How Sustainable is the World as a System?
Corporate sustainability, social responsibility and sustainability in general are trendy subjects nowadays. There exist numerous programmes, institutes and research centersContinue Reading
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Deutsche Bank – Too Big To Fail or Too Complex To Survive?
Complexity and interdependency are the hallmarks of our time. The increase of complexity and turbulence in the markets andContinue Reading
Sustainability and the Dramatic Importance of Systemic Analysis
You only appreciate the importance of systemic analysis once you see the kind of new knowledge it delivers. There isContinue Reading
Why highly complex systems usually operate in failure mode
The complexity of modern products, as well as the associated manufacturing processes, have been increasing over the past fewContinue Reading
Correlation is Charlatanism.
“…correlation is charlatanism” Photo: AP photo/Richard Drew “Anything that relies on correlation is charlatanism” is a great article. But isContinue Reading
Oil, Ukraine, Greece, China and Volkswagen. Measuring the Reaction of Global Finance.
Over the past twelve months we’ve had the Ruble crisis, the plummeting oil prices, the Ukraine crisis, the GreekContinue Reading
How to Distinguish Innovation from Fragmentation?
Innovation is the result of R&D which is something that requires vision, strategy, leadership, will-power, money, persistence, continuity. Vision requiresContinue Reading
When did China (Really) Start to Slow Down?
China has made headlines recently when it devalued the Yuan and when its stock markets fell. By mid-July theContinue Reading
Car electronics: how much more complexity can we handle?
As we know, excessive complexity is a formidable source of fragility. If you want to make something fragile, make itContinue Reading
Investing Based on Systemic Analysis of Markets
Suppose that one wishes to invest in US public companies and eventually two candidate portfolios are available. Suppose that bothContinue Reading
Artificial Intuition 