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Now that we are into the third turbulent week of 2016, I predict that there will even more unbelievable things happening this year. My top 7 Predictions are: Oil price will continue to slump until it reaches US$20 a barrel. Many more companies that are related to oil will go bust. There could be short rebounds to US40 a barrel and this will just simply delay the bankruptcy process China will no longer become a threat to the world's economy or politics but instead a world worry. Everyone will see China as a victim, not victor After Nokia went down in history in 2012, Motorola's brand name will disappear by January 2016. Blackberry and one more mobile phone brand may also disappear The need for security will increase to an unprecedented level and a new 'dotcom' kind of boom will create millionaires overnight. More terrorism simply adds to this IS will be disbanded or become ineffective by December 2016. But a new terrorist group may loom Emerging economies w...

In the current war between IS and the rest of the world, I can safely predict the losing side to be IS. This is because I learnt from Sun Tzu's Art of War that to forecast the outcome of a war between two teams, we can ask the following 8 questions: Which leader possesses greater moral influence?  Put it in another way, which leader is one that you want to follow from your conscience?  Which leader is more capable ? Which team holds more favourable conditions in climate and ground?  This may mean asking which team has better ground support and favourable external factors ? On which team are visions and instructions better communicated and implemented? Which team has superiority in its team's mind?  Sun Tzu considered the mind, not fighting tools, as the most powerful weapon On which team are the management and field staff better trained? Which team has more discipline ? Which team has better compensation, rewards and penalty systems? LEADERSHIP WI...