Diplomacy Ruins Everything: OPEC Now Bracing for Actual Supply
Crude oil collapsed to $74 per barrel this week, shedding the geopolitical risk premium that had calcified into energy markets for four months. The culprit was straightforward: a 60-day ceasefire memorandum between the United States and Iran, unlocking the Strait of Hormuz and the roughly 20 percent
Geopolitics solved. Economics remain catastrophically broken.
Crude oil crashed to $74.21 per barrel this week as markets priced in what looked like a genuine breakthrough: the 60-day ceasefire memorandum between the US and Iran, the formal reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the prospect of 80 million barrels flooding back into circulation. President Trump
We Hired for Growth. Markets Priced in Collapse.
The math was seductive while it lasted. Crude at $110, geopolitical chaos creating scarcity premiums, energy companies gorging on M&A deals and staffing up accordingly. In 2024, the sector posted over 12,000 job openings. By 2025, that number had collapsed to around 1,000—a 90 percent demolition of
Turns out saying nothing well doesn't prepare you for doing anything better
There is a particular cruelty to the new Cornell University research on corporate jargon: the people most fluent in buzzwords are the worst at thinking.
We Invited an HR Director. She Has Opinions. So Do We.
Why does the annual performance review survive despite universal hatred? This week we go deep on the rituals of corporate evaluation, the psychology of feedback, and why 'exceeds expectations' somehow never results in a raise.
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