The Quantum Clock Is Ticking: Brian Lenahan on Strategy, Sovereignty and the Road to 2027
In this episode, I am joined again by Brian Lenahan , Founder of the Quantum Strategy Institute and a leading voice on the business adoption of quantum technologies, for our second conversation on Beyond the Bit: Quantum Pathways. Last time we traced Brian's journey up to the present. This time we pick up where that left off and look firmly at the present and the future, from his recent TEDx stage to the national strategies and mandates that are turning quantum from a research story into a business one. This episode explores the growing urgency around quantum readiness, why the old ten-to-fifteen-year timelines are shrinking fast, and what leaders should be doing about it today rather than later. We discuss: 🎤 Brian's recent TEDx talk and the message that when one door closes, another opens 🌍 National quantum strategies and why 2027 is emerging as a genuine inflection point 🔐 France's post-quantum cryptography mandate, and the recent US executive orders 🕵️ "Harvest now, decrypt later," and why it is a threat happening today, not tomorrow 🏛️ Sovereignty, and whether pulling data back on-shore is about security, trust or control 🗺️ What belongs on a business leader's quantum roadmap in 2026 ⚙️ Scalability, error correction, and the race toward break-even 🤝 D-Wave, AT&T, and annealing proving the doubters wrong Guest: Brian Lenahan Founder, Quantum Strategy Institute | Aquitaine Innovation Advisors Substack: https://lnkd.in/gepCcJGt Books: https://lnkd.in/ehgyqENY