Thursday Thought / Strategy / 2025
The Santa Rally and the Ghosts of Bethlehem
Why record profits can sometimes signal future decline.
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Thursday Thought / Change / 2025
The F.O.T.O. Dilemma: The Fear of Throwing Out
On letting go, strategic pruning and the hidden costs of keeping everything.
Thursday Thought / Thinking / 2025
What We See Depends on What We Can Hold
When the puzzle outgrows the table: distributed intelligence and changing how we make sense of complexity.
Thursday Thought / Futures / 2025
Après Moi, Le Désert
Believing it when we see it: Ireland's slow-emptying future.
Thursday Thought / Change / 2025
Every New Beginning Comes from Some Other Beginning's End
The art of reassembly and what it takes to begin again.
Thursday Thought / Leadership / 2025
Backwards into the Future
What leaders can learn from telecommunications and previous waves of transformation.
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