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Keynotes and briefings on economic power

Research-based talks on the forces reshaping markets, technology, and economic power, tailored to your audience.

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Formats4 formats
  • KeynoteThe audience leaves with a clear frame for what is changing and why it matters.
  • Moderated conversationA public exchange that sharpens the question and models reasoning under uncertainty.
  • WorkshopThe room maps scenarios, tests assumptions, and develops a shared way to act.
  • Private briefingA leadership room leaves with the signal and a clear view of what to watch.
Who this is for

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 researchers examining economic and technological change.

Investors and strategy teams

Rooms pricing risk, technology exposure, and strategic opportunity.

The session

Power Curve research, tailored to your audience

The session is designed around what the audience needs to understand, what they already know, and what decisions the discussion should improve.

A useful briefing explains the evidence and its implications for the audience.
Brendan Hart seated for a moderated conversation at Milken Institute.In ConversationModerated conversation
Best fit for

Choose the format that fits your event

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 discussion of the evidence, implications, and developments leaders should monitor.

Workshop

A working room that maps scenarios, tests assumptions, and develops a shared way to act.

What the talks cover

Power Curve research, adapted for your audience

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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AI, compute, and energy systems

The infrastructure resetting the basis of economic advantage.

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Capital markets and market structure

How capital, rates, and structure shape strategic choices.

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Cities, infrastructure, and institutions

How infrastructure and institutions shape urban resilience and growth.

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Risk signals, resilience, and watch points

What to watch as risks start to reprice across markets.

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Technology, capital, and economic power

How technology and capital concentrate economic advantage.

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Scope and terms

Briefings 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.

Typical scope

Keynote or moderated session

A tailored talk, briefing call with organizers, audience-specific framing, and prepared discussion prompts for Q&A or moderation.

Best use case

Shared frame for a senior audience

Leadership meetings, investor convenings, university programs, board retreats, and conferences where the audience needs a clear operating frame.

Pricing

Fee quoted by format

Fees depend on public versus private use, preparation depth, travel, audience size, and whether a written briefing is included.

How a session is built

From research to decision

Each engagement begins with the audience and the question at hand, then turns complex systems into a clear way to read what is changing.

01 / Question

Define the question

Clarify the audience, the context, and the decision environment the session has to serve.

02 / Frame

Build the case

Translate research into a clear argument with mechanisms, trade-offs, and implications.

03 / Signal

Deliver the signal

Give the room a sharper way to interpret change and act under uncertainty.

Formats

Formats for conferences and leadership teams

Format

Keynote

The audience leaves with a clear frame for what is changing and why it matters.

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Format

Moderated conversation

A public exchange that sharpens the question and models reasoning under uncertainty.

Request this →
Format

Workshop

The room maps scenarios, tests assumptions, and develops a shared way to act.

Request this →
Format

Private briefing

A leadership room leaves with the signal and a clear view of what to watch.

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Founder

Brendan Hart

economist, entrepreneur, and executive advisor
Brendan Hart speaking with a handheld microphone.Founder

Brendan 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. His work connects economic analysis with the decisions leaders face when allocating capital, building institutional capacity, and setting strategy under uncertainty.

Through his writing, teaching, and advisory work, Hart examines how markets, institutions, technology, and capital shape economic power. He translates structural change into economic intelligence: where power is accumulating, what drives its concentration, and how it affects investment, policy, and competition. His perspective combines an economist’s focus on incentives, constraints, and institutions with an entrepreneur’s understanding of what it takes to build and execute.

Hart began his career as a team leader in the United States Marine Corps’ premier antiterrorism unit before co-founding BMNT and SVA. His experience across government and business informs his approach to turning strategic ambition into organizational capability.

He holds degrees from Dartmouth College and the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

Inquiry

Plan your speaking engagement

Send the audience, the format, the date, the location, and the question the session should clarify.

Tell us what you need so we can assess the fit and next steps.

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