Analysis on risk, pressure, and decision-making across systems.
The CORE Series brings together analyses on risk, pressure, and decision-making across sectors. Each piece focuses on how issues emerge, how signals are missed or misread, and why outcomes are often shaped well before they’re publicly visible.
The goal is simple: surface patterns early, clarify what matters, and create space for better judgment before decisions are forced.
Broken trust breaks brands
First it was shrinkflation. Then price fixing. Record profits. Bloated bonuses. The headlines kept coming — often more than once. Parliamentary hearings turned into political theatre. Then came the latest: meat price gouging.
This grocery story? It’s a case study in how trust erodes — slowly, then all at once. And then it’s gone.
Huff and puff: Tariffs, trade, tough talk and territory
Bluster, bombast and bravado. We take a look at how leaders and businesses should build strategies and plans to respond to President Trump’s agenda. Hyperbole and fear are often used to grab attention and drive action. Fear, threats and danger provoke reactions — but too often, they lead to missteps or missed opportunities.
Find out ways to navigate disruption - including the #trumptariffs.
Beyond batteries: How one older industry is shaping the future
When we think about the future, it doesn’t mean we have to throw out the old. Learn how Vale Base Metals views the future of Canadian mining and what we need to do to take advantage of this critical industry.
When we think about the future, it doesn’t mean we have to throw out the old. Learn how Vale Base Metals views the future of Canadian mining and what we need to do to take advantage of this critical industry. Fiind out what Vale Base Metals is doing to be part of a modern economy.
Be Prepared to Act
In our May 7, 2024, edition of CORE Insights, we told you that professional activists will be targeting European airports during the summer. By linking air travel to environmental issues, they want to use these disruptions to both inconvenience people and cause us to re-think the desire to travel.