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The Unteachable King: Why Zuckerberg Can’t Build the Future by Howard Yu

How Absolute Power Trapped Meta — And Why Steve Jobs Broke Free

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Why Nike Ran Back to Amazon—And Why It Scares Every Marketer by Howard Yu

How Silicon-Valley Thinking Nearly Destroyed the World’s Greatest Brand

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The Strategy Musk Missed: How BYD Became Tesla’s Nightmare by Howard Yu

Once dismissed by Elon Musk, BYD—short for “Build Your Dreams”—outsold Tesla in Europe in 2025. BYD’s slow-burn playbook for domination offers lessons for every business.

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Did America Just Hand China the Future of AI? by Howard Yu

How the sanctions boomerang is fueling Beijing’s tech dominance—and what it means for you.

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What Harvard and J.D. Vance Teach Us About Loyalty’s Breaking Point by Howard Yu

Defiance as Strategy—How the Right “No” Becomes Your Brand’s Strongest “Yes”

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Easter Egg Hunt: How Trump’s Trade Policy Has Businesses Scrambling for Loopholes by Howard Yu

Sky-High Tariffs, Shifting Rules, and a Hidden “Made in China” Shuffle—What You Need to Know

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Achieve Light Speed Like Nvidia. Welcome to Work Atomization. by Howard Yu

The Invisible Bottleneck That's Killing Your Career—and 5 Steps to Shatter It Today

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RANKED: The Travel Companies Ready For AI Agents [New Report] by Howard Yu

Discover How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Your Next Vacation

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The Two Sides of Musk: Iconoclast and Ineptocrat by Howard Yu

How Elon inspires so much rage in the classroom, dominates electric cars and rockets, yet flounders at X.

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How a 30-Year-Old Chart Explains Intel’s Fall, Nvidia’s Rise, and DeepSeek’s Disruption by Howard Yu

Timeless Lessons From Clay—And a Gift to the World

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Two Charts Show Presidential Productivity Doesn’t Depend on Early Rising by Howard Yu

The myth of superhuman productivity, forget about the 5 a.m. alarm.

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Oct31

Weight Loss Stocks vs. AI: How Eli Lilly Outpaces Nvidia—Here Is One Chart

October 31, 2024 No Comments

On November 26, we’ll release the next Future Readiness Indicator covering Pharma, Technology, and Fashion. And if you happen to …

Sep05

The One Question Jeff Bezos Asks That You Should Too

September 5, 2024 3 Comments

Success stems from focusing on what stays constant, allowing leaders to prioritize and navigate a changing world with clarity and confidence.

Jun24

Tesla’s crown is slipping: Mounting pressure in a shifting electric vehicle landscape

June 24, 2024 No Comments

The era of Tesla’s uncontested dominance in the electric vehicle market has ended, but what does its future success depend …

Jun24

The tech-savvy consumer packaged goods revolution: How L’Oréal took the lead

June 24, 2024 No Comments

Industry titans like Procter & Gamble (P&G), Coca-Cola and Nestlé have long dominated the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry. But this …

Jun24

How Top Brands Are Shaping the Industry’s 2024 Landscape

June 24, 2024 No Comments

Soaring inflation, geopolitical tensions, have created a complex landscape. Our spotlight falls on the most future-ready fashion brands, which distinguish …

Jun20

Chinese Brands Tackle Euro 2024: Will They Score Big?

June 20, 2024 3 Comments

Football is everywhere in Europe. It’s building to a fever pitch as the game unfolds. At Euro 2024, Chinese brands …

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