Month: October 2017
The Real North Korean Threat?
Judging by the muted response, the market is effectively assigning a near-zero probability on the threat of a war on the Korean peninsular. I think that is likely misguided. There is certainly very low probability of an US-initiated preemptive strike — the strength of the soft institutions in the US will guarantee that, regardless of … More The Real North Korean Threat?
Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre
Congratulations to the ACSRI-led team for winning $50-million in funding from the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science to set up a new Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre in Australia. It’s great to see the Australian government putting resources into a key research area that is increasing in importance as the world becomes more and … More Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre
Organisational Psychopaths
I put together this simple mapping of corporate leaders as a half-joke last week. I think there’s something in it for everyone. (I’m an ex-consultant so naturally I think anything that requires more than two dimensions is unnecessarily complicating things. That’s another half-joke. :P) Joke aside, there is a serious dimension to the post. Much … More Organisational Psychopaths