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Breakwater Strategy is a strategic insights and communications firm operating at the dynamic intersection of Four Vectors: the State, Society, Capital Markets, and the Organization.

Winning strategies and communications programs embrace changing dynamics with equal measures of objectivity and creativity. With decades of experience, we’ve helped organizations navigate through their most complex and consequential moments.

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The Four Vectors

Today, more than ever, business leaders must understand the Four Vectors of the State, Society, Organization, and the Capital Markets that together shape the modern operating environment.  To create enduring value, companies must navigate through the pushes and pulls of each of these Vectors, developing and executing strategies that balance their often-conflicting demands.  Breakwater Strategy […]

Breakwater Debates: A Six-Month Pause on Giant AI Experiments

Over the course of a few days, two Breakwater Strategy colleagues –– Arik Ben-Zvi and Steven Weber –– engaged in an extended email debate over the merits and downsides of the now-famous Open Letter: Pause Giant AI Experiments put forward by the Future of Life Institute (FLI).  That exchange is being shared in The Intersection (edited for brevity) in the same spirit that inspired it in […]
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