‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Dazzles But Fails to Engage
Discovery might carry the Star Trek name, but not the series' legacy.
Daniel Rasmus
Daniel W. Rasmus, is the CMO of GlobalEnglish where we deliver products and solutions that remove language and cultural barriers to give every global worker the ability to contribute and thrive in the 21st-century economy. He is also the founder and Principal Analyst of Serious Insights, a consultancy that helps clients put their future in context. Rasmus uses scenarios to analyze trends in society, technology, economics, the environment, and politics in order to discover implications used to develop and refine products, services and experiences. He is the author of Management by Design, Listening to the Future, Rethinking Smart Object and Cyberlife. He is also the author of Twelve Ways to Escape and Alien and Sketches of Spain and other poems.
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