On the Strategy Page, we thoughtfully examine a range of business trends that inform our clients in the formation of strategy. In our annual trends series (see below), we focus on technology, economic, social, workforce, and political trends shaping our world.

The initial reactions to the AI revolution were fear and wonder.
Would millions of workers become obsolete? Could machines eventually control humanity, or destroy it? For the moment, these fears appear to be unfounded.

The U.S. labor market is downright confusing. AI is supposedly coming for everyone’s job, and yet you still can’t get a plumber to return your call.

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, it does so at a unique point in history.

It may be the most extraordinary value creation story in the history of our economy. In 2021, Dario Amodei and his sister Daniela left OpenAI to start Anthropic.

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Costs are rising again, and this time it’s not just inflation. It’s friction. There appears to be a shadow cost to disruption; fuel volatility, tariffs, supply chain instability, labor pressure, insurance costs, and geopolitical uncertainty are all quietly adding drag to the economy.

A few weeks ago, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, released what can only be described as a manifesto on artificial intelligence. It reset expectations and not in the way that most of expected.

We love to play games.
Recent events point to the acceleration of gamification across the economy. Savvy marketers have tapped into the underlying psychology that drives human behavior and have figured out how to monetize it.