Fear, collusion, and incompetence are a deadly combination. That we couldn't defend the Capitol from an insurrectionist mob was a failure not of intelligence but a failure to be intelligent.
Designing Our Future. Together.
A top advisor to a head of state we once worked with during a rapidly changing political situation, consistently refused to undertake survey research in the face of mounting evidence that risks were escalating and the public mood was shifting dramatically. Pressed to explain his obstinance, he angrily insisted, “don’t you understand that once I know something, then I have to do something.”