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David Kish

Ecosystem Advisor at Tata Consultancy Services

Boulder, Colorado, United States

David Kish is a futurist, consulting on the future of business & society. He works with anyone interested in collaborating across the public, private, and social spheres to co-create regenerative economies that enable all life to thrive.

Regenerative Futures | Ecosystems | Decentralization | Social Impact | Sustainability |

www.davidkish.medium.com

David Kish Points
Academic 0
Author 94
Influencer 34
Speaker 12
Entrepreneur 35
Total 175

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Thought Leader Profile

Portfolio Mix

Company Information

Company Type: Company
Business Unit: Future of Business
Theatre: North America
Minimum Project Size: Undisclosed
Average Hourly Rate: Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Undisclosed
Company Founded Date: Undisclosed

Areas of Expertise

AI 30.01
Blockchain 30.72
Business Strategy 30.28
Change Management
Climate Change
Cryptocurrency
Culture
Digital Disruption 34.54
Digital Transformation 30.13
Ecosystems 37.92
Emerging Technology 30.23
ERP
Future of Work
Innovation 30.03
Leadership
Open Innovation 30.09
Sustainability 40.58

Industry Experience

Publications

1 Advisory Board Membership
Regenerative Platforms Alliance
Regenerative Platforms Alliance
March 01, 2022
Helping purpose-driven organizations and communities use platforms to organize, learn, share and create collective impact.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Sustainability

74 Article/Blogs
Beyond Civilization: Navigating the Regenerative Turn Through Cosmo-Local Logics
Import from substack.com
July 28, 2025
Michel Bauwens has named something many of us feel but rarely frame with such precision: we are not merely at the end of an era—we are at the end of a civilizational logic.

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

Aging at the Hinge: Why Living Longer Demands System Change
Import from substack.com
July 24, 2025
We’re not just aging longer—we’re aging into a new system. The question is: what kind?

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

Reflections in the Mirror: From Cognitive Simulacra to Regenerative Coherence
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July 23, 2025
Reading Michael Deittrick’s recent piece on Cognitive Simulacra opens up a timely and imaginative vision—one where digital mirrors don’t just reflect the world, but evolve with it.

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

Reflecting on Boundaryless’ Vision for Regenerative Organizations
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July 19, 2025
I want to begin by expressing my deep appreciation for the team at Boundaryless. Their latest piece on regenerative organization development offers one of the clearest articulations I’ve seen of how organizations can begin to evolve toward more ecosystemic, value-aligned structures.

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

When a System Turns: Rare Alignments, Irreversible Choices, and the Regenerative Turn
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July 11, 2025
Frank Diana’s piece When Systems Shift – The Rare Alignment Driving Change Today struck me because it reminds us that not every moment in history is equal.

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

How Advances in Brain Science Could Help Us Glue Regenerative Efforts Together
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July 09, 2025
What if the metaphors we use to describe our brains are the same ones that hold back our ability to regenerate our communities, ecosystems, and economies?

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

Who Trains the Machine? The Ghosts Behind AI
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July 08, 2025
How Gen Beta’s Ghost Labor Could Seed a Regenerative Future

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

Sensing, Responding & Regenerating
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July 07, 2025
A Reflection on Frank Diana's Sense & Respond Framework

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

Gen Beta Field Guide: How the New Nomads Build What’s Next
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July 02, 2025
In her thought-provoking post, Born in 2025: Gen Beta Rising, futurist Alex Whittington explores how the next generation — Gen Beta — might mirror the Nomad archetype described in the Fourth Turning cycle.

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

Growing Up Solutionists: How Scarcity Makes a Regenerative Generation
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July 01, 2025
Mapping Gen Beta’s Solutionists as a Regenerative Possibility Chain

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

Regenerative Possibility Chains (RPCs) Primer
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June 30, 2025
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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

Shaping A Regenerative Future
Import from substack.com
June 25, 2025
Exploring the deeper logic of regenerative transformation.

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

Living Semantics and the Architecture of Meaning: Extending the Cognitive Loop
Import from medium.com
June 21, 2025
“Salience isn’t just internal. It’s shared. It’s social. It travels.”In his compelling essay What Remains, Reveals, LaSalle Browne offers a much-needed rethinking of artificial intelligence — not as a supercharged prediction engine, but as a cognitive loop grounded in meaning. He int

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

Our Societal Platform Is Shifting — What Will Define What Comes Next?
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June 20, 2025
Photo by Chris Lawton on UnsplashOur Societal Platform Is Shifting — What Will Define What Comes Next?Shaping the Logic of the Next EraWe often frame the future in terms of disruption — of technologies breaking old models, industries reorganizing, and new players rising. But what if t

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

What Comes After Scenario Planning?
Medium
June 03, 2025
Through signal scanning, scenario planning, and strategic mapping, foresight has helped organizations prepare for change — and sometimes even shape it. But we’ve crossed a threshold.
We’re not just managing volatility anymore. We’re navigating systemic breakdown.
Climate. Governance. Economics. Meaning.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Sustainability

Epilogue
Medium
June 02, 2025
I began by redefining convergence — not as chaos, but as context. A condition in which exponential forces collide across domains, accelerating instability, but also expanding the space of the possible. I examined how that pressure builds — through systemic stress in science, technology, society, economy, philosophy, environment, and geopolitics — and how it stretches systems beyond their capacity to adapt.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Sustainability

The Anatomy of a Regenerative Possibility Chain
Medium
June 02, 2025
In "The Anatomy of a Regenerative Possibility Chain," David Kish introduces a framework for understanding how systems under pressure can reorganize toward renewal instead of collapse. Building upon the concept of possibility chains, Kish outlines how converging pathways, influencing factors, and points of alignment interact to shape regenerative outcomes. Using the food system as a case study, he illustrates how systemic pressures—like climate shocks and supply chain fragility—can lead to rupture. However, these ruptures also open space for regenerative attractors, such as bioregional food networks, mutual aid governance models, and commons-based land stewardship. By identifying and nurturing these attractors, Kish argues that we can guide systems toward more resilient and equitable futures.

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Tags: Sustainability, Supply Chain

Coda: The Invisible Thread
Medium
June 02, 2025
In "Coda: The Invisible Thread," David Kish emphasizes that the success of regenerative systems hinges not just on structural redesign but on shared meaning—what he terms "living semantics." He argues that societal collapse often begins when foundational concepts like "value" and "progress" lose their shared significance. To foster regeneration, it's essential to cultivate evolving, relational meanings that enable decentralized coordination and adaptability. These living semantics act as the connective tissue of regenerative systems, allowing them to respond coherently to complexity and change. Without this shared understanding, even the most well-designed systems risk fragmentation.

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Tags: Sustainability

The Regenerative Turn: A New Logic for Systemic Change
Import from medium.com
May 28, 2025
Article 5 of the “Convergence & Regenerative Possibilities” Series“Every crisis demands a choice — not just in what we rebuild, but in how we make meaning. The regenerative turn begins when the logic that caused the fracture no longer makes sense — and something deeper starts t

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

The Regenerative Turn: A New Logic for Systemic Change
Medium
May 25, 2025
The Regenerative Turn: A New Logic for Systemic Change proposes that today’s overlapping crises are not isolated failures, but signs that our dominant systems have reached their limits. Rather than repairing or adapting old models rooted in control and extraction, the article calls for a regenerative turn—a fundamental redesign based on the principles of living systems.

Drawing on historical and developmental frameworks like the Fourth Turning and Spiral Dynamics, it positions this moment as a pivot point: a hinge in time when new logics can emerge. Regeneration, in this context, means building systems that prioritize reciprocity, trust, diversity, and resilience—moving from centralized control to distributed coherence.

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Tags: Sustainability

Catalysts of the Next Era: Activating Systemic Reorganization
Medium
May 23, 2025
This article delves into the pivotal role of catalysts in precipitating systemic change. Rather than being mere triggers of collapse or renewal, catalysts reveal the underlying trajectories of systems already under strain. Through historical examples and complexity science, Kish illustrates how events like financial crashes or technological breakthroughs can expose systemic vulnerabilities, leading to either disintegration or transformation. The article emphasizes the importance of foresight and preparedness, advocating for the seeding of regenerative infrastructures and narratives that can guide systems toward coherence and resilience in the face of inevitable disruptions.

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Tags: Sustainability

Catalysts of the Next Era: Activating Systemic Reorganization
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May 22, 2025
Article 4 of Convergence & Regenerative Possibilities Series“Catalysts don’t cause collapse or renewal. They expose which direction the system was already leaning.”???? Why This Matters NowCrisis doesn’t wait for consensus. When catalysts strike — be it a political flashpoint, eco

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

Pressure Points and Paradox — Where Systems Fracture and Reconfigure
Medium
May 17, 2025
In "Pressure Points and Paradox — Where Systems Fracture and Reconfigure," David Kish examines how converging pressures across infrastructure, institutions, economy, ecology, and philosophy may lead to systemic ruptures between 2025 and 2030. He outlines a progression from infrastructural overload and institutional fragility to economic dislocation, ecological breakdown, and philosophical disintegration. Kish emphasizes that these fractures, while challenging, can serve as opportunities for regenerative transformation, urging a shift from reactive responses to proactive, life-aligned design principles.

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Tags: Sustainability

Pressure Points and Paradox — Where Systems Fracture and Reconfigure
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May 16, 2025
Pressure Points and Paradox — Where Systems Fracture and ReconfigureArticle 3 of the “Convergence & Regenerative Possibilities” Series“Crises need not end in collapse. They can become turning points — where the old logic dissolves, and new patterns emerge.”???? Why This Matt

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

Why AI-aided Futures Are Never Neutral
Medium
May 13, 2025
In "Why AI-Aided Futures Are Never AI-Neutral," David Kish argues that generative AI tools, while powerful in strategic foresight, inherently reflect the intentions and worldviews of their users. He distinguishes between "mirror" prompts, which extend existing trends, and "catalyst" prompts, which explore novel possibilities. However, the outcomes of both are shaped by the underlying awareness and values of the human prompter. Kish emphasizes that AI does not generate objective futures; instead, it amplifies human perspectives, making it crucial for users to engage with AI consciously and ethically.

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Tags: AI

2 Infographics
Regenerative Ecosystems: How Value Creation Is Evolving Around The Future Of Organizing
The Next Evolution
October 22, 2022
This graphic depicts how regenerative ecosystems are emerging as value creation evolves at the intersection of decentralized ecosystems and purposeful/sustainable models.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Sustainability

Ecosystem of You
The Next Evolution
August 28, 2015
How ecosystems are emerging and becoming the dominant structure of the future.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Emerging Technology

1 IP Asset
Ecosystem Intent Toolkit
The Next Evolution
August 09, 2020
Ecosystem Intent Toolkit is an open-source tool for platform ecosystem innovators and social entrepreneurs.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Ecosystems, Sustainability

1 Media Interview
Building Value By Building Community
Tata Consultancy Services
November 10, 2022
A cooperative principle is at the heart of Web3, the emerging iteration of the internet that uses decentralized technologies to build value in purpose-driven ecosystems with a range of participants from business, social, and public sectors.

But it’s more than an ethos. Web3 also provides the functional platform on which communities are built—an ideal operational mirror for the organizational structure of decentralized ecosystems.

We believe Web2 enterprises have two options: They can share proactively in the experience of shaping Web3’s final form—or they can wait and adapt reactively after their competitors have defined how the decentralized internet operates.

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Tags: Blockchain, Sustainability, Ecosystems

1 Mentor
changetheriver - Ecosystem Intent and Strategy
The Next Evolution
October 01, 2022
Mentored/advised on ecosystem intent, strategy and platform strategy for blockchain/web3 start ups.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Sustainability

1 Podcast
Web3: The future of the internet
Tata Consultancy Services
August 01, 2022
In this podcast, we talk to David Kish, Ecosystem Advisor, Future of Business, TCS, and Parthasarathy V, Innovation Evangelist, Enterprise Growth Group, TCS, talk about how businesses are preparing for Web3. David explains how Web3’s blockchain technology supports democratized ecosystems that create value for all participants through cooperation rather than competition, while Partha talks about the actual mechanics of Web3.

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Tags: Blockchain, Ecosystems, Sustainability

3 Presentations
Ecosystem Strategy Overview
The Next Evolution
January 26, 2021
This presentation outlines the symbiotic relationship between communities & platforms in successful ecosystems.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Sustainability

Mindsets & Ecosystems
The Next Evolution
March 27, 2018
Using Spiral Dynamics, we present how evolving mindsets are leading to the emergence of ecosystems.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Sustainability

The Next Evolution - Accelerating Toward Abundance
Slide Share
April 23, 2015
The following presentation is a heuristic for predicting the future of business and society. It presents the relationship between general purpose technology and human values. It also explores the role that value systems are playing in emerging business innovations and predicts a path forward for business leaders.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Sustainability

2 Trainings
Sustainability Master Class - TCS Sustainathon
Tata Consultancy Services
October 13, 2021
The TCS Sustainathon is a problem-solving challenge for university students across the UK&I. We are inviting students to form teams of up to six and join us for a two-week sprint to come up with creative and innovative sustainability solutions.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Sustainability

Sustainability Masterclass
Tata Consultancy Services
October 12, 2021
The TCS Sustainathon is a problem-solving challenge for university students across the UK. The sustainability challenges will be launched on 11th October 2021, and during the two weeks, students will have the opportunity to gain a better understanding of sustainability & digital technology and meet & learn from experts.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Sustainability

1 Video
Ecosystem of You
The Next Evolution
April 16, 2016
An explainer video on the Ecosystem of You, a model that describes how we might organize as the lines between industries blur and platforms proliferate.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Sustainability

1 Whitepaper
Embracing Regenerative Economics for a Sustainable Future
Tata Consultancy Services
March 01, 2022
To achieve a stable world, we need an entirely new paradigm for the way we think about social and economic development—one that takes a whole systems perspective on relationships in a complex and interdependent world. We need an approach that balances our relationships to each other, the Earth’s life-supporting systems, and the technology that underpins our lives.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Sustainability

2 Workshops
Patterns of Regeneration
Boundaryless
June 11, 2021
Presenting the patterns emerging out of regenerative organizations and initiatives.

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Tags: Ecosystems, Sustainability

Beyond Platformization — Navigating key ecosystem decisions and their impact on success
Boundaryless
July 23, 2020
Prototyping the Preliminary Intent Navigator to help platform and ecosystem shapers/architects to share their initial thoughts and determine the degree of alignment around key areas of intent, zooming in and out on value chain ideas, long-tail opportunities, business model considerations and the overall purpose/impact of the ecosystem.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Sustainability

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