Rob Nail built and grew Velocity11 in laboratory robotics before selling it, and after attending an early Singularity University program he realized fields like neuroscience and nanotech could have disrupted the very company he'd built—an experience that still shapes how he thinks about change today. He now focuses on bringing together corporations, startups, NGOs, and governments that wouldn't normally work together, favors running small experiments at the edges of organizations rather than overhauling them head-on, pushes leaders and companies to tell more hopeful stories about the future instead of just building better technology, and also works as a leadership coach through groups like 100Coaches.