She Is Not the Person She Is Before She Walks In
Record crowds filled the MCG while malls fill with people who will not buy. Same instinct, opposite outcomes, and small retailers are the ones paying for it.
The Map in Your Head Is Out of Date
The UN voted 164 to 1 for a world map showing countries at their true size. The harder question for leaders is which picture they are still deciding from.
I Was Wrong About the Middle
A permit clerk in Washington DC decided last month that part of the public footpath now belongs to a commercial robot fleet. Nobody voted on it. No board paper was written. No strategy session preceded it. A clerk, doing a job, processed a form, and the street changed. I want to sit on that clerk […]
Same Data, Three Directions
The Reserve Bank held. CBA and ANZ read the same data toward different conclusions, and so did the Fed, the ECB, the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England. Morris Misel on what happens to a decision when the institutions you’ve delegated judgement to stop agreeing.
The World’s Fastest-Growing Megacities Are Now in Africa, and the Ripple Effects Are Already Here
Of today’s 100 largest cities, only 24 will still be growing by 2100. Twelve are in Africa. Morris Misel on the ripple effects of the world’s urban gravity shift, and what it means for Australian organisations.
The World Is in a Funk. It’s Not Permanent, and It’s Not Random.
Only 41% of people worldwide think their country is on the right track. Morris Misel on why the pessimism isn’t universal, and what history says comes next.
