Fatou joined Breakwater Strategy this summer via the strategy and communications firm Wachsman, where she worked as an associate advising blockchain technology, fintech, and venture capital clients. Fatou is also an Adjunct Professor at Howard University Cathy Hughes School of Communications Annenberg Honors Program, instructing students on communication research topics such as social identity, media, […]
“It’s tough to make predictions. Especially about the future.” It was true when the great Yogi Berra said it*. It’s true today. Even with all of our advanced data collection and analytics technologies, human beings still struggle to predict everything from the direction of the economy, to election outcomes, to whether the New York Giants will return […]
Breakwater Strategy is proud to present the second edition of our “Framing the Quarter” earnings guide, crafted to support C-Suite executives and Investor Relations Officers as they navigate the Q2 2023 earnings season. “Framing the Quarter” covers 10 areas of interest to today’s investors, providing a foundation for effective communications before, during, and after Q2 earnings calls. By preparing for […]
Among the many tools found in today’s communications toolkit, speeches seem –– at least to us –– to be oddly underutilized. Speeches wield a unique power. A well-written, well-timed, and well-delivered speech can resonate with its listeners for a lifetime. They can serve as a rhetorical time capsule, capturing the ethos of a generation. A tweet […]
In the current economic environment, public capital markets have become increasingly demanding when it comes to explanations of significant R&D expenditures aimed at higher-risk, longer-term payoffs. Compared to just two years ago –– when moonshot investments like the metaverse were welcomed by the capital markets –– that appetite for risk has changed. The heightened scrutiny among today’s investors […]
Over the past weeks, there has been a growing sense that the U.S. economy may be heading toward a broad, systemic crisis. To-date, these fears are inchoate, a mix of concerns triggered by, among many other things, the high-profile collapse of a number of regional banks, looming worries about the state of the commercial real estate […]
A recent YouGov poll revealed that a significant portion of Americans harbor concerns about Artificial Intelligence (AI), with many supporting a temporary pause on its development. The apprehensions range from potential job loss to the end of the human race on Earth. At the same time, many investors are excited about the technology’s vast promise, such as increased efficiency, productivity, and innovation –– and as a result, are pouring […]
It has often been the case that big events that take place in Western democracies tend to echo. For example, a shift to the left or right in an election in the UK or Germany often hints at a similar dynamic coming to the US or vice versa. That insight should be front of mind […]
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 […]
