To understand the current state of a business and the forces that keep it stable, one can look at various factors. These include the business's financial health, its market position, the strength of its products or services, and its organizational structure. Additionally, understanding the external environment in which the business operates, such as the state of the economy, industry trends, and regulatory landscape, can also provide insights into its stability. It's also important to consider the business's resilience, or its ability to survive and recover from unexpected systemic shocks.

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As the world moves faster and becomes more connected, Rogue Waves are no longer edge cases. External events of large magnitude like wars, financial crises and large natural disasters have severely affected large companies every seven years on average. American business leaders respond to radical external change nearly 45% of the time. In an increasingly volatile world, resilience is the new growth strategy. Resilient organizations have more redundancies than what Six Sigma advocates find acceptable. But today's organizational mandate is not just about performance. It's also about surviving and recovering from unexpected systemic shocks. Any business or economy is just a combination of games with different rules, different winning probabilities, and different payouts. In a casino, while individual players win or lose, the house always wins the night because it places systemic controls on the flow of information. Similarly, a business can beat randomness and win by placing systemic con...

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Rogue Waves

How do you prepare your business for black swan events like pandemics or financial crises? Rogue Waves by Jonathan Brill explores how to prepare for a...

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