“Innovation Fatigue: Why Saying It Isn’t Doing It”
If we’re going to navigate economic disruption, we need first to disrupt our innovation. If we’re going to navigate economic disruption, we need first to disrupt our innovation. Corporate buzzwords are a dime a dozen. Business schools and Board retreats and MBA candidates are rife with words like synergies, strategic direction, leveraging our strengths, and […]
“Economists don’t have crystal balls, but we do have lava lamps.”
Navigating a volatile, uncertain and chaotic economy calls for a different approach Navigating a volatile, uncertain and chaotic economy calls for a different approach “It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” That quote, attributed to both a physicist (Niels Bohr) and a baseball player (Yogi Berra), sums it up. Ingrained in our psyche […]
In a world of endless disruption, forecasting is useless
We’ve had our fair share of jaw-dropping economic disruption over the years — moments when the rug was yanked right out from under us. Think 9/11, the 2008 subprime meltdown, or the chaos unleashed by the pandemic. But 2025 hits differently. This time, it’s not one big disruption — it’s a constant stream of them. […]