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" ... Best Souvenir "I purchased two Murano glass swans for my wife when we visited Venice for the first time. It was just the two of us in a private taxi traveling through the canals and over to the Venetian island of Murano, where we watched a master glass artist making his creations. Incredibly fascinating. Before we left the island, we searched through their store and found two perfect swans — a favorite of my wife — so that was an easy decision. They are displayed in the center of our house and they always bring a smile to my face. This souvenir takes me back to that first time we visited Venice. What a romantic place." ... "
" ... Black swans, rare outside of parts of Australia, have come to represent rare, unusual events, and ... [+] the Covid pandemic is a good example. ... "
" ... For many people change is hard, especially when it is sudden and unexpected. These types of events are sometimes referred to as black swan events. The name comes from ancient times, when it was theorized that black swans didn’t exist. Once it was discovered that they were indeed real, the name stuck as a way to describe those things that are extreme outliers and rare. Having a black swan event occur once in a lifetime is enough, but lately we are seeing black swan events emerge more and more often. How can we use these black swan events as opportunities for ourselves and others? ... "
" ... It's human nature for our minds to thrive for order and structure. When black swans enter the fold, the tendency is to shield the business and employees from disruption. However, for those who still have their doors open, they've embraced antifragility, realizing that there's more upside to random events than downside. Being antifragile means corporate leaders can now push their team members to look at the impossible, prepare for it and experience only minor disruptions in their business models. ... "
" ... Luther's big lesson for strategic forecasters is that black swans are made, not born. Luther didn't change the world by nailing up his theses on Oct. 31, 1517. What did was how people seized on his actions and accommodated them to their own long-standing agendas. And far from proving that strategic forecasting is a waste of time, what Luther and history's other black swans demonstrate is that only a strategic forecaster who understands long-term patterns has any hope of seeing the black swans coming. ... "