The New Smart: No Futurism, No Oughts

  "... there's a lot that could happen between now and next May ..." - That's how Paul Weiss Chairperson Brad Karp summed up for Insider where he and his law firm are. That is about whether or not he will re-up to continue being in that position post-May 2023.

And in economic, political, and social times that will never be normal again, that's how smart players are shaping their public discourse. Fading is that traditional pontificating about how the future, even the near future, will unfold. Instead Karp admits that neither he, with his decades of experience, nor his firm, with all its resources, knows much about what realities will be.

Not only are those digital front page predictions by supposed experts looking smirk-worthy. So are the "oughts." We must do this. We must not do that. Larry Summers and Henry Kissinger seem to me to be blowhards from the past. 

Given his lack of certitude, Karp has prevented being labeled "old." That means he will be sought if he puts it out there that he is to become a free agent. 

One might sum this edge by the zen mantra: Clear Thinking, Don't Know."

In my client interactions for both my communications and coaching botiques I have become more effective by outlining a variety of scenarios, along with various solutions. After all, we don't know, do we.  

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