A Hypothesis about Working-Class Rage
Why are ordinary people revolting? Maybe…prediction?
Why are ordinary people revolting? Maybe…prediction?
There have been a lot of historical analogies being thrown around lately.
The presidency of Donald Trump has caused a lot of smart people (and a lot of less-well-educated ones) to dig up stuff from the past that they see as relevant to our current situation – and to where we may be headed in the near future.
But we told you so.
It's not that he's wrong. It's that Presidential elections are not baseball.
There’s actually less volatility in the polls than you might think.
The highest barrier to managing strategic change is often the very success of today’s business model.
An article in Acquisitions International by Joseph Feldman has a bit to say about using scenario planning in acquisitions. The article (see link) begins on p. 13.
Future scenarios require a past, because there's no data about the future.
Opposition to proven preventive measures is not a left-right issue – and metaphorically, it also affects a lot of businesses.
In the past few days, a mighty attempt has been made by various Media Creatures to shoehorn a controversy over a measles outbreak and non-vaccination of children into yet another left-right bipolar fight.
Errol Morris’s documentary on Donald Rumsfeld is in the theatres. The film, plus a companion four-part series on the former secretary of defense in the The New York Times, raises interesting questions about knowledge, uncertainty and corporate strategy.