Antifragile: Systems that get stronger under pressure (up to a point), where the results of the system increase in value due to positive asymmetry with the operating environment. Taleb suggests that ...

In a year that will undoubtedly go down as among the most disruptive in history, social distancing isn’t the only form of isolation supply-chain leaders have had to practice. In the face of a global ...

Most corporate survival strategies are crafted to help businesses withstand any number of unanticipated supply chain disruptions. But how many are poised to profit from times of adversity? The answer: ...

Taleb, who spent 20 years as an options trader on Wall Street, wrote “The Black Swan” in 2007 about the huge influence of rare and unpredictable events and the human tendency to offer simplistic ...

This is an opinion editorial by Michael, a software engineer, entrepreneur and regenerative farmer. The “Once Bitten” podcast episode with Christian Keroles and Daniel Prince got me thinking about ...

Antifragility refers to a characteristic in people who thrive as a result of stressors. This means they bounce back even stronger when under stress. Resilience, by comparison, is about going back to ...

In his excellent book Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who helped popularize the concept of Black Swan events, describes three kinds of systems: Fragile systems are those that can be destroyed by ...