Every idea I've published here started as a conversation at a dinner table. Not a conference panel, not a Zoom call, not a LinkedIn thread. A table with twelve people who were willing to say what they actually thought, without a sales pitch attached and without worrying about the recording.
That's the context for this blog. It exists because those conversations produce ideas worth writing down — and because ideas that stay inside a dinner room don't travel very far.
What This Is
The Open Future Forum blog is a place for substantive thinking about AI strategy, executive leadership, and the communities that the most effective senior leaders are building around themselves. The writing is aimed at people who are actually in the room where the decisions get made — CEOs, CFOs, CISOs, CMOs, CTOs, and public board directors — and who don't have much patience for recycled frameworks or thought leadership that doesn't risk a real position.
Posts will cover things like: how the most forward-thinking CFOs are actually using AI in their finance function right now, not in theory. What the boards of well-run companies are asking their management teams about AI governance — and what they're not satisfied with hearing. Why the private executive dinner has become the most valuable professional development format for senior leaders, while conferences have become largely ceremonial. What the give-first philosophy looks like when you actually commit to it.
What This Isn't
It's not a vendor briefing rewritten as a blog post. It's not AI hype translated into executive-sounding language. It's not safe takes designed to offend no one and help no one. The Forum's whole model is based on the idea that generosity and candor compound over time — that the highest-value thing you can bring to a dinner table is an honest perspective, not a polished one. The writing here tries to carry that same standard.
How to Use It
Browse by role — there are category pages for CEOs, CFOs, CISOs, CMOs, and Community — or read chronologically from the latest post. If you find something worth sharing with a peer, do. The Forum runs on the principle that knowledge shared is knowledge compounded.
If you want to be at the dinners where this thinking originates, the Forum Select inquiry form is the place to start. The community is invite-only and kept deliberately small. If you're a good fit, you'll know within a few exchanges.
Welcome. Let's think together.
Last updated: June 22, 2026
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