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Gain the insights, expertise, and direction you need to navigate today’s complex and ever-evolving world of risk — and uncover the opportunities within it.

Timeless Strategies for Business Longevity and Resilience

How the power of mathematical concepts can help build lasting business success. Understanding concepts like ergodicity, non-ergodicity, and the Lindy effect can give companies a competitive edge.

PFN Monaghan

September 27, 2024

The Myth of Business Invincibility, or, Any Firm Can Fail at Any Time

A business may appear to be thriving from every perspective. It can be old or young, reliable or unreliable, steadfast or fickle, pay on time, or routinely delay. None of these are factors as to whether it will fail or not. No such predictors exist.

PFN Monaghan

October 8, 2024

Reclaiming Redundancy: What Consultants Call Waste is an Asset

The modern obsession with eliminating redundancy is misguided, confused and compromises the future of businesses. Redundancy strengthens companies, making them more profitable, durable and responsive.

PFN Monaghan

October 16, 2024

Private Equity Firms: Pioneers, Predators, or Both?

Private equity firms control trillions in assets. Buying and selling struggling companies quickly, they too often leave a trail of broken businesses behind them. Their furtiveness and focus on profit over benefit must change, or the economic consequences will be dire.

PFN Monaghan

October 31, 2024

Benjamin Franklin’s Five Guiding Principles Every Businessperson Must Know

Benjamin Franklin’s maxims are among the few enduring truths in commerce and trade. They guided Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger to wealth. Five of the most important will benefit any businessperson who knows them.

PFN Monaghan

November 11, 2024

Navigating Risk, Unlocking Opportunities.