In a world drowning in data and fractured by AI acceleration, pattern recognition has become the strategist’s ultimate superpower. Linear funnels are relics. Expertise alone is no longer enough. The future belongs to those who can connect unexpected dots — across industries, behaviors, and cultures — and forge new paths forward.

Zoe Scaman recently posted about how the word “workshop” has become a catch-all band-aid for organizational dysfunction. And she’s...