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Talking to Esha of Historic.ly about imperialism, communism, Bernie Sanders, Republicans vs Democrats, AOC, and her first days in & impressions of Russia... Links Esha Substack: Historic.ly | Esha | Substack (historicly.net) Esha YouTube: Historic_ly - YouTube My joint episode with Esha on H YT channel many months later: TAKEDOWN: Kyiv Independent pro-b&ndera Video with AI - YouTube What D...

Chay Bowes is an Irish entrepreneur and an independent journalist, and has an MA in Strategy & GeoPolitics. His  @BowesChay  Twitter slogan is: "Facts should define the Narrative, the Narrative shouldn’t define the facts." I spoke to him in 2022, after he wrote an article on the Absolute Truth called  War Propaganda About Ukraine Starting to Wear Thin  and before he wrote&n...

Johnny Miller talks about: being influenced by Noam Chomsky, good and bad mainstream journalism, working for Iranian Press TV, propaganda, choosing and turning down stories and projects, working in Syria, Libya, Burma, Africa, … … and Ukraine—especially 2014 Maidan in Kiev, 2014 Anti-Maidan in Donbass, and 2022 Donbass, genuine protests and not, Portaloo availability as protest success predictor,...

PSA: a quick overview of where we're at + starting Dialogues: why "Dialogues", a bit about propaganda, a bit about economics, a bit about Skripal. Website: Starting Dialogues on Business Games

Why propaganda? How propaganda? and What can you do? One of the most important dialogues I've ever had a chance to be a part of. Oliver goes into detail about provable propaganda in Hollywood and the (predominantly) US media, with examples from US lead-up to conflicts in Iraq (twice), Syria and Ukraine coverage, as well as Russiagate. We also touch on modern leadership and Russophobia. Iraq, in pa...

Content Kyle and I pick 1 topic each to rant about and a 3rd one to discuss: AI: Media coverage of the poisonings of the Iranian schoolgirls [01:25] KC: Media coverage of the Mexican electoral institute reform [17:38] KC & AI: Change of the media narrative on the Ukraine conflict [27:00] Author Profiles Kyle C Twitter:  @KyleDChurch AI Telegram:  @BusinessGamesAI AI Twitter:  @B...

In this episode, I'd like to address the brand image of LinkedIn, censorship, and pose a question: What's the point of LinkedIn? As usual, feel free to disagree with my position—but please, listen through to the end, it won't be long. Content 1. What's the Point of LinkedIn? [03:09] 1.1 LinkedIn's Purpose [03:11] 1.2 A LinkedIn Problem [04:54] 1.3 Damned If You Don't, Damned If You Do [06:50] 2. L...

In the modern discourse it seems, any political opponent is immediately a "Nazi", and any historical grievance is a "genocide". The problem is obvious and three-fold: Politically, the elites in a less wealthy and/or numerous nation want to use the victimhood status to gain potential reparations from the wealthier/more numerous nation, by any means possible—all's fair in love and war; The impacts o...

2014 Maidan, 2022 Mariupol and Bucha. One is a proven false-flag massacre perpetrated by the Ukrainian far-right. The others fit similar patterns. Having already made a case for why this is not a coincidence, I discuss further implications. Here, I give more background to my  Mariupol & Bucha: Narrative v Reality  article, how it came together, and what makes me confident about the c...

A word of caution:  if you have an emotional response to the 2022-ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and especially if you believe the mainstream media narrative in the West  and you are not ready to have this challenged , this might not be for you. I'm happy to discuss the facts and my thinking, but I'd like to refrain from  ad hominem  attacks. Finally, I have an agenda: I'm trying...

How I Lost Trust in the Western Mainstream Media and What to Do About It. This is a "voice-over" of the first half of the NY Disinformation article available here:  NY Times: Disinformation Central? Subscribe to our  NEWSLETTER  here:  Business Games Content I've done something different this time: instead of reading the script, I went through this article and did a "voice-over...

Hello there, Fellow Learner—and Welcome to! a  Learner's Digest  edition of  Business Games , an educational series where we help  you  improve your strategic and critical thinking, make sense of the world and make better decisions under uncertainty. This is episode " 2022 and 11/12-ths ". I wish 2022 were better, but it's not. Which, in a way...

JP Castlin is our first-ever "repeat offender" and in this episode, we preview a conclusion of our Experimental Season. We started with JP in our first interview episode, and it's fitting to discuss with JP what have we learnt, in the final interview of the season. JP Talks about robustness versus resilience , strategic drift , why it's imperative to experiment on the edges and try and create new...

20% of the bees in the hive ignore the waggle dance. Why? What do the efficiency-oriented bee accountants say? How do you measure the RoI on the rogue bee activity? How is any of this relevant to innovation? Listen to Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy, to get the answers. Become a Premium Learning Member here: https://www.business-games.ai/about/#/portal Contents (time stamps from the Full...

Guesting on Call To Action with Giles Edwards & 1/200 with Kyle Church + what does the 2022 have in store for us? 2022 This would've made a fantastic 1980s SciFi title, wouldn't it? The absence of flying cars aside, here's what we have for you in the first few months of 2022: Closing off the Experimental Season with the Lit Review episode (maybe 2), another JP Castlin chat, a wrap-up episode,...

Season's greetings and a quick overview of the upcoming 2022 content | Learner's Digest # 7 Welcome to! the Learner's Digest edition of  Business Games . I wanted to share the festive season's greetings and the best wishes for the year's turn! Now, I'm not going to get all emotional and write or speak with pathos—it's not that kind of show. However, the year  will  turn, and with it...

"One of the Biggest Detrimental Habits [for Entrepreneurs Is] a Shiny Object Syndrome"—The Entrepreneurial Marathon With Ashlee Berghoff. This week, we turn to our final context:  SME ,  lifestyle entrepreneurs , and  solopreneurs . Ashlee Berghoff tells us her insights after having swapped a corporate consultancy lifestyle for helping lifestyle entrepreneurs get out of the "messy m...

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How could Melissa Clark-Reynolds ONZM predict the pandemic collapse of seaports in the US? And Why is your board bad at strategy?—If you can answer these two questions, your firm would be much better off. This is only part of the full episode that is available on Business Games Premium's private podcast feed. Breaking News (at the time)—Omicron! A note about the new Omicron variant of Covid discov...

How to deal with ambiguity: an example [18:14]. Plus: Introducing Learner's Digest, review of the Experimental Season to date [02:07], connecting everything forward and back [04:17]. Topics covered: complexity, jobs to be done, problems to be solved, curiosity, predictions and experimentation—and many more. Links Mentioned Business Games  about positive ambiguity view | LinkedIn  👉 shar...

"…Only the Place You Can Charge Into With Listening"—Dawie Olivier on dealing with crises, creating emotional safety, and fostering curiosity & creativity in a large corporate. Also: full contact leadership, progressive learning mindset, reading widely, and journaling. When we talk about experimentation with  Dawie Olivier —an experienced leader, CIO/CTO, and an advisory board member to s...

Robert Sarver of the Phoenix Suns is by many accounts an arsehole—but how is this relevant to good decision making / bad decision making? | Newsletter # 4 Robert Sarver of the Phoenix Suns, good decision making / bad decision making, wisdom of the crowd, diversity, and a boon from one of NZ’s top universities 😊 Please ,  rate  and  review  us! Go Premium Here:  Business G...

What do Devil's Advocates, information cascades, egos, and gender pay equity have in common? Find out here as Prof. Ananish Chaudhuri introduces experimental economics. Part 1/2 Prof. Chaudhuri introduces  behavioural and experimental economics  [04:38]; talks about how to start experiments by using  existing published knowledge , first [12:25];  carrots & sticks  vers...

What do Pornhub calculus and Jurassic Park experiments have in common? Listen to find out! Emergent: endorsements, behaviour, Pornhub calculus, and Jurassic Park experiments. #3 Go Premium Here: Business Games Subscribe (business-games.ai)

JP Castlin on Complexity, what it means for your business, and how to deal with it via safe-to-fail experimentation. Originally planned to be Episode 1 of Season 1 (as per audio), becomes S02e02 because we now have 2 full intro episodes and can't have Episode 0 or Season Zero on the podcast platforms. Next week, we'll talk about  Experimental Economics —but in this episode,  JP Castlin &...