stagnant limited application exercise to an active thoughtful process that can yield benefits for all companies and executives. Every company leader can find a gem in The Exponential Era to apply to their business big or small.”

Michael Splinter, Chairman of the Board, NASDAQ and Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Applied Materials

“I count this among the very best business books I have read. Highly recommended for today’s business leaders. Espindola and Wright have delivered an extremely valuable guide to the future of business planning…and that future is now!”

James B. Stake, former Executive Vice President, Enterprise Services, 3M Company, Chairman, Ativa Medical Corporation and Member of Board of Directors, public and private companies.

“The Exponential Era is a must-read for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and virtually anyone navigating our highly complex and rapidly changing world.  David Espindola and Michael W. Wright offer a great model for a thoughtful and logical way to develop a strategy for environments dominated by innovation, disruption, and rapidly changing market forces. Entertaining, practical, well-researched, I strongly recommend this book, a primer for navigating the future.”

Genreal (Ret. 4 Star) Joseph L. Votel, President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security (BENS)

“The Exponential Era will help corporations and its leaders see the technical tornados coming and have the courage to experiment and walk toward the storms, emerging on a new path to a successful exciting future. The Exponential Era is a scary place – learn to embrace the change, enjoy it, and thrive.”

Ronald Peterson, PhD, former Vice President of Technology, Honeywell Corporation and Author, ‘Gardeners of the Universe’

“The Exponential Era provides a roadmap for strategic decision making in a digital world.  It is a must read for top management teams who recognize the importance of disrupting themselves before they are disrupted.”

Stefanie Ann Lenway, Dean, Opus College of Business, University of St. Thomas

“You will find a lot of useful terms and insightful ideas in this book about the exponential growth of digital platforms and technologies that have overturned established companies and entire industries. The book offers a new approach to strategic planning in this exponential era – SPX – that is fast, flexible and iterative. Read this book and let the experimentation begin!”

Thomas Fisher, Professor, Director of the Minnesota Design Center and Dayton Hudson Chair in Urban Design, College of Design at the University of Minnesota.

“Many organizations cling to what eventually kills them. This book spotlights the root causes and prescribes a new operating system calibrated for thriving in the exponential era. It’s likely to be the book you wish you’d read five years ago!”

Elvin Turner, Author, ‘Be Less Zombie: How great companies create dynamic innovation, fearless leadership and passionate people.’

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“The Exponential Era is an essential read for our times. By monitoring horizons, initiating multiple small experiments and scaling rapidly, we were able to achieve a higher level of profitability and stability despite the chaotic changes all around us. Dynamic planning processes, like those described in this book, when coupled with great cultures, work!”

John Puckett, Owner of Punch Pizza and Co-founder of Caribou Coffee

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“The Exponential Era does a great job of not only describing exponential technologies, but how they likely converge to transform our world. Education and dialog are critical to creating a constructive future, this book contributes to that end.”

Frank Diana, Managing Partner, Futurist, TATA Consultancy Services