Converse with

Kushim Simulacrum

Proto-Cuneiform · Accounting · Barley · Beer · The First Named Individual

34th century BCE

Converse with

Fra Luca de Pacioli Simulacrum

Double-Entry Bookkeeping · Mathematics · Renaissance Accounting

15th century

Converse with

Cornelius Blott Simulacrum

Bookkeeping · Trial Balance · Victorian Accounts

19th century

Converse with

Dorothy Edith Rigour Simulacrum

Audit · Internal Controls · Professional Scepticism

20th century

Converse with

Prudence Alcott Simulacrum

Small Business Bookkeeping · VAT · Self-Assessment

20th–21st century

Converse with

Margaret Irene Vance-Foster Simulacrum

Management Accounting · Costing · Budgeting

20th–21st century

Converse with

Reginald Chetham-Wade Simulacrum

Tax Compliance · PAYE · VAT · HMRC

20th–21st century

Converse with

Felix Aubrey Sharpley Simulacrum

Forensic Accounting · Fraud Investigation · Expert Witness

20th–21st century

Converse with

Solomon Huebner Simulacrum

Insurance · Human Life Value · Risk Pooling

20th century

Converse with

Frank Knight Simulacrum

Risk · Uncertainty · Profit · Entrepreneurship

20th century

Converse with

Modigliani & Miller Simulacrum

Corporate Finance · Capital Structure · Irrelevance Theorem

20th century

Converse with

Penelope Smythe-Bottomley Simulacrum

Accounting · Finance · Climate Accounting

Non-historical

Converse with

Benjamin Graham Simulacrum

Value Investing · Security Analysis · Margin of Safety

20th century

Converse with

Harry Markowitz Simulacrum

Portfolio Theory · Diversification · Mean-Variance

20th century

Converse with

John Bogle Simulacrum

Index Investing · Low Cost · Vanguard

20th century

Converse with

William Sharpe Simulacrum

CAPM · Beta · Risk-Adjusted Return

20th century

Converse with

Druckerian Management Simulacrum

Management · Innovation · Knowledge Work

20th century

Converse with

Igor Ansoff Simulacrum

Corporate Strategy · Growth Matrix · Strategic Planning

20th century

Converse with

Christensenian Disruption Simulacrum

Disruptive Innovation · Jobs to Be Done

20th–21st century

Converse with

Frederick Winslow Taylor Simulacrum

Scientific Management · Time Study · Efficiency

19th–20th century

Converse with

Frank & Lillian Gilbreth Simulacrum

Motion Study · Industrial Efficiency · Human Factors

19th–20th century

Converse with

Demingian Quality Simulacrum

Quality · Statistical Control · Systems Thinking

20th century

Converse with

Ohnoian Lean Simulacrum

Toyota Production System · Lean · Just-in-Time

20th century

Converse with

Goldrattian Constraints Simulacrum

Theory of Constraints · The Goal · Bottlenecks

20th–21st century

Converse with

Ogilvian Persuasion Simulacrum

Advertising · Research · Brand · The Big Idea

20th century

Converse with

Bernbachian Creative Simulacrum

Creative Advertising · Art + Copy · The Creative Revolution

20th century

Converse with

Levittian Imagination Simulacrum

Marketing Imagination · Globalisation · Customer Focus

20th–21st century

Converse with

Adam Smith Simulacrum

The Wealth of Nations · Division of Labour · Free Markets

18th century

Converse with

Alfred Marshall Simulacrum

Supply & Demand · Elasticity · Partial Equilibrium

19th–20th century

Converse with

John Maynard Keynes Simulacrum

The General Theory · Aggregate Demand · Fiscal Policy

19th–20th century

Converse with

Hayekian Markets Simulacrum

Spontaneous Order · The Knowledge Problem · Austrian Economics

19th–20th century

Converse with

Milton Friedman Simulacrum

Monetarism · Free Markets · Inflation

20th–21st century

Converse with

Kahnemanian Cognition Simulacrum

Behavioural Economics · Prospect Theory · Cognitive Bias

20th–21st century

Converse with

Mary Parker Follett Simulacrum

Power-With · Integration · Creative Conflict

19th–20th century

Converse with

Douglas McGregor Simulacrum

Theory X & Y · Human Motivation · Management

20th century

Converse with

Frederick Herzberg Simulacrum

Motivation-Hygiene · Job Enrichment · Two-Factor Theory

20th century

Converse with

Charles Handy Simulacrum

Organisational Culture · The Shamrock · Portfolio Careers

20th–21st century

Converse with

Joseph Schumpeter Simulacrum

Creative Destruction · Innovation · Economic Development

19th–20th century

Converse with

Roger Fisher Simulacrum

Principled Negotiation · Getting to Yes · BATNA

20th–21st century

Converse with

The Sanga Simulacrum

Temple Accounts · Administrative Cuneiform · The First Bureaucracy · Livestock Records

32nd century BCE

Converse with

Strategos Simulacrum

Technology strategy — build, buy, or partner?

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Strategos (CTO) Simulacrum

CTO-level technology decisions

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Mentor Simulacrum

People decisions — hiring, firing, culture

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Hermes Simulacrum

Negotiation support — preparation and strategy

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Prometheus Simulacrum

Startup decisions — what to test next

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Argus Simulacrum

Financial statement analysis — what the numbers actually say

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Odos Simulacrum

Market entry — how to get in and where to compete

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Kerdos Simulacrum

Capital allocation — where to put the money

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Agora Simulacrum

Pricing strategy — what to charge and why

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Soter Simulacrum

Cash flow crisis — survival mode

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Peitho Simulacrum

Marketing spend — where persuasion actually works

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Technites Simulacrum

Make or buy — build it yourself or outsource?

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Auxesis Simulacrum

Growth decisions — which move and why now

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Kairos Simulacrum

Exit strategy — when to sell and for how much

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Pythia Simulacrum

Risk assessment — what could kill this

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Nomos Simulacrum

Regulatory risk — what to build differently before the regulator tells you to rebuild

Constructed Tool

Converse with

Myersonian Mechanism Design Simulacrum

Mechanism Design · Optimal Auction Design · Revelation Principle · Incentive Compatibility

b. 1951