What made Wayne Gretsky the greatest hockey player of all time wasn't his speed on the ice, or the uncanny accuracy of his goal shots but rather his ability to predict where the puck was going to be an instant before it arrived. In other words, it was Gretsky's brain that made him exceptional.Scientists have found over the last 15 years that what distinguishes the greatest musicians, athletes, and performers isn't just their motor skills or athletic ability--it is their ability to anticipate where a line of music or a 90-miles-an-hour fastball is going a split second before anyone else. And today, that same principle is being applied to the way computers "think." As a result, companies will be able to use a new generation of computing ability to anticipate traffic jams before they occur, and anticipate shipping and production snags before problems arise. This new predictive ability--what the authors call the two-second advantage-will change the way businesses are run and offer companies an enormous competitive edge.

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