
“With clarity, wit, and insight, Bonime-Blanc cuts a searing path through a stale and acrimonious debate over ‘AI safety’ versus ‘AI ethics.’ There is no one else who could have written this book and I could not recommend it more highly.”
— Alison Taylor, clinical associate professor, NYU Stern School of Business, author of Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World
A road map for developing responsible and innovative governance systems based on generative AI and other exponential technologies
As exponential technology rapidly advances, leaders in every sector are faced with the challenge of harnessing its potential power while developing precautionary safeguards against its risks. From generative artificial intelligence to the future of quantum computing, these innovations are transforming the world at an unprecedented rate, leaving decision-makers unsure of how to maintain control and ensure responsible development.
Governing Pandora focuses on multiple exponential technologies in order to demonstrate how leaders can develop responsible and innovative governance systems. This book equips leaders with frameworks and tools—including a detailed five-element “exponential governance mind-set”—to develop a more holistic tech governance approach for current and future waves of exponential tech. Andrea Bonime-Blanc encourages the development of a culture of collaboration across borders, sectors, and disciplines as technology takes on a bigger role in our ecosystem. She explains the context, risks, and opportunities of the ongoing exponential technology revolution so that leaders can futureproof themselves, their organizations, and key stakeholders with strategies and tactics to act responsibly, ethically, and successfully.
This book speaks directly to executives, board members, policymakers, and organizational leaders who are tasked with charting a course through the advancement of modern technologies. Governing Pandora bridges the gap between exploring pure technology and managing and governing applied technology. Readers will learn not only how to develop a governance mind-set for exponential technology but also how to build organizational resilience.


Part I addresses the “why” of our journey into the Age of Pandora by sketching five tech-related global megatrends and providing an overview of the exponential technologies dealt with in the book, providing the context and situational awareness needed for our journey.
Chapter 1:
The Global Tech Megascape: The Situational Awareness Imperative
Chapter 2:
Rise of the Exponential Machines: Tech Turbocharges Tech

Part II explores the “what” of the Age of Pandora by detailing five key exponential technology groups. The purpose of Part II is to encourage leaders and decision-makers to explore the technologies that are most important them and their work and to engage in continuous education on these topics.
Chapter 3:
Generative AI: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Chapter 4:
Biotechnology: From Crispr to SynBio
Chapter 5:
Materials Science: From Silicon to Tiny Skyscrapers
Chapter 6:
Frontier Computing: From Cloud and Edge to Quantum and the Metaverse
Chapter 7:
Autonomy: From Killer Robots to Smart Cities

Part III addresses the “how” to deal with the Age of Pandora by providing leaders and decision-makers with an “exponential governance mindset” toolkit with five key elements revolving around leadership, ethos, impact, resilience, and foresight. The overarching theme is to equip folks with a future-forward mindset that deals with and continually adapts to the changes, challenges, and opportunities of our times.
Chapter 8:
Leadership: Turbocharging 360 Tech Governance
Chapter 9:
Ethos: Embedding Responsible Tech Culture
Chapter 10:
Impact: Integrating Stakeholders into the Tech Loop
Chapter 11:
Resilience: Deploying Polyrisk and Polycrisis Preparedness
Chapter 12:
Foresight: Unleashing a Future-Forward Tech Strategy

Our final Part IV addresses the “who” and the “where to” – how we can individually and collectively deploy the exponential governance mindset and futureproof ourselves in the Age of Pandora. We provide tips and typologies for professional and organizational development and guidance to futureproof four dimensions of our global commons – the biological, the mechanical, the planetary and the virtual.
Chapter 13:
Futureproofing Ourselves and Our Organizations: Tips and Typologies
Chapter 14:
Futureproofing the Global Commons: Exponential Frontiers


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