COMPETING IN 2026
I originally wrote “Competing in the ’90s – Impact of Technology” for Managing Technology for Profit: A Small Business Guide while leading an internal Fortune 500 corporate venture team. Our …
The Real AI Contest
The real contest isn’t humans versus AI. It’s concentrated versus distributed power. Daron Acemoglu is about as close as economics gets to a rock star. Still only 58, the MIT …
Executives Know How to Manage Stress. Adversity Is Different.
AI won’t test your stress tolerance. It will test your ability to adapt. We have spent decades teaching executives to manage stress. We may have mistaken that for knowing how …
Seek First To Understand Before Being Understood
We Don’t All Think the Same President Trump’s recent frustration with Iran reflects a challenge that has confounded every U.S. administration since the 1979 Islamic Revolution: the assumption that Iran’s …
AI and Prediction Markets: The Shift To Distributed Intelligence
The rise of AI and the rise of prediction markets are usually discussed as separate trends. They shouldn’t be. Both signal a deeper transformation in how intelligence is organized inside …
Then a Miracle Happens: AI and the Blackboard Bias
There’s an old cartoon that’s a favourite of mine: Two researchers stand at a blackboard, surrounded by dense equations. In the middle of it all, one has scribbled, “Then a …
The Three Stages of Your Business Career
The Three Stages of Your Business Career Why What Made You Successful Early Will Undermine You Later Why Your Strategy Must Evolve—And How to Stay Ahead of the Curve A …
The Seven-Year Shelf Life of a CEO
The Seven-Year Shelf Life of a CEO Why even high-performing leaders outgrow their roles — and what it means when they leave at the top. In business as in sports, …
Your KPIs Shouldn’t Define You
Your KPIs Shouldn’t Define You Picture this. An employee wraps up a high-stakes project—tight deadlines, tough calls, plenty of pressure. You walk over, ready to engage. Then comes the moment of …
A.I. and the Economy: Lessons from the U.S. for Australia
A.I. and the Economy: Lessons from the U.S. for Australia Artificial Intelligence is driving a major shift in the U.S. economy, fuelling rapid demand growth—particularly in infrastructure like data centres …