Thinking Like an Economist

The Vendor Risk Gameboard: Who Moves First?

by Shimon|05 December 202501 February 2026|Embedded GRC, GRC Economics, Models in the Wild, Thinking Like an Economist

Vendor risk is typically framed as a procedural exercise—an administrative ritual tucked behind procurement, a compliance checkpoint inserted between pricing and contract, or a regulatory safeguard meant to guarantee that due diligence has been performed. But anyone who has ever...

Decision Maps and Intervention Patterns

by Shimon|01 December 202501 February 2026|Embedded GRC, GRC Economics, Practice & Playbooks, Thinking Like an Economist

In Part I, we built the language and scoring model for Pressure Integrity: five dimensions, one index, and a set of red/yellow/green signals. In Part II, we translate that model into practice — the shapes your decision windows take under...

Scorecard for Evaluating Decisions Made Pressure

by Shimon|15 November 202501 February 2026|Embedded GRC, GRC Economics, Practice & Playbooks, Thinking Like an Economist

Pressure does not merely accelerate decisions — it reshapes them. When time collapses, judgment narrows, options contract, and the organization defaults to instinct rather than intention. In these moments, teams often mistake movement for progress and speed for clarity. The...

Exploding Offers and the Illusion of Security Buy-In

by Shimon|11 November 202501 February 2026|Embedded GRC, GRC Economics, Models in the Wild, Thinking Like an Economist

Governance thrives on timing. Too slow, and the system suffocates under analysis; too fast, and it loses the very judgment it was built to preserve. Yet most organizations live in chronic acceleration. Each week brings another message marked urgent, another...

Welcome to the Work: What This Site Is, and What It Isn’t

by Shimon|02 October 202501 February 2026|Thinking Like an Economist

This site began with a simple goal: to give shape to the kinds of conversations that often unfold outside formal channels—after the meeting has ended, between functions navigating ambiguity, or once the audit has concluded but the discomfort still lingers....