A recorded conversation between Dr. Mark Stellingworth and Benjamin Shobert.
The conversation explores Ben's first book, Blaming China: It Might Feel Good, but It Won't Fix America's Economy, which was published by Potomac.
Ben is a 2x Brigadoon Sundance participant and for Brigadoon Sundance 2019 joined the main stage to lead a discussion on "Blaming China Won't Fix America's Economy."
Listen - here.
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This isn't for everyone
Brigadoon isn't for everyone, but it might be for you.
Many ask, what is Brigadoon all about, and frankly, it is complicated.
Topics change yearly and often address some of the most pressing emerging issues shaping commerce and culture.
Participants are never the same from year to year, and they come from a cross-section of industries and backgrounds.
Plus, there are never any powerpoints or audio/visuals - discussions around a fireplace is the main technology.
Some people hear it is complicated and run away.
But some people hear it is complicated and say tell me more.
Not everyone supports what Brigadoon is all about.
But you might be one of the people that supports what Brigadoon is all about.
If so, make plans to attend Brigadoon Retreat | Sundance this February 23-25, 2020.
Visit thebrigadoon.com/retreat to learn more.
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-Marc
Marc A. Ross
Founder
Brigadoon
Where's the logic?
Is this how you start?
Is this your first question when presented with a new idea, a new concept, a new project?
When you ask to see the logic you are saying I am unsure, uncommitted, uneased - I want an easy way to say no.
When you demand logic and intelligence before you have even started you pay a hidden price: you destroy any chance of magic, any chance of the unplanned, any chance of alchemy.
The modern global business world is oversupplied with efforts and professions seeking to destroy any chance of magic, any chance of the unplanned, any chance of alchemy.
Economists. Technocrats. Managers. Analysts. Excel Ninjas. Best in class. Industry-standard. Master of Business Administration.
Master of "business administration," hoo boy.
It is becoming more and more challenging to allow magic to happen.
The commercial marketplace is not a machine - it is a highly complex system.
Machines don't allow for magic, but complex systems do.
As Rory Sutherland points out, most people spend most of their time and effort at work trying to look and be intelligent - as if we are all scientists working in a cleanroom facility with witty Aaron Sorkin office walkabouts.
It is true looking intelligent is useful in winning an argument and being a C-SPAN star, but if you want to succeed in the commercial marketplace, it is not all that useful to look intelligent.
To expand your commercial marketplace impact may require intelligent people to not act intelligent.
Highly intelligent people don't just use logic - it is apart of their identity.
Next week try just once to make the illogical move, the poorly supported idea, and allow the magic to happen.
Remember if all the smart people in the world haven't yet made it happen or found the solution, it is probably because they want the answer to be logical.
-Marc
Marc A. Ross specializes in helping global business leaders make better connections and better communications. He is the founder of Brigadoon.