Navigating Whiplash: Effective Leadership in the Era of Volatility Issue 213, May 22, 2025 Turbulence. Unpredictability. Volatility. Whiplash. Imagine that you are a retailer today trying to figure out how to plan for an uncertain future in terms of tariffs,…
Bursting Bubbles: Frugality, No-Buy, and Societal Trends Issue 163, June 6, 2024 We recently wrote about a few socioeconomic bubbles we suggested were about to burst. As fate would have it, one of our predictions about customer backlash against price…
The Value and Challenge of Compromise Issue 148, February 22, 2024 How many times did your parents tell you to, “Pick your battle.” And then in the next breath say, “Never compromise your values.” That ambiguity could be confusing to…