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Posted onJune 21, 2025June 21, 2025AI

Don’t tax productivity

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In the late seventeenth century, England’s King William III tried to fix his budget by taxing windows.  It wasn’t completely illogical, wealthier citizens had bigger…

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Posted onMay 24, 2025AI

When translation falls short

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I have the privilege of working across Asia Pacific, which I would argue is the most exciting, dynamic and diverse set of economies in the…

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Posted onApril 24, 2025AI

Agentic elephants

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Ask ChatGPT how to boil an egg or write a limerick, and it will usually do a fine job.  Ask any large language model to…

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Posted onMarch 22, 2025AI

Less is more

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Voyager 1 has ventured farther than any human-made machine, now over 25 billion kilometres from Earth, drifting through the vast emptiness of interstellar space.  Since…

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Posted onFebruary 22, 2025February 22, 2025AI

When AI writes itself

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We are not just fascinated by artificial intelligence itself, but by the idea of AI that can adapt and evolve on its own.  This self-driven…

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Posted onJanuary 11, 2025January 11, 2025Original post

The real subscription trap

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For the last couple of decades, business schools and investors have sung the praises of the subscription economy, a strategy hailed as the holy grail…

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Posted onDecember 22, 2024Original post

Abundant scarcity

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At this time of year, it’s hard to escape abundance.  The decorations, the food, the mountains of gifts, all signs of a season that doesn’t…

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Posted onNovember 27, 2024Original post

Demographics is not destiny

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An aging population, automation, and housing shortages aren’t just tomorrow’s challenges; they’re today’s blind spots.  It is ironic that just as many, if not most,…

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Posted onOctober 28, 2024Original post

Analysis over assumption

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We navigate our complex world by relying on assumptions about how things work, from the way a bicycle stays upright to why a baseball curves…

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Posted onSeptember 28, 2024Innovation

Every innovation needs a competitor

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I often meet startup founders with truly groundbreaking ideas.  When I ask them about their competitors, they frequently try to convince me that their product…

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