With One Health, One Everything Is Here
May 24, 2023 | Future, Managing | 0 Comments
Our world today has become focused on various flavors of “One”: One World Order, One World Currency, One Health. But something more is happening. “One” seems to be about world domination, not One anything in particular. Health is important to everyone, so it may be the integrating factor. Perhaps leading to a “One Everything” that brings our civilization to its effective endpoint?
Who Will Really Lose Their Job to ChatGPT and Kin?
May 17, 2023 | Future, Managing | 0 Comments
The answer: relatively few. Instead, the nature of very many jobs will change as ChatGPT and other AI critters are incorporated into the workplace. Humans are different from AI, and are still vital to most activities and jobs. Will workers continue to lose their jobs for whatever reasons, as always? Of course. AI has become just another reason among many.
When Will Money Not Be Money? July 2023
May 10, 2023 | Future, Managing | 0 Comments
Bank-based digital money is happening. Right now. Like it or not. It claims to offer convenience, instant transactions, safety, and simplicity. The Federal Reserve’s FedNow payments service goes live in July 2023. Is this digital money? How does it work? What happens next? Should we be concerned? Maybe, maybe not. Like so much else these days, it depends …
Are People — Us — Becoming Obsolete?
May 3, 2023 | Future, Survival | 0 Comments
Our world seems to have become a bit apocalyptic lately. So many options are available for doing away with humanity. How to choose? But, perhaps the choice is already hardwired into our future – by us humans. Have we finally reached the point at which humanity has become self-obsoleting? Is such a thing even possible, given humanity’s demonstrated resourcefulness?
AI, Transhumanism, and Superintelligence
Apr 26, 2023 | Future, Managing | 0 Comments
We humans are being remade today using many advanced technologies. Into what is as-yet unclear, but the direction such efforts are headed seems terrifying. Are we going to become obsolete and be replaced by transhumans? Or maybe these efforts are doomed ultimately to fail because we humans are much more than just biochemical thinking and feeling machines?
Our Brave New World
Apr 19, 2023 | Future, Managing | 0 Comments
Aldous Huxley wrote in his dystopian novel Brave New World (1932) about a new world being created by people with extremely evil natures. While this description might apply to almost any period in history, it seems especially relevant to our world today. Changes that are occurring seem indeed to be ushering in our very own brave new world. But why “brave”?
Trust. Is It Being Destroyed?
Apr 12, 2023 | Future, Managing | 0 Comments
Trust is the foundation and lubricant of human interactions. Absent trust, vital interactions become difficult, easily interrupted, and tentative. It is hard to imagine a world in which trust is increasingly absent or weakened, but this is where we seem to be headed. Inevitably? Or is there anything we can do about such a troubling trend?
Are We Already Ruled By AI? Sure Looks Like It.
Apr 5, 2023 | Future, Managing | 0 Comments
Will AI rule the world? Yes and no – depends on how you define “rule”. Defined as “control, direct, influence”, the answer seems clearly “yes”, but the reason why turns out to be far from clear or generally understood. We can be, and in fact are, ruled in some very unsuspected and invisible ways. Welcome to the future – it’s here.
In the Real World, Chaos Is Normal and Good
Mar 29, 2023 | Future, Managing | 0 Comments
Chaos – disorder, confusion, things out of control. Kind of like much of our world today. When will our chaos go away? But what if chaos is an essential precursor to great change. Change rarely flows from stability and order. Disruption is what creates an environment favoring change. Chaos is often its marker. Chaos allows big changes to happen.
When Money Is No Longer Money. Like Today.
Mar 22, 2023 | Future, Managing | 0 Comments
You may remember a while back when money was valuable and you could put it in a bank for safekeeping. Well, no longer. Money value is getting trashed right now, along with the formerly safe banks. The value decline started in 1913, with the dollar today worth around 4 cents in equivalent purchasing power. And now banks are suddenly collapsing. Where is this mess headed next?
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With One Health, One Everything Is Here
May 24, 2023
Who Will Really Lose Their Job to ChatGPT and Kin?
May 17, 2023
When Will Money Not Be Money? July 2023
May 10, 2023
Are People — Us — Becoming Obsolete?
May 3, 2023
AI, Transhumanism, and Superintelligence
April 26, 2023
Our Brave New World
April 19, 2023
Trust. Is It Being Destroyed?
April 12, 2023
Are We Already Ruled By AI? Sure Looks Like It.
April 5, 2023
In the Real World, Chaos Is Normal and Good
March 29, 2023
When Money Is No Longer Money. Like Today.
March 22, 2023
We Are Living in a Leadership Vacuum
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A World Ruled By Superhuman AI? Not Likely, But …
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Deepfakes — Yet Another Joy From AI Technology
March 1, 2023
Brain Hacking? Science and Tech Run Amok.
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
February 15, 2023
Artificial Intelligence — Getting Real With ChatGPT?
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Decentralization and Diversity: Keys to Survival
February 1, 2023
Blockchain Technology, Digital Money, Digital Everything
January 25, 2023
Cryptocurrencies Are Dead. Why? CBDCs. Maybe.
January 18, 2023
Democracy? Who Needs It When We’ve Got G3P
January 11, 2023
Living In The Metaverse — Our New Virtual Space
January 4, 2023
The World’s Systems Are Collapsing. Good News?
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Are We Becoming Calhoun Mice?
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Digital ID’s For Surveillance. Digital Money For Control.
December 7, 2022
Say Hello To Your New Digital Self
November 30, 2022
We Don’t Learn From History. We Learn From Experience.
November 23, 2022
The Fed Will Fix Inflation? Yeah, Sure …
November 16, 2022
End of the World — Supply Chain & Shortages Version
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November 2, 2022
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October 26, 2022
Quiet-Quitting, If Real, Is Self-Destructive
October 19, 2022
Planning for Huge Employee Losses Due to Causes
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Digital Money Isn’t Money. Perhaps a Tool of Control?
October 5, 2022
Are You Ready To Be Transhumanized? Include Me Out.
September 28, 2022
The Great Unraveling? Done. Crisis Phase? Getting Wild
September 21, 2022
We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us
September 14, 2022
You Can’t Fix It If It Isn’t Broken. Step 1: Break It
September 7, 2022
We All Need To Belong, Don’t We?
August 31, 2022
The ESG Leash on Business Tightens — While Good Suffers
August 24, 2022
Is ‘Common Good Capitalism’ Actually Good?
August 17, 2022
Those Who Do Not Learn From History Are Incredibly Valuable
August 10, 2022
Living Is a Vital Hard-Way Learning Process
August 3, 2022
What Is the Council for Inclusive Capitalism?
July 27, 2022
Mass Formation Hypnosis = Totalitarianism?
July 20, 2022
What Is the “Real” Story On Inflation Today?
June 28, 2022
Random Memories From A Long Life — Part 2
June 21, 2022
Random Memories From a Long Life
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Making a Case for Not-Prepping
June 9, 2022
Meet the World’s New Mr. Big: Can He Regain Trust?
June 2, 2022
Part 2. Why Are We All So Agreeable?
May 24, 2022
What Is Money, and Why Are We All So Agreeable?
May 17, 2022
The Way Forward: A New Life for Me. Maybe for All of Us.
April 30, 2022
The Great Resignation Isn’t So Great After All
April 19, 2022
The New World (Dis)Order Has Arrived: Is Ordo Ab Chao Next?
April 12, 2022
Welcome to the Rental Economy. Maybe.
March 29, 2022
Hoping for the Best, Planning for the Worst: But How?
March 22, 2022
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March 15, 2022
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Can Resilience Prevent Business Failure?
March 1, 2022
Why Is Our Leadership So Often Failing To Lead Today?
February 22, 2022
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February 15, 2022
How Are The Great Resetters Doing? Are We Reset Yet?
February 8, 2022
Can You Avoid Mass Formation Psychosis?
February 1, 2022
Job-Work Quality and the Great Resignation
January 25, 2022
Herd Behaviour and the Madness of Crowds
January 18, 2022
Can Whatever-Is-Wrong-Today Be Fixed? Like Population?
January 11, 2022
Inflation Is Unavoidable, Necessary — and Very Dangerous
January 4, 2022
Is The “Great Reset” Being Reset — Maybe Even Greatly?
December 28, 2021
Are You Self-Employable? Entrepreneur Material?
December 21, 2021
The Great Resignation Tsunami Is Upon Us
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Managing Remote Workers Effectively Is Very Different
November 30, 2021
Is Inflation Real? If So, Is This Good or Bad?
November 23, 2021
Is the Back-to-the-Office Push a Very Big Mistake?
November 16, 2021
Shortages of “Everything”: Why, and What To Do? Part 3.
November 9, 2021
Shortages of “Everything”: Why, and What To Do? Part 2.
November 2, 2021
Shortages of “Everything”: Why, and What To Do? Part 1.
October 26, 2021
Learning the Hard Way Really Works: How So, and Where?
October 19, 2021
Resilience Is Much More Than Risk Management
October 12, 2021
The Fourth Turning at Work: Crisis Time Is Here
October 5, 2021
Is Your Work-Life Balance Becoming Unbalanced Again?
September 28, 2021
You’ll Own Nothing And You’ll Be Happy About It
September 21, 2021
Complex Problems Have No Simple Answers
September 14, 2021
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September 7, 2021
Freelancing to Survive and Thrive in Times of COVID
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If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Manage (Improve) It
August 24, 2021
How To Avoid Finding Out Your Business Resilience The Hard Way
August 17, 2021
Reinventing Work and the Workplace — Thanks to COVID
August 10, 2021
Business Coaching — Myth vs. Reality
August 3, 2021
Predicting the Unpredictable
July 27, 2021
When Facts Aren’t Real: Managing in an Unreal Reality
June 29, 2021
What’s with the Shortages Explosion?
June 8, 2021
Are You Ready for Emergence? It’s the Next Big Thing
June 1, 2021
Complexity: A Hidden Black Swan?
May 18, 2021
Always Darkest Before the Dawn
May 11, 2021
Problems? No, Just Challenges
May 4, 2021
Managing in a World of Fear
April 27, 2021
Leadership: What To Do When You Don’t Know the Answer
April 20, 2021
An Agile Business Model for Turbulent Times (Maybe Forever)
April 13, 2021
Planning for the Unforeseeable and Improbable
April 6, 2021
The Great Reset: A Survival Guide for Businesses
March 30, 2021
Myth of the Four-Day Work Week
March 23, 2021
Groupthink: Creativity and Innovation Killer?
March 16, 2021
Are We All Gonna Die? How To Increase Your Survival Odds
February 16, 2021
Big Storm Clouds Ahead: Win by Taking Advantage of Reality
February 2, 2021
Is Normalcy Bias + Cognitive Dissonance Part of the New Normal?
January 26, 2021
Now Is the Time to Think Small
January 19, 2021
Is Our Economic System Collapsing, or Just Changing?
December 23, 2020
Is the Office Really Dead, or Will It Return — as a Zombie?
December 21, 2020
Don’t DO Innovation — BE Innovation
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To COVID, or Not to COVID, That is the Question
December 16, 2020
Perception Is The Real Reality
December 10, 2020
Lockdowns as Opportunity? How Can This Be Compassionate?
December 2, 2020
Expertosis — Experts and Wisdom of Crowds vs. Reality
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Agility + Adaptability are Key to Success in the New Whatever
November 23, 2020
The Missing Smile
November 23, 2020
Are You Maxed Out Yet?
November 23, 2020
Are We Entering an “Age of Disorder”?
November 23, 2020
Did I Just Hear Darwin Saying “Told Ya”?
November 23, 2020
The Past Is Gone: “Whatever” Is Replacing It
November 23, 2020
Is “Stability” the “New Normal”?
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Forecasting in the New Normal
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What’s Coming Next? Maybe You Don’t Have to Know
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The Growing Chasm Between Understanding and Action
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Managing a High Fixed Cost Business Today
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Battlefield Skills for Managing a Business in Times of Crisis
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