Artificial Intelligence

Three converging events reveal a single crisis: our strategic frameworks for managing complexity are failing just as AI systems become too opaque to govern. A five-part essay series exploring solutions launches next week.

Global Value Chains

The K-shaped economy divides Americans: wealthy households thrive with asset appreciation while lower-income families face structural disadvantages. Top 10% now account for half of all consumer spending.

Global Value Chains

Supply chains face escalating cybersecurity threats across logistics, fraud, and operational technology. Experts urge collaboration, proactive risk mapping, and AI-powered defenses to combat increasingly sophisticated, AI-driven attacks targeting interconnected global systems.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Supply chains must evolve from digitalization to AI-powered orchestration for proactive decision-making. Enterra Solutions' System of Intelligence enables autonomous optimization across planning, execution, and learning, representing supply chain management's future.

Artificial Intelligence

Extreme AI narratives overshadow practical conversations. AI should be viewed as normal technology. Small Language Models provide focused, efficient solutions for businesses seeking measurable returns on investments, avoiding extreme prophecies.

Artificial Intelligence

Agentic commerce—AI agents making purchases for consumers—could generate $1-5 trillion by 2030. Though 95% of consumers harbor concerns, retailers must invest immediately in agentic capabilities or risk disintermediation.

Artificial Intelligence

Retailers must adapt to consumer trends like agentic AI, shoppertainment, and phygital experiences while simultaneously transforming supply chains through regionalization, purposeful technology deployment, and connected global networks to stay competitive.

Global Value Chains

Recent studies challenge cheese's unhealthy reputation, showing that daily consumption of about 1.5 ounces may reduce heart disease and stroke risk. High-fat cheese is also linked to lower dementia risk.

Artificial Intelligence

2025 brought geopolitical volatility and AI transformation. Enterra evolved to AI-platform company, focusing on trustworthy systems that deliver value amid fragmented global order. 2026 demands disciplined scaling and technological differentiation.

Peace and Stability Operations

Artificial Intelligence

Human Rights Day underscores the $236 billion impact of forced labor on global supply chains. AI technology provides unprecedented visibility into tracking exploitation across complex networks, thereby making ethical sourcing increasingly feasible.

Peace and Stability Operations

Somali piracy disrupts trade routes. In this article, we explore labeling (Somail pirates) terrorists to share prosecution or rebuilding Somalia to tackle the root cause. Both solutions face hurdles, and the focus now is on military action, but a long-term fix needs to address Somalia's issues.

Peace and Stability Operations

This article discusses the worsening situation in Somalia. After a U.S.-backed Ethiopian intervention failed to establish a stable government, radical Islamists, particularly al-Shabab, are gaining control. The country is plagued by violence, a humanitarian crisis, and mass displacement. The international community is struggling to find a solution, and President-elect Obama's leadership is crucial to prevent further deterioration.

Peace and Stability Operations

This article discusses a new approach to nation-building called Development-in-a-Box. The idea is to provide emerging market countries with the infrastructure they need to connect to the global economy. This would be done by creating a standardized package of services like transportation, telecoms, and banking.

Peace and Stability Operations

This article examines the rising tensions between Kurds and Arabs in Iraq. The oil-rich region of Kirkuk is a flashpoint, and the lack of progress on resource sharing and borders threatens to erupt in violence. While past grievances and distrust run deep, the economic progress achieved through cooperation offers a glimmer of hope for a peaceful future.