Briefings from our research
Keynotes, briefings, and moderated sessions translate Power Curve reports, memos, and research themes into a shared understanding of what is changing.
Boards and leadership teams
Executives who need a shared read on what is changing and why it matters.
Conferences and convenings
Main-stage audiences and curated programs interpreting structural change.
Universities and institutions
Students, faculty, and research audiences working at the frontier.
Investors and strategy teams
Rooms pricing risk, technology exposure, and strategic opportunity.
Briefings are built from the publication
The session is designed around what the audience needs to understand, what they already know, and what decisions the discussion should improve.
The strongest briefing is an editorial argument made usable for the room.
In ConversationModerated conversationChoose the format that fits the reading problem
Each format begins with the publication's research base, then adapts the argument to a public audience, a leadership team, or a working session with a live question.
Keynote
A clear main-stage frame for what is changing and why it matters.
Moderated conversation
A public exchange that sharpens the question and models reasoning under uncertainty.
Private briefing
A focused session for leaders who need a shared read before deciding what to watch.
Workshop
A working room that maps scenarios, tests assumptions, and develops a shared way to act.
Power Curve research, adapted to the room
Each session is adapted to the audience, the format, and the level of prior knowledge.
Economic power and strategic competition
How geoeconomic rivalry is reshaping markets and institutions.
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The infrastructure resetting the basis of economic advantage.
Request thisCapital markets and market structure
How capital, rates, and structure shape strategic choices.
Request thisCities, infrastructure, and institutional capacity
Why urban systems decide economic resilience.
Request thisRisk signals, resilience, and watch points
What to watch as risks start to reprice.
Request thisTechnology, capital, and economic power
How technology and capital concentrate advantage.
Request thisBriefings start with the audience and the question
Every session starts with the audience, the event objective, the level of prior knowledge, and the decision or debate the program needs to advance.
Keynote or moderated session
A tailored talk, briefing call with organizers, audience-specific framing, and prepared discussion prompts for Q&A or moderation.
Shared frame for a senior audience
Leadership meetings, investor convenings, university programs, board retreats, and conferences where the audience needs a clear operating frame.
Fee quoted by format
Fees depend on public versus private use, preparation depth, travel, audience size, and whether a written briefing is included.
From chaos to clarity
Each engagement begins with the audience and the question at hand, then turns complex systems into a clear way to read what is changing.
Define the question
Clarify the audience, the context, and the decision environment the session has to serve.
Build the case
Translate research into a clear argument with mechanisms, trade-offs, and implications.
Deliver the signal
Give the room a sharper way to interpret change and act under uncertainty.
Built for public audiences and private rooms
Keynote
The audience leaves with a clear frame for what is changing and why it matters.
Request thisModerated conversation
A public exchange that sharpens the question and models reasoning under uncertainty.
Request thisWorkshop
The room maps scenarios, tests assumptions, and develops a shared way to act.
Request thisPrivate briefing
A leadership room leaves with the signal and a clear view of what to watch.
Request thisBrendan Hart
economist, entrepreneur, and executive advisor
FounderBrendan Hart is an economist, entrepreneur, and executive advisor with two decades of experience building organizations and leading transformation across technology, defense, human capital, and government.
Through his writing, teaching, and advisory work, Hart provides economic intelligence for leaders who need to understand how markets, institutions, technology, and capital shape economic power.
He began his career as a team leader in the United States Marine Corps' premier antiterrorism unit, and went on to co-found SVA and BMNT. He holds degrees from Dartmouth College and the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
Build the briefing your team needs
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