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Please listen to the @Rweizooba’s latest!
Four critical minerals deals involving the US, EU, Canada, Brazil, Lithuania & Dominican Republic.
But the latest This Week in Business Risk argues they’re not really about rocks.
They’re about trust, strategic alignment and who gets inside the fence.
🎧 Listen to the latest episode:
What these critical minerals deals are really about (US, EU, Canada, Brazil, Lithuania & the DR)
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Mission Grey retweeted
If these recent critical minerals deals are not really about critical minerals, then what are they really about?! 🤔
Check out my latest episode of "This Week in Business Risk" powered by @MissionGrey 🤖
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How healthy and competitive is a nation really?
We often judge countries through GDP, productivity, employment and debt. But these indicators can look healthy while a nation quietly loses skilled people, healthy working years and institutional knowledge.
Our new @MissionGrey Guild Newsletter, Health of Nations, examines competitiveness from this different perspective. It explores workforce health, ageing, skills, AI’s impact on how future experts are developed, and four alternative futures for national human capacity.
This is not only a public-policy issue. For businesses, the availability, capability, health and adaptability of people can determine whether investments and operations succeed.
“GDP is not capacity. Employment is not readiness. Longevity is not vitality.”
Read more: missiongrey.com/insights/
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Latest @MissionGrey Monthly Weak-Signal Snapshot looks at what is changing around the workforce: AI adoption, skills and hiring, immigration and talent mobility, regulation, wellbeing and the resilience of critical capabilities.
The interesting part is not any one trend, but how they are starting to interact. One of the clearest signals this month is that adaptation is moving faster than validation.
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Mission Grey retweeted
Rwizi’s podcast episodes are always insightful!
There is no direct line to what happens next. But there are signals.
Seven episodes into This Week in Business Risk, one thing has become increasingly clear: the risks shaping business rarely stay neatly inside the categories we assign to them.
China policy becomes an automotive question. Elections become an infrastructure question. Critical minerals become a trade and industrial-policy question. AI becomes an energy question. Regulation becomes geopolitics. Maritime chokepoints become balance-sheet issues.
Across our first seven episodes, host Rwizi Rweizooba Ainomugisha and his guests have explored these connections from very different angles:
I Lauri Tähtinen — external intelligence, human–machine analysis and strategic chokepoints (@lauritahtinen)
II Mercy Kuo — China risk, Taiwan, AI and corporate wargaming (@mercyakuo)
III Rwizi Rweizooba Ainomugisha — critical minerals, India, Africa and emerging geopolitical signals
IV Pekka Virkki — elections, data centres, maritime chokepoints and post-Finlandization (@Virkki5)
V Rwizi Rweizooba Ainomugisha — the US–Canada trade dispute and its consequences for automotive, steel, electricity, logistics and critical minerals
VI Sethu Nguna — simulations, training and wargaming US–China strategic competition
VII Amandine Schneickert, DSc, CIPT — China's changing global role, European regulation and autonomous vehicles
Different subjects, different perspectives, but a common question:
What does this mean for the decisions businesses have to make next?
If you haven't listened yet, this is a good time to start—or to catch up on all seven!
This Week in Business Risk — A Mission Grey Guild Podcast
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Mission Grey retweeted
Risk models can look precise while their assumptions are uncertain. Making that visible takes serious mathematics.
Our @MissionGrey CRO Jani Kinnunen coauthored research on this, now selected as Editor’s Choice in MDPI’s Symmetry. Expertise that matters.
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I'll speak at this event in two weeks in London. Let's try to catch up if you are around.
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The new podcast of @MissionGrey is now available. You can subscribe it on Spotify, Apple or YouTube (and some other channels). It is the podcast to follow discussions how external factors impact on your business.
In the pilot episode of This Week in Business Risk, Rwizi Rweizooba Ainomugisha hosts Lauri Tähtinen, the CEO of Mission Grey, to discuss what exactly external intelligence means, the future of human-machine teaming in navigating global corporate risk, and his childhood experience of eating a goat feast in Nairobi.
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In the pilot episode of This Week in Business Risk, Rwizi Ainomugisha hosts @lauritahtinen, the CEO of @MissionGrey, to discuss what exactly external intelligence means, and the future of human-machine teaming in navigating global corporate risk.
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A quick analysis by @MissionGrey of the situation in Venezuela. These events can also have impacts on businesses, especially in the energy and LATAM markets, and may also create second- or third-order impacts globally.
#Geopolitics #RiskManagement #ScenarioAnalysis #StressTesting #Venezuela #EnergyMarket #LATAM #OilPrice
Mission Grey retweeted
🌍 2026 is already turbulent: geopolitics, supply chains, finance, security—everything is connected.
“Leaders cannot wait for clarity. They must prepare for uncertainty.”
Those who adapt early will emerge stronger.
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The strongest advantage in business is to see before others see and to act faster.
At the Deutsch-Finnisches Businessforum 2025 in Lübeck, I’ll talk about how external intelligence (by @MissionGrey ) helps companies turn uncertainty into resilience.
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Welcome, Kelly!
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📷 We are proud to welcome Kelly Couto as a Founding Member of the Mission Grey Guild!
Kelly is a seasoned leader in Business Development and Strategic Partnerships, with an impressive track record across the media industry and international markets. A Brazilian based in the USA, she specializes in guiding companies through expansion into North and South America, leveraging her multilingual expertise in Portuguese, English, and Spanish to build trusted, high-level global connections.
Her ventures—including Money in Focus, Capital Econômico, and Couto Group—all reflect her passion for innovation, global strategy, and economic development. Recognized as a trusted advisor by Great Companies International, Kelly blends market research, economic insight, and business consulting into sustainable growth strategies.
📷 Guildmaster Pekka Virkki (@Virkki5) comments:
"Kelly embodies the spirit of the Mission Grey Guild—bringing global perspective, economic insight, and the courage to build bridges across markets and cultures. We are honored to welcome her into the founding circle."
We look forward to Kelly’s insights and leadership as the Guild grows its mission of external intelligence and strategic dialogue!
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Mission Grey retweeted
High level scenario analysis from @MissionGrey (the External Intelligence Platform) based on the recent events in Poland.
#geopolitics #externalintelligence #Poland #Russia #drones #Ukraine #security
Mission Grey retweeted
Honored to join the @MissionGrey Guild as a founding member — a global network of thinkers and strategists working at the frontier of technology, energy, supply chain, and geopolitical risk.
Grateful to @lauritahtinen, @Virkki5, and the Guild team for their warm welcome.
DR. MARINO AUFFANT JOINS THE MISSION GREY GUILD
We are proud to welcome Dr. Marino Auffant (@mauffant) as a founding member of the Mission Grey Guild—a global network of elite thinkers, strategists, and intelligence professionals working at the frontier of technology, energy, and geopolitics.
Marino Auffant, a Dominican historian and strategist with a PhD from @Harvard University, brings a rare combination of intellectual depth, global experience, and real-world impact. His upcoming book, Petroshock, explores how the 1970s oil crisis reshaped the architecture of global finance, energy systems, and power politics—insights that resonate deeply with the Guild's mission.
As the founder of Auffant Global Advisory, Marino advises clients on energy security, nearshoring, and geopolitical risk management. His background includes fellowships at Harvard’s @BelferCenter, Notre Dame’s International Security Center, and the Kissinger Center at Johns Hopkins SAIS. His strategic insight has supported governments and multilateral institutions across North America, Europe, and Latin America.
“Marino exemplifies what the Mission Grey Guild stands for,” says the Guildmaster Pekka Virkki (@Virkki5).
“His unique blend of historical insight and forward-looking strategy—combined with a deep understanding of energy, finance, and diplomacy—makes him an invaluable asset to our global network.”
“We look for professionals who not only understand today’s complexity but can shape tomorrow’s resilience. Marino Auffant does exactly that,” Virkki added.
By joining the Mission Grey Guild, Marino steps into an AI-native platform where human intelligence and machine intelligence meet to build smarter decisions and strategic clarity in an uncertain world.
Please join us in celebrating this exciting new chapter!
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Welcome, @mauffant!
DR. MARINO AUFFANT JOINS THE MISSION GREY GUILD
We are proud to welcome Dr. Marino Auffant (@mauffant) as a founding member of the Mission Grey Guild—a global network of elite thinkers, strategists, and intelligence professionals working at the frontier of technology, energy, and geopolitics.
Marino Auffant, a Dominican historian and strategist with a PhD from @Harvard University, brings a rare combination of intellectual depth, global experience, and real-world impact. His upcoming book, Petroshock, explores how the 1970s oil crisis reshaped the architecture of global finance, energy systems, and power politics—insights that resonate deeply with the Guild's mission.
As the founder of Auffant Global Advisory, Marino advises clients on energy security, nearshoring, and geopolitical risk management. His background includes fellowships at Harvard’s @BelferCenter, Notre Dame’s International Security Center, and the Kissinger Center at Johns Hopkins SAIS. His strategic insight has supported governments and multilateral institutions across North America, Europe, and Latin America.
“Marino exemplifies what the Mission Grey Guild stands for,” says the Guildmaster Pekka Virkki (@Virkki5).
“His unique blend of historical insight and forward-looking strategy—combined with a deep understanding of energy, finance, and diplomacy—makes him an invaluable asset to our global network.”
“We look for professionals who not only understand today’s complexity but can shape tomorrow’s resilience. Marino Auffant does exactly that,” Virkki added.
By joining the Mission Grey Guild, Marino steps into an AI-native platform where human intelligence and machine intelligence meet to build smarter decisions and strategic clarity in an uncertain world.
Please join us in celebrating this exciting new chapter!
🔗 missiongrey.com/
Mission Grey retweeted
Great to see young talent creating real impact 👏
Aleksi Pikkarainen’s Master’s thesis with @MissionGrey turns millions of news articles into real-time geopolitical risk tracking using AI.
Proud to support this kind of innovation.
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In the current global uncertainty, with several military operations and wars, one would typically expect a strong dollar. But not this time. Why? Should we draw some longer-term conclusions from this? @MissionGrey's, the External Intelligence Company, summary attached
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Just back from Korea, Malaysia & Singapore. Some notes:
🇰🇷 Korea-Taiwan risks now linked.
🇹🇼 Taiwan blockade/cyber risks rising.
🇮🇳🇵🇰 India-Pakistan tension high, nuclear risk real.
🇺🇸 US guarantees no longer trusted.
🇪🇺 Europe can’t ignore this.
👉 Real-time info is now critical.
Read more at @MissionGrey: missiongrey.com/blog/asias-g…
