Politics The Danger of Hot Rhetoric and Conspiracy Theories With President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo continuing to place blame on China for the novel coronavirus, the Phase One trade deal could be put in jeopardy. Secretary Pompeo’s recent television appearances where he has continued to insist the U.S. intelligence community has evidence that the novel coronavirus pandemic began as result of a well-known Wuhan infectious disease laboratory’s problematic risk management controls has been met with pushback from allies and infectious disease experts. For its part, China’s leadership and general public view this as another instance of cultural disrespect and a belittling of Asian people. President Xi Jinping...
Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.