Private Assets, Public Debt
Quentin Toulemonde Far from the tumult of global stock markets and heavily publicized geopolitical news, the hushed world of private assets is beginning to shake at its foundations. Rising interest rates, seizing…
2026
Regression to the mean
This week, I want to address the AI craze currently sweeping through our professional environments. Some companies, like Accenture, have moved so aggressively that they have reportedly begun tying promotions…
Lost in transmission
It is now six years since the global pandemic fundamentally upended our collective understanding of the professional landscape. What began as a forced experiment in survival has matured into a…
The génie in the bottle
This week, I’d like to focus on a refrain we hear with every new breakthrough in artificial intelligence. The narrative suggests that the engineering profession is facing extinction, and that…
‘Digital Uncertainty’: Our Weakness, Their Strength
After a month of total writing sobriety, I’m thrilled to be back to kick off 2026 and get back into good habits. We live in an increasingly uncertain world. Geopolitical…