Thursday, August 20, 2026

THURSDAY — LEADERSHIP, HISTORY & POWER

“My job is to steal the secrets; it’s not to solve mysteries.”

— Sir Richard Moore, Chief of MI6, 2020–2025

Sir Richard Moore ran MI6 from 2020 to 2025 and left convinced that the catastrophic risk is rarely the one nobody saw coming. It is the layering of COVID, Ukraine, Iran, tariffs and China stress, stacked until the cumulative weight exceeds what an institution can absorb. His remedy is not better prediction but disciplined scenario work, relationships built long before the crisis that needs them, and subordinates who are still willing to deliver bad news. To learn more, Check out the article Ex-MI6 chief says the biggest risks for CEOs are the threats they already know about.

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Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad