Christopher Myers

CEO of B:Side Capital & Fund, ASU professor, ex-fintech founder, writer. I created The B:Side Way from my diverse roles & passion for team growth. Featured in NYT, WSJ, Forbes, MSNBC, FOX, TEDx, Inc.

Culture

May 20, 2026

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6 min read

Leaving Power on the Table

Voluntary limitation built the American experiment. Its absence is showing up everywhere leadership matters, and the bill is coming due

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Adaptability

May 19, 2026

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7 min read

The Proximity Paradox

When you serve a chaotic master, influence and complicity grow on the same vine. The hardest discipline is seeing the moment they trade places.

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Geopolitics

May 16, 2026

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8 min read

The Trap That Builds Itself

When two great powers tell themselves the conflict is inevitable, they tend to produce it. The leaders who break the pattern do it deliberately.

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Economics

May 15, 2026

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7 min read

The Market That Can’t Be Talked Down

The bond market is the only price in the economy no one can talk down. It is reasserting itself, and everyone downstream is about to feel it.

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The Fourth Turning Leader

May 13, 2026

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6 min read

The Lincoln Test

The most punished act in American public life is changing your mind. The leaders who matter next will do it anyway.

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Economics

Apr 22, 2026

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6 min read

Nothing in Reserve

Global oil storage has lost 255 million barrels in eight weeks. The system was built to win on price, and it is now learning what that trade-off actually costs.

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Culture

Paleolithic Emotions, Medieval Institutions, and Godlike Technology

Apr 15, 2026

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6 min read

Paleolithic Emotions, Medieval Institutions, and Godlike Technology

E.O. Wilson gave us the diagnosis. Most organizations are still ignoring it.

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Decision-Making

Apr 12, 2026

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8 min read

Show Me the Incentive

The talks in Islamabad failed for the same reason most negotiations fail. The signals were there the whole time.

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Economics

Apr 10, 2026

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6 min read

Nothing Left To Absorb

What happens when every safety net thins out at the same time.

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The Fourth Turning

Apr 9, 2026

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7 min read

The Diagnosis Was Never Enough

On what comes after naming the storm

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Organizational Design

Apr 3, 2026

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9 min read

The Invisible Architecture

Every system you interact with was designed to solve a problem that no longer exists

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Economics

Mar 29, 2026

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7 min read

The Forty-Mile Hostage Crisis

Twenty million barrels a day. Forty miles of open water. Fifty years of pretending this couldn't happen.

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Career Development

Feb 26, 2026

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5 min read

It’s Happening Faster Than You Think

AI layoffs aren’t a future problem anymore. They’re today’s headline — and tomorrow’s new normal.

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Adaptability

Feb 14, 2026

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9 min read

The Ladder Is Evaporating

The career path that built the American middle class is about to disappear — not from the top, but from the bottom.

Christopher Myers

Crisis Planning

When Nobody Steps Up: The Leadership Vacuum That Turned a Crisis Into a Catastrophe

Feb 10, 2026

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7 min read

When Nobody Steps Up: The Leadership Vacuum That Turned a Crisis Into a Catastrophe

The greatest danger in any crisis isn’t the crisis itself — it’s the silence where leadership should be.

Christopher Myers

Vision

The Mountain and the Ticker Tape: Why the Best Leaders Learn to See What Others Can’t

Feb 9, 2026

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8 min read

The Mountain and the Ticker Tape: Why the Best Leaders Learn to See What Others Can’t

Great leadership isn’t about reacting faster — it’s about seeing further.

Christopher Myers

Patience

Feb 4, 2026

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5 min read

Humility and Patience Are the Operating System

Why restraint, not brilliance, determines who survives pressure

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Economics

When the Dollar Weakens, Everything Else Starts to Feel Unstable

Jan 28, 2026

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8 min read

When the Dollar Weakens, Everything Else Starts to Feel Unstable

Why record markets and everyday strain can exist at the same time

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Self-Reflection

Jan 26, 2026

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8 min read

Overthinking in an Age of Noise

Why Clarity Is Harder Now, and Why It Matters More Than Ever

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Self-Reflection

Jan 22, 2026

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6 min read

Leadership Begins With Self-Command

Why the Hardest Part of Leading a Company Is Governing Yourself First

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Adaptability

Jan 13, 2026

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7 min read

Wisdom Under Pressure

What Alfred P. Sloan and the Interwar Years Teach Us About Building Institutions That Endure

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Patterns

Dec 4, 2025

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8 min read

The Age of Asymmetry

Strategy in a world where the field is no longer level

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Economics

Nov 3, 2025

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5 min read

The Overnight Money Warning

What the repo market is telling us about bank liquidity and why it matters

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Endurance

Oct 25, 2025

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5 min read

The Long Game

Why success in today depends less on speed and more on stamina.

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Economics

Oct 24, 2025

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7 min read

The Private Credit Bubble

Why It Matters for B:Side, SBA Lending, and Regional Banks

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