In my view, an exit clause and/or strategy is the most important element in an agreement, a contract or in a certain situation (eg, Covid-19 exit strategy). However, it's also an underestimated step despite that (marriage) contracts do end prematurely (eg, divorce). Outsourcing contracts may have the worst exit strategies as if people forgot to even think about it....
The first time I heard the term progressive insight was in 1995. It wasn’t an undisputed term. Some colleagues thought it was an excuse for not having to say: "I'm sorry". To many people, changing your mind is admitting an earlier mistake. Hence, people may expect an apology. Back then, I learned however that progressive insight is about changing...
For a long time, I've been puzzled by the volume of fear-driven messages of Dutch and international media on the Covid-19 response. These fear-driven messages caused a tunnel vision and resulted in a race to the bottom. Also see my blog Race to the bottom. A December 6 article in the National Review confirms the above: Media-Driven Fear Warped Our COVID...
All over the world, there is a demand for more Covid-19 related restrictions (eg, lockdowns). It seems that countries are busy "outperforming" their neighbours. In the financial world, such a situation is called a race to the bottom. Such a race never ends well. Philosophy professor René ten Bos comes to a similar conclusion in his recent article in the Dutch...
Recently, a Dutch newspaper reported on a thesis by criminal psychologist Ricardo Nieuwkamp of Maastricht University. One of his findings was that only 2% of innocent suspects are able to produce an alibi that is beyond any reasonable doubt. It doesn't help that police "testilying" (= testify+lying) has become a serious (American?) issue (eg, NYT, Wiki). I...
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