Catherine Connors, Co-founder of StoryQuo; futurist, media innovator and narrative architect

“We often talk about the Third, Fourth, or even Fifth Industrial Revolution, but in reality, we’ve already moved far beyond the traditional industrial framework — we just haven’t created a new narrative to describe where we are now. For centuries, humanity focused on material production. Today, innovation is driven less by materials and more by ideas, creativity, and intelligence.

This moment demands a shift: from extraction to imagination, from building with materials to building with vision, from manufacturing-based economies to economies powered by creativity and possibility. We must name what we are already doing: imagining, visualizing, and designing the impossible. Industry will remain important, but we need a forward-looking narrative that reflects how our methods of creating, innovating, and living are transforming. Whether we call it the imagination revolution, the intelligence revolution, or something else entirely, one thing is clear: the driving force of the new era is imagination.”