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Money, Fame, Power - Pick Two

Money, fame, and power. Many who lead want all three. But very few get the whole package. What if you were asked to pick two? Which would you plonk for? Pick two is everywhere The “pick two” idea is common. Macroeconomists have the Mundell-Fleming Trilemma: a country can fix its exchange rate, let capital move freely, and run its own monetary policy. But it can do only two of these concurrently. Try doing all three and the financial markets will call you out. Robert Mundell w

3 days ago3 min read

We Are The World

Twelve hours, forty-five egos, one defining song

Sep 264 min read

The Inconveniences of a Large Pay Cheque

How to suffer in comfort

Aug 293 min read

Diary of a good COO

(Inspired by real people and events.) Tuesday, late. Normal day. No surprises, which is itself a problem. Because I should be scandalised by what’s become a ritual. W has done it again – He sacked Stanley, first thing this morning. Acted in the moment at the quarterly sales meeting. Just as well that I was not present, because it would have been awkward afterwards. Can’t imagine successfully persuading Stanley to stay had I witnessed his public shaming. Yes, the CEO cha

Aug 13 min read

Singapore’s employee engagement non-paradox

We got what we measured

Jul 114 min read

Nobody finds Papa funnier than Papa

A Father's Day homage to dad jokes

Jun 214 min read

"What is enough?" A coaching question for the AI age.

AI promises to deliver abundance. Supernormal productivity gains, breakthrough innovations, a future of leisure with tech doing the heavy lifting. These claims have been advertised ad nauseum. But abundance, unchecked by judgment, produces its own problems. Human exploits have already brought us irreversible climate change. Freedom from scarcity will invite even more casual wastefulness. From digital gadgets, to fast fashion, to people and jobs, discard and replace is already

May 143 min read