Chaos is a ladder.
This week we take a direct look at the role of chaos in the economic and business landscape. I was drawn to this topic of course because of its prevalence--Elon, AI, executive roulette, and all the rest. But also because of Survivor.
You may not be tracking with Season 46 like my family is, but know the beats of Survivor. Isolated on an island, no food, challenge games, social drama, and someone gets voted off each week.
In this season, one player (Q, by name) has created chaos everywhere he went. Burning bridges, threatening to quit, blowing up alliances, trying to twist every aspect of the game to his will. Q has been the obvious person to vote off four weeks running. He isn't even the type of player you take to the end because you know he won't get any votes to win.
Cause you just don't know what he'll do. Not unlike some political figures of our time.
It raises the obvious question - how do these chaos creatures last? Why won't the other players vote off Q?
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Of course the first question never tells you much. It's the question after that and the one after that that matters.
The question that matters in the game of chaos: who benefits from the chaos?
In the case of Survivor 46, two players have been able to quietly control the game from their shadow alliance because the chaos distracts from their Machiavellian machinations. Charlie and Maria are running the show, leveraging the chaos to their benefit.
This edition of FWD is about agents of chaos, why businesses hide, how the chips are stacked against the good ones, and as always... what you can do about it.
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6 个月Control and chaos both exist on the same spectrum. It’s a sliding scale. Sometimes you need to wield control. Other times you need to let chaos disrupt and bring about some new ways of thinking. However, it’s dangerous to let chaos run unchecked for too long. Let chaos do what it do then come in with a little control and leadership to manage what chaos has created. It’s not either or. It’s both and. Looking forward to the read.