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Espionage today is not about spies in trench coats. It is about systems — data, access, leverage, and the quiet mechanics of influence. Max draws on his experience building companies across four continents to explain what modern intelligence operations actually look like from the inside, and what that means for institutions and leaders navigating a world of permanent, invisible competition.

The most consequential battlefields of the 21st century are not physical. They are financial. From SWIFT disconnection to shadow banking networks tied to geopolitical actors, Max explains how money became the primary instrument of state power — and what that means for companies, institutions, and individuals operating in a world where every transaction carries political risk.

The gap between what is happening and what people believe is happening is always a story gap. Max explores how narratives are constructed, maintained, and eventually broken — in corporate scandals, political crises, and the slow collapse of institutional trust. Drawing on his background in both business and fiction, this talk offers a framework for understanding how the story of power gets written, and by whom.