“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Dr. Ed Catmull CREATIVITY, INC. Overcoming the unseen forces that stand in the way of true inspiration Behavioral economist Richard Thaler author of MISBEHAVING: The Making of Behavioral Economics identifies Econs, as those who act logically, rationally without emotion, while human beings respond in different; more robust ways. For example, by 1804, world population was estimate to have reached One Billion. In 2016, world population reached Seven Billion. In the next three Decades, world population will increase Two Billion going from Seven Billion to Nine Billion by 2050. Hence, a few well-funded Econs, acting like economic hit-men, may continue ‘something for nothing’ endeavors betting on small distressed situations seeing exorbitant returns, escalating global risk, speculation, volatility; augmenting financial insecurity. In other words, the crowd of getting everything you want without having to do anything you do not like of limited prosperity versus value creating shared prosperity. Capital instead of limited growth. While in a temporary era of disinvesting, virtual debtor prisons, diminishing living standards, over-leveraging debt. On the other hand, others may consider future sustainable growth working for, through and with human beings. For instance, the 34 member Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OCED) points out the strains on the fragile International Monetary System and the detrimental effects obfuscating true earnings from investors, distorting the role of business leadership on global growth due to base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) in havens though continued tax avoidance by some multinationals. In his ten year mathematical pursuit of Bernard Madoff’s $56Billion private fraudulent Ponzi scheme, beyond the accountants, lawyers and understaffed regulators, as an independent forensic accountant, securities fraud investigator and mathematician, Harry Markopolos NO ONE WOULD LISTEN: A True Financial Thriller was most concerned about the drug-dealers, terrorists and arms-traffickers that laundered money in the exact same locales as Madoff. Mark Twain said, “A lie can get half way around the world, before the truth can put on its’ pants.” “One of the ironies of the information age, is that it gives respectability to uninformed opinion.” John Lawton Since World War II, humor has moved from Parkinson’s Law of The Trivial to The Peter Principle where a person rises to their level of incompetence to Scott Adams’ Dilbert Principle of incompetent middle management, “they kick you, you kick us”, putting the most incompetent in charge from the very beginning with the hope that the competent are actually performing their tasks well in an isolated silo. The late Texas humorist Molly Ivins once said, “Whenever the Texas State Legislature is in session a village is missing its’ idiot”. She may have added, ‘We will know a Corporation is a person, when the great State of Texas executed a Corporation.’ Whether The Untied Nations or The International Monetary Fund implements a process for developing a framework to resolve sovereign debt, ‘Haircuts’ and national bankruptcies is yet to be seen. Therefore, the best way to predict your Enterprise’s future is to create! _______________________________________________________ “Human beings are a resource and not a cost!” Peter Drucker Do you lead, manage; supervise 10, 100 or 1,000? Why are customers divorcing your business? Need to exceed advertising, corporate training, consultant reports, return on capital and internal rates of return? Finally there is a better way. Standardize, personalize; customize implementation of your 21st century emergent-leadership-growth-results process. Starting now, by 2020, 2022, 2025 achieve double-digit 50%, 800%, 130% improvement in your sales & service growth strategy results! Time is running out, we can only work with a limited number of high-growth Chief Executives. In order to proceed, send your Fax to 718-798-2730 to set up your DIY/ Coaching/Done-For-You Discovery Session.