Purpose & Mission

The world is undergoing rapid change; we perceive this change through the Technology Chessboard. This is a really useful way to view the world and understand how fast technology is developing and therefore how quickly our organizations must adapt. 

First, they note that innovation is accelerating as we approach the “second half of the chessboard.” This analogy applies a parable to Moore’s Law. In short, we say that we are currently in the second half of the chessboard which innovations progressing at a geometric rate.

The game of chess originated during the sixth century in present day India during the Gupta Empire. As the story goes, the emperor was so impressed that he invited the inventor to name his reward. 

The inventor said, “All I desire is some rice to feed my family,” and proposed to start with one grain of rice on the first square and double the grains of rice in each succeeding square; do your maths and you’ll calculate that by the time you get to the last square on the board you will have a ‘world full of rice’.