#incentives

By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS NewsBaybay City, Leyte, Philippines — May 13, 2026 The Comfort of Bad Actors When institutional abuse becomes visible, the public instinctively looks for villains. Someone must have intended this. Someone must be corrupt, cruel, or malicious. This framing is emotionally satisfying because it suggests a simple fix: remove the bad people and the…

Fear mongering gets eyes glued to their channels for the next "big update" on PERCEIVED crisis'.

Office politics is often described as a negative deviation from how workplaces are supposed to function. Organizations present themselves as systems built on merit, collaboration, and transparency. In practice, decisions are influenced by perception, relationships, and power dynamics that are rarely explicit. These forces shape outcomes as much as performance does. Niccolò Machiavelli wrote about…

People claim to admire innovation. They praise visionaries, celebrate entrepreneurs, and speak warmly about progress. Organizations announce transformation plans. Governments promise reform. Markets reward the language of disruption. On the surface, modern society appears deeply committed to change. Yet whenever meaningful change actually arrives, resistance follows with remarkable speed. New…