Unseen Impacts and Emerging Opportunities of the Space Economy
The Space Economy is no longer a far-off frontier—it’s an accelerating economic force quietly reshaping industries in ways most leaders aren’t prepared for.
Satellites are blanketing the world with high-speed connectivity, opening up new possibilities and new business models. Other satellites are revealing activities on the planet’s surface in ever greater detail. Commercial space stations are being built to leverage microgravity to create purer materials, more potent pharmaceuticals, and much more. These developments are happening now—and they’re creating opportunities and risks that most strategy leaders aren’t yet accounting for.
Brendan Rosseau is co-author of Space to Grow and oversees Orbital Launch Strategy at Blue Origin, will join Outthinker to explore how space-based technologies are already impacting sectors like finance, agriculture, logistics, and manufacturing. This isn’t about Mars colonies or sci-fi futures. It’s about understanding near-term business opportunities and threats that are unfolding now—often invisibly—from space.
As one of the thought leaders behind Harvard Business School’s pioneering course on the space economy, Brendan will set the stage with a brief framing. Then we’ll open into a peer-to-peer strategy discussion about:
Why space is becoming the next infrastructure layer—and how it will enable (or disrupt) your business model?
What other leaders are doing to integrate satellite data, connectivity, and AI into core operations?
What strategic blind spots may emerge if you ignore this wave?
How does the shift from government-led to private-sector-driven space exploration change the rules for everyone?