It was a small compound nestled among the hills of a fir tree wood. The air still had a crispness to it though they were a few miles inland from the sea. The van arrived. More like a truck really. A cab with an immense windowless compartment in the rear.
Tagged: Coronavirus, Covid-19, Economics, Geopolitics, Herd Immunity, Lockdown
Every now and then, a social channel proves its value to me with a surprise and this occurred earlier today with a “like” from a First-Tier contact of mine on LinkedIn. Oh, the like wasn’t for me.
Leaders are Human. Humans are imperfect. Imperfection breeds error. Error acknowledges imperfection. Imperfection makes one human. Being human defines who a leader will be. So, true leaders don’t lie when mistakes are made. For those judging them are human too. The past then becomes lesson. Lesson breeds better decisions. And when the next decision is made the critique becomes lesson as well. Because trust has then been built. © 2020 Adam Parker.
Tagged: Coronavirus, Covid-19, Crisis, Error, Leadership
You cannot wage a war by committee. It takes one national leader and one national vision for victory. In that vision there can only be a single national strategy. That strategy is then devolved to the national armies, their corps, divisions, brigades, regiments, companies, platoons and squads.
Tagged: Australia, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Strategy, War
Today Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, distanced himself from Western governments around the world by declaring it “business as usual” in the face of the Coronavirus Covid-19.
Tagged: Bill Ackman, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Government, Great Depression, Jim Cramer, Politics, Scott Morrison
In June 2009, my wife and I travelled the length of the USA for five weeks—and up and down the east coast from Washington DC to Boston and back to New York.
Tagged: Coronavirus, Covid-19, Fear, Government, Panic
This is not 1987 though last night, Wall Street experienced its worst crash since Black Monday. With experts already predicting not just a global recession but a global “economic shutdown” prior, one thing is clear. We are now living in the “Information Era” and that means official communication now drives markets more than ever.
Tagged: Communication, Covid-19, Government, Hysteria, Panic
Donald Trump, in his address to the American nation an hour ago, still believes that Coronavirus Covid-19 “will soon be over”. Members of his party’s Congress are on TV right now parroting his creed.
Tagged: Coronavirus, Covid-19, Quarantine, Trump
Misogyny isn’t the reason why Elizabeth Warren didn’t become the 2020 Democratic candidate for President of the United States, nor Hillary Clinton who did become its candidate four years earlier, didn’t become president.
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