One of two recap shows we do each year (the other will be next week's Best Books of 2022), Ron and Ed take a look back at trends (business and otherwise), highlights, and lowlights from the year just past. We review our favorite shows as well as the fan favorites and pay homage (or disparage when appropriate) those who crossed to the other side of the river in 2022.
Use these show notes to follow along with the audio:
Segment one:
What was the most important tech story in 2022 from an historical perspective? Ed Kless: NASA proved it can deflect an asteroid (in October). Ron Baker: SpaceX and Elon Musk providing Starlink to Ukraine.
Also see, the James Webb telescope, the stories around fusion. If you want a summary, see Ron’s recommendation from The Economist: “What 2022 meant for the world” https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/12/20/what-2022-meant-for-the-world
The Economist always name a country of the year. Can you guess which one it is for 2022? https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/12/20/our-country-of-the-year-for-2022-can-only-be-ukraine
There are two competing words of the year for 2022. We have “goblin mode” from The Economist and “gaslighting” from Merriam-Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-of-the-year
What are some other interesting words from 2022 that Merriam-Webster is tracking? Oligarch, Omicron, Codify, and…..Loamy??? See more here: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-of-the-year
What about words that were used LESS in 2022? Vaccine, Anime, and Crypto are a few. More here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/z87p70/oc_words_that_are_used_less_often_in_2022/
Segment two:
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Who are some interesting people that we lost in 2022? Do you remember Hogan’s Heroes? We lost Robert Clary in 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clary
Among other things, Joseph Kittinger plunged in a free fall for 16 miles (from 102,000 feet) and we also lost him in 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger
Peter Bogdanovich was an American director that we lost in 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bogdanovich
We also lost P.J. O’Rourke in 2022 and did an entire show on him. Episode 379 is here: https://www.thesoulofenterprise.com/tsoe/pj-orourke-memorable-mentors
For other interesting losses in 2022, here is a list from CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/notable-deaths-in-2022/
Segment three:
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What was our number one show released in 2022 according to Chartable? Father Robert Sirico on the economics of the Parables, episode 395 https://www.thesoulofenterprise.com/tsoe/sirico-economics-parables
What was our number one show released in 2022 according to Squarespace (our hosting provider)? Our interview with Brian Terrell, episode 393 https://www.thesoulofenterprise.com/tsoe/brian-terrell-bterrell-group
What was our number one show of ALL TIME regardless of release date? Pricing on Purpose: Price sensitivity factors, episode 61 https://www.thesoulofenterprise.com/tsoe/september-18-2015-show-notes-pricing-on-purpose-price-sensitivity-factors
What are the top 15 STRIKING findings of 2022? https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/12/13/striking-findings-from-2022/
Segment four:
What else happened in 2022? Trump’s tax returns were released. Ryan Ellis of the National Review went through them so that you don’t have to. More here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/12/trumps-tax-returns-are-a-dud/
What other SIGNIFICANT event happened in 2022? Ron published a book!!! And he would like to say thank you to everyone that has purchased a copy. https://www.amazon.com/Times-Up-Subscription-Business-Professional/dp/1119893526/
That’s a wrap! What’s coming up next week? Our best books of 2022. See you in 167 hours.
Here is a quick list of The Soul of Enterprise “best of” for 2022 based on various data points:
Listened to episodes
Released in 2022 - SquareSpace
Released in 2022 - Chartable
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