The Post-Industrial Forum

For Visionary Leaders
Building the Future

A private community for leaders leveraging AI and decentralization to build and transform trillion-dollar industries.

A new civilization
is emerging.

A private community for leaders leveraging AI and decentralization to build and transform trillion-dollar industries.

The AI Explosion

Exponential progress accelerates science, technology, and creativity. Advanced AI is now universally available.

Rapid Decentralization

Ubiquitous high-speed connectivity and ever-more powerful computing push intelligence, assets, services, and manufacturing to the edge.

Autonomous Organizations

Firms flatten and become AI-native. Some are assembled just-in-time and last seconds; others persist for decades. AI agents manage strategy, R&D, and operations alongside humans.

Industries Reimagined

Legacy sectors are restructured. New industries emerge. Barriers between sectors dissolve as agents manage entire supply chains.

Human Flourishing

Extended lifespans, material abundance, and personalized education will unleash human creativity at an unprecedented scale.

Multi-trillion dollar
industries of the future.

For founders and large enterprises alike,
there are entire industries to be built and scaled.

The AI Explosion

  • AI Platforms
  • Semiconductors & Advanced Computing
  • Quantum Computing, Comms & Sensing
  • AI Security
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Energy Storage — Batteries & Beyond
  • Self-Building, Self-Maintaining Grids
  • Autonomous Infrastructure Systems
  • Advanced Materials & Nanomanufacturing

Foundational Platforms

  • Autonomous Mobility — Air & Ground
  • Robots & Drones
  • Space-Based Industry
  • Advanced Construction
  • Agriculture & Food Tech
  • Synthetic Biology Platforms
  • Biotechnology & Neurotech
  • Immersive Reality Ecosystems
  • AI-Powered Education, Arts & Science

Transformational leaders wanted.

Leaders are on a journey to understand how technology — in particular AI — is reshaping work, organizations, and entire industries. The Post-Industrial Forum is built to support that journey, end to end.

We cannot build tomorrow with yesterday's thinking.

Leaders need new management thinking, tools, and strategies.

Industrial Paradigm

Planned
Siloed and Static
People are Directed
Human Problem-Soving
Human Management
Slow to Evolve

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Post-Industrial

Emergent
Dynamic Networks
People are Enabled
AIs Solving Problems
Autonomous Organizations
Rapid Evolution

Built to Connect, Learn, Share, Apply

A private community for senior leaders building the post-industrial future.

Connect

Build relationships with other leaders facing the same transformation.

Learn

Set learning goals and leverage insights from cutting-edge research and practitioner experiences.

Share

Share your experience through our Summits, Journal, Voices podcast, and public Forum events.

Apply

Apply what you learn with peer support through your transformation.

Post-Industrial Summit 2026:
Autonomous Organizations

February 4–5 · Menlo Park, CA

Explore how AI agents will allow us to build self-improving, autonomous organizations.

Topics include:

  • The State of AI Transformation
  • The Future of AI Agent Technology
  • Developing AI Transformation Leaders
  • The Global Agent Economy
  • Hyper-Adaptive Enterprises
  • Building AI-First Businesses
  • Autonomous Organizations

Past speakers include:

Bonnie Chatterjee

Global Head of Solution Architecture, OpenAI

Dr. Chetan Gupta

Global Head of AI Research
Hitachi

Dr. Ivan Poupyrev

Founder and CEO
Archetype AI

Joe McMorrow

VP, Supply Chain Transformation
Cisco

Natalie Han

VP, CPO, GenAI @ Business AI
SAP

Mick Costigan

VP Salesforce Futures
Salesforce

Papi Menon

CPO / VP of Product
Outshift by Cisco

Parisa Naseralavi

Chief Operating Officer
XOPS

Karthick Iyer

VP, Systems Software
NVIDIA

Dr. Zafer Sahinoglu

GM, Mitsubishi Electric Innovation Center

Kelley Steven-Waiss

Chief Transformation Officer
ServiceNow

Philip Rathle

Chief Technology Officer
Neo4J

Karen Gordon

Chief Executive Officer
Simpl5

Nir Rikovitch

Chief Product Officer
MARA

Beti Cung

VP Innovation & Labs
CSAA

Prukalpa Sankar

Founder and Co-CEO
Atlan

About the
Post-Industrial Institute

Founded 2004 — We help leaders build the organizations of the future.

Mission

Develop the management science, frameworks, and tools for building tomorrow.

Location

Menlo Park, CA, USA

Programs

• Research • Academy
• Journal • Forum
• Internships • Summits
• Advisory • Speaking

Who are the
Post-Industrialists?

Mindset, Mandate, Momentum.

Visionaries, Drivers

CEO

Future-focused, excited about tech and science, and about progress and building. Strong, valuable networks and an openness to reach out and involve others.

Implementors, DRIs

S/VP of X

Have already started — they have experience to share and the decision rights, knowledge rights, resources, and goals to act.

Orchestrators

CXO (E/SVP)

Bring the support of the CEO and board, aligning mindset with mandate so progress can lead to a bigger mandate.

Mindset may lead to mandate, which in turn leads to action, experience, and questions. Progress leads to a bigger mandate.

Membership

Accelerate organizational transformation and leadership development.

Individual Membership — $1,450 / year

Individual Benefits

  • Connect with senior leaders and domain experts
  • Access Forum knowledge archive (2020-2026)
  • Participate in exclusive online and in-person sessions
  • Engage in Working Groups to translate learning into action
  • Member pricing for the Annual Post-Industrial Summit

Organizational Membership — $6,500 / year

Organizational Benefits

  • Three delegates included, with options to expand
  • Opportunity to participate in PII research initiatives
  • Strategic introductions in the Forum and beyond
  • Early access to Post-Industrial Academy courses
  • Exclusive roundtables for organizational members