A country that can't feed itself, fuel itself or defend itself, has few options. When the rules no longer protect you, you must protect yourself.But let's be clear eyed about where this leads.A world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile and less sustainable. And there is another truth. If great powers abandon even the pretense of rules and values for the unhindered pursuit of their power and interests, the gains from transactionalism will become harder to replicate.Hegemons cannot continually monetize their relationships.Allies will diversify to hedge against uncertainty.

facing adversity and getting yourself out of a tight spot are invaluable. “It’s not a cause for sadness – it’s the quintessential experience of life

Keep the details flexible

agile methods quickly began to be used by larger projects, laterexpanded to entire department processes and, in some cases, to the entire organization(Conforto et al., 2014; Denning, 2015; Dikert et al., 2016)

This transition to a new world of responsiveness and agility will be painful and require a new mind-set.

Canonical would do well to make sure they dont complicate things for whatever the next big Linux shift is.

They oversaw the development of playbooks and operating models and revamped corporate processes around such principles as agile funding and mission-oriented initiatives. At that point, everyone on a mission shared the same targets and worked collaboratively in two-week sprints. The organization began to deliver results much faster.

Second, the leaders must drive agile behaviors broadly into the organization. This requires authentic belief in the behavioral changes required, as well as playbooks, processes, and support to enable the organization to work in a cross-functional, mission-oriented way.