Devin DeCiantis

It's a great question, Gary, and obviously a sensitive one. But in general, I think it addresses precisely one of the challenges that we wanted to write about in anticipation of not just the US election, but over the course of 2024, more than half of the world for the first time in history went to the polls to elect their governments.

It's a great question, Gary, and obviously a sensitive one. But in general, I think it addresses precisely one of the challenges that we wanted to write about in anticipation of not just the US election, but over the course of 2024, more than half of the world for the first time in history went to the polls to elect their governments.

And not just in the US, but in many countries, the outcomes of those elections were complicated. and presented the businesses operating in those environments with potentially a very different world to navigate the day after the election than the day before the election.

And not just in the US, but in many countries, the outcomes of those elections were complicated. and presented the businesses operating in those environments with potentially a very different world to navigate the day after the election than the day before the election.

And part of our aspiration with the book was to provide examples from other places where perhaps those lurches left or right in the political spectrum or in terms of industrial policy might have been more dramatic, but they're dramatic with an effect. The effect is that you still need to attend to and think about how you're going to reposition yourself in the face of

And part of our aspiration with the book was to provide examples from other places where perhaps those lurches left or right in the political spectrum or in terms of industrial policy might have been more dramatic, but they're dramatic with an effect. The effect is that you still need to attend to and think about how you're going to reposition yourself in the face of

tariff barriers or a change in access to supply chains that are competitive, depending on which countries you operate in and the importance of the diversification within those supply chains, the importance of redundancy built into your inventory and warehousing, the importance of strategic simplification in terms of recognizing the impact of inflation on your business model and the compression on your margins.

tariff barriers or a change in access to supply chains that are competitive, depending on which countries you operate in and the importance of the diversification within those supply chains, the importance of redundancy built into your inventory and warehousing, the importance of strategic simplification in terms of recognizing the impact of inflation on your business model and the compression on your margins.

All of these issues that are dialed up to 11 in some environments around the world, places where hyperinflation is right, are still present here, just not at 11, but maybe at seven on the dial. And most business leaders are used to a two or a three.

All of these issues that are dialed up to 11 in some environments around the world, places where hyperinflation is right, are still present here, just not at 11, but maybe at seven on the dial. And most business leaders are used to a two or a three.

So in that respect, we've hoped as we wrote this book and in the selection of the cases that we've included, that this would be a bit of a new and fresh strategic playbook. for leaders who are trying to navigate what is undoubtedly going to be among the most tumultuous several years in recent American history.

So in that respect, we've hoped as we wrote this book and in the selection of the cases that we've included, that this would be a bit of a new and fresh strategic playbook. for leaders who are trying to navigate what is undoubtedly going to be among the most tumultuous several years in recent American history.

It's a great question, Gary, and obviously a sensitive one. But in general, I think it addresses precisely one of the challenges that we wanted to write about in anticipation of not just the US election, but over the course of 2024, more than half of the world for the first time in history went to the polls to elect their governments.

It's a great question, Gary, and obviously a sensitive one. But in general, I think it addresses precisely one of the challenges that we wanted to write about in anticipation of not just the US election, but over the course of 2024, more than half of the world for the first time in history went to the polls to elect their governments.

And not just in the US, but in many countries, the outcomes of those elections were complicated. Right. and presented the businesses operating in those environments with potentially a very different world to navigate the day after the election than the day before the election.

And not just in the US, but in many countries, the outcomes of those elections were complicated. Right. and presented the businesses operating in those environments with potentially a very different world to navigate the day after the election than the day before the election.

And part of our aspiration with the book was to provide examples from other places where perhaps those lurches left or right in the political spectrum or in terms of industrial policy might have been more dramatic, but they're dramatic with an effect. The effect is that you still need to attend to and think about how you're going to reposition yourself in the face of

And part of our aspiration with the book was to provide examples from other places where perhaps those lurches left or right in the political spectrum or in terms of industrial policy might have been more dramatic, but they're dramatic with an effect. The effect is that you still need to attend to and think about how you're going to reposition yourself in the face of

you know, tariff barriers or a change in access to supply chains that are competitive, depending on which countries you operate in and the importance of the diversification within those supply chains, the importance of redundancy built into your inventory and warehousing, the importance of strategic simplification in terms of recognizing the impact of inflation on your business model and the compression on your margins.

you know, tariff barriers or a change in access to supply chains that are competitive, depending on which countries you operate in and the importance of the diversification within those supply chains, the importance of redundancy built into your inventory and warehousing, the importance of strategic simplification in terms of recognizing the impact of inflation on your business model and the compression on your margins.