Why construction projects are over budget and late—and how to fix them
April 2, 2024The construction industry is deeply broken. To address the problem, we need to prioritize operations management and focus on production instead of administration.
Battlefield Cyber: America’s Software Meltdown — and What Must Be Done to Fix It
May 3, 2023America’s software is profoundly vulnerable, which is one reason China and Russia have been able to penetrate US computer systems so deeply. This essay, adapted from the forthcoming “Battlefield Cyber: How China and Russia Are Undermining Our Democracy and National Security" outlines a solution.
The China Nexus: Thirty Years in and around the Chinese Communist Party’s Tyranny
November 17, 2022The challenges facing US industrial dynamism extend are in part a product of the Chinese Communist Party’s market distortions: Rebuilding domestic industry will demand equal protection as well as promotion. This excerpt from Benedict Rogers’s The China Nexus details a new US resolve to protect.
Heavy Metal: The Hard Days and Nights of the Shipyard Workers Who Build America’s Supercarriers
September 1, 2022Unprecedented stressors have created the conditions for new investment in domestic industry and new models for public-private industrial coordination to support it. This excerpt from Michael Fabey’s 2022 Heavy Metal documents one such example, a case of operational success at a time of enormous pain and uncertainty.
Strategic Capitalism: The New Economic Strategy for Winning the Capitalist Cold War
July 11, 2022China’s ability to manage its economy and undermine the American capitalist model is still strong. This excerpt from Richard D'Aveni's prescient "Strategic Capitalism: The New Economic Strategy for Winning the Capitalist Cold War" outlines what to do to improve the American model.
