How to win the most notorious strategy in game theory. Brinkmanship involves deliberately pushing a situation towards a dangerous or even mutually […]

Talk about MAGA neo-imperialism prompted my letter to The Economist, published in this week’s issue, January 18th, 2025. Donald Trump says he […]

Could artificial intelligence be an existential threat to humanity? Forget general intelligence, let alone superintelligence. Machine-learning, the narrowest form of artificial intelligence, […]

The Green Man is harmony with nature. He originated in India and travelled through the medieval Arab empire to Europe. There he […]

Innovation goes nowhere if not connected to research, design, development, testing, scale-up, implementation and support.  As Peter Drucker put it, “Ideas are […]

There is a time-honoured and reliable structure for story-telling.  It is described in different ways but looks something like this.  Circumstances: characters, […]

A cost-cutting program is the surest way to announce your incompetence.  Why would you boast about failure?  The obvious answer is desperation.  […]

Elon Musk, cost-slasher?  Does that make sense?  Can it end well? The richest man in the world achieved his fortune and fame […]

Tariffs are a populist’s dream.  Beware of tariff engineering. They remove import competition from local industry.  That means higher profits and more […]

Much nonsense is spouted about leadership.  Mostly it is in lists of abstract, fluffy concepts like goal-orientation, influence, charisma, empathy, authenticity, openness, […]