A FINEX colleague, James Bonus, recently wrote about finance lessons from Simon Sinek who wrote a book, "The Infinite Game" in 2019. Sinek applied ideas from James Carse's seminal book to business and leadership topics. According to Sinek, by applying the "infinite game" concept in finance, priorities will change to channel efforts focusing on stimulating innovation and building resilient strategies capable of addressing uncertainties, evolving regulations, market fluctuations and technological advancements that go beyond the short-term outlook that we as finance practitioners usually focus on.
He described the concept of an infinite game as an alternative lens through which we can gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and dynamics of play. Compared to finite games, which have fixed rules and predetermined winners, infinite games are characterized by evolving rules, and their aim is perpetuating the game itself. This perspective sheds light on how we operate within a broader context striving for sustainable success. I would like to relate this to diplomacy and specifically to two recent events that appear incongruous or perplexing at the very least.
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