Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2011

You can't cover every possible contingency, but having a set of options lined up in case things don't work out as expected is a basic rule of good risk management, entrepreneurship , negotiation, career planning, and all number of other endeavors. This tactic even has a name: the " Monnet Method.". In fact, that was part of the plan.

Contingency Plans 13

Contingency Plans Crisis Politics GDP 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

It's not, after all, rocket science — jiggle GDP; juggle taxes and subsidies; break up the monoliths — hey, presto: an "economy" in which material wealth roughly, crudely lines up with meaning; in which "profit" reflects real human benefit delivered (instead of how many towns and lives you've looted this quarter).

Sharpe 21

Sharpe Follow-up Short-term Hedge 21

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

It's not, after all, rocket science — jiggle GDP; juggle taxes and subsidies; break up the monoliths — hey, presto: an "economy" in which material wealth roughly, crudely lines up with meaning; in which "profit" reflects real human benefit delivered (instead of how many towns and lives you've looted this quarter).

Sharpe 8

Sharpe Follow-up Short-term Hedge 8