Omar Nashashibi

Focus on System-Based Excellence Companies can move away from hero culture by deliberately shifting from individual dependence to system-based excellence. First, leaders must stop rewarding crisis behavior and instead recognize teams for preventing problems before they occur. By praising long hours and last-minute saves, organizations unintentionally encourage fragile processes.

For those who thought that the tariff decisions in Washington, D.C. would become more stable in 2026, they may want to hang for a long ride. In the first year of President Trump’s second term, the federal government collected $130 billion from 301,000 U.S. companies and individuals importing 34 million goods under the reciprocal tariffs.

During the first six months of the second Trump administration, importers rushed orders of equipment, machinery and metals to avoid higher tariffs. Meanwhile, often those same manufacturers told customers to shift orders to their U.S. businesses to avoid similarly high tariffs. This paradox shows how tariffs have become their own positive feedback loop, ever expanding and growing stronger with each new round.