When the world changed more slowly, when we had fewer unknown unknowns and less complexity, we thought we could have clear long-term strategies.  The leading strategic consulting firms capitalized on this and were able to sell, for millions, volumes of well-reasoned arguments about where the world was going and how...

The median listing price of a home increased from $403,333 in January 2023 to $420,000 in November 2023. However, this is still lower than the record high of $449,000 in June 2022. This is the slowest price growth since 2016, with an annual growth rate of 0.9 percent for the...

An earthquake is a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that causes seismic waves. This can be caused by several factors such as the movement of tectonic plates, volcanic activity, underground explosions, and hydraulic fracturing, which involves pumping a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals under high pressure...

The United States has been a leading innovator in the world for a long time. This can be attributed to the fact that public research and development programs are well-funded. The federal government's annual budget for R&D is over $191 billion. Additionally, the private sector, consisting of both small start-ups...

Too often, contemporary managers continue to adhere to the misbegotten idea that people are inherently incapable and untrustworthy, and therefore need managerial control. Yet when employees and teams are empowered to make important decisions, self-organize, and work autonomously to achieve their project goals, such self-management not only improves employee engagement...

What women entrepreneurs are? On a prefatory note, the classification ‘women entrepreneurs’ can be easily expounded in terms of J. Schumpeter as “women who innovate initiate or adopt business actively are called women entrepreneurs.” Technically, a women entrepreneur is defined as an enterprise owned and controlled by woman having a...

The Scrabble Theory of Economic Development: As outlined in Sourish Dutta’s A Simple Model of Global Value Chains, based on Hausmann et al. 2014, a country’s economic development in terms of trade can be simplified, at least in conceptual terms, to a game of Scrabble. A set of unfinished materials and methods...

The 2023 OpenAI incident that captivated everyone interested in artificial intelligence will go down in history for many things, including the failure of corporate governance. In its aftermath, there is much talk about how the future board of OpenAI should be diverse moving forward. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is...

To be truly successful in business, professionals need the talent to create wealth — and the wisdom to preserve it. That’s usually where a Certified Financial Planner comes in, and why clients turn to individuals like Nathan Garries, CFP, EPC, CIWM, FCSI, a Canadian Certified Financial Planner and Certified International...