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The global economy is getting harder to read. Geopolitical risk, trade chokepoints, regulatory divergence, AI diffusion, the China agenda, European competitiveness, transatlantic strains. Business leaders are making bigger decisions with less certainty than ever. These are questions that require cross-disciplinary expertise and experience. For over 20 years, James Loudon has worked with organisations in Europe and Asia on strategic intelligence and executive peer advisory. That is the kind of work that helps executives and policymakers underwrite their own decisions, and their reading of a situation. James has built, sold, launched and grown confidential executive forums and networks since 2007, first with The Economist Group in Beijing, then at IMA Asia, as General Manager of the China operation, then with a collective of innovation experts, and most recently as a consultant with The Conference Board, a global member-led think tank. Based in Vienna since 2020. Executive community and ecosystem building is also a revenue engine. There are three ways to run it: sponsored communities that turn thought leadership into a pipeline, paid membership communities that build recurring revenue, and ecosystem building where partners create something new together. New approaches to old problems start with a conversation. My DMs are open, and you can subscribe to the newsletter at augmentedideas.com. James Loudon loudon.io