Take a look at this map. What do you notice?

On the west side of Africa, the Portugese sweep from Lisbon all the way down to the Cape with great confidence and elan.

But rounding the horn, the game slows dramatically. Wrapping across to Mombasa and Malindi, they proceed cautiously, dropping padrões at each turn.

Why did they establish one or two bases on the Atlantic (Azores, Cape Verde), but nearly 20 along the Indian Ocean / Cape? Could it be the vicissitudes of the wind? Or perhaps, the torment of the unknown.

Facing novel waters, teams pursue incremental, linear expansion. They reason from present to future, bootstrapping forward from empirical observation.

Here at Skedule1 we reason in the opposite direction, from future back into the present. This style of innovation prioritizes logic and prediction over headlines and groupthink: "If the Earth is curved, we eventually reach east by sailing west".

Columbus vs. Dias resembles the distinction between theoretical vs. experimental physics. In theory, one can postulate an expected future result. Experimentally, teams can then prove, or disprove, the theorist's prediction. Reach out to discover what's next on the horizon.