Schelling Point

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Strategy

Foundational Lexiconnatural meeting place
Executive Parlancefocal coordination
Scholarly Discoursesalience-based convergence
Babel ZenithFocal Point
Origin: Thomas Schelling
Pronunciation: /ˈʃelɪŋ/

Etymology & Meaning

A solution that people tend to use in the absence of communication.

In the Boardroom

The default price point that all competitors gravitate toward.

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