Our Global Future

The Black Swan of 2020 – COVID-19 Disruption

On March 26, 2020

Many years ago, I did a strategic planning workshop for a City Council that included a book discussion of “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. The book’s title comes from the belief Europeans once held that swans were always white – that is, until explorers went to Australia […]

Meet the Jetsons?

On July 11, 2019

The Greater Dallas Planning Council’s “mission is to shape, promote, and advocate a creative, sustainable future for the Dallas region.” Creative was certainly the operative word for the annual luncheon in June 2019. A few years ago, a discussion of “The Future of Flying Car Technology in North Texas” would have been held at a […]

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