September 23, 2019· 44 min
What Businesses Can Learn From the Collapse of Civilizations
Orality
Model
81%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)
Speaker Breakdown
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,519 words)
M:93%
HostTracy Alloway(926 words)
M:29%
GuestArthur Demarest(4,573 words)
M:28%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic36%
definitely, very, basically
Engagement71%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, well, right
Repetition100%
know (90x), they (89x), like (75x)
Parallelism100%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., And, it was one of the earlies..., But nonetheless, it was, it wa...
Sound Patterns39%
29 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases8%
you know what, i mean, so to speak
Literate Indicators
Hedging10%
could, maybe, probably
Passive Voice6%
been called, are between, are between
Abstract Nouns20%
investment, information, volatility
Subordination8%
nonetheless, though, because
Sentence Length39%
Avg: 14.7 words/sentence
Word Complexity47%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style29%
529 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style72%
monthly, carefully, definitely
Description
History is littered with collapsed civilizations ranging from the Maya to Angkor Wat. But what can they tell us about the world today, or doing business in it?. But what can they tell us about the world today, or doing business in it? On this episode, we speak with previous Odd Lots guest, archaeologist Arthur Demarest, often described as the "real Indiana Jones" and who is also Ingram Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University. Demarest has recently been applying business management concepts to his studies of the Mayan economy and the civilization's subsequent collapse. He talks to us about what businesses can learn from these moments in time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.