I'm curious what the point of this piece is. If the goal is to sell the author's book, it has not done a great job of selling it to me. There's a lot of information missing here, and it is not clear to me that the author has a fundamental understanding of how to conduct qualitative research.
The introduction does not clearly state the problem, leaving us to understand that the topic is the "recession and crisis" from the title. But the United States is not experiencing a recession, and "crisis" is never defined.
Then we learn that 50 interviews of many different types of C-levels took place over seven months, but we aren't told which seven months, and we don't have any information from the interviews other than interview fragments. We don't even have broad topics, let alone an interview script, so the script could have been asking questions about the weather for all we know.
In-between information shared alongside pull quotes is a lot of editorializing, with lines like "There is no denying that the technology industry, for at least a decade, was seen as a symbol of stability and continuous development." I do not see Information Technology as synonymous with "the technology industry" more broadly.
What do you mean by USA not experiencing a recession or stagnation? What about recent collapse of the stock market, which was experience due to predictions coming from the U.S. - inflation and recession exactly?
As for the book - it's hard for me to say, but I'm not convinced that the author is trying to sell us anything. Especially since, as you can see, the website doesn't have it yet. But if you switch to the Polish version (because the author is from that country, I think) you can see that the book is published for free and you can optionally donate money to some organization (I think taking care Bleeding Disorders).
I didn't use the word "stagnation," and "recession" has a core definition that is pretty broadly accepted[1]. I have no opinion on whether or not the recent dip merits a recession, but it is not enough to define one on its own.
The other word used was "crisis," and my criticism is that the word is broad and never defined.
My usage of the word "sell" is more similar to "persuade" and is a valid definition[2].
The introduction does not clearly state the problem, leaving us to understand that the topic is the "recession and crisis" from the title. But the United States is not experiencing a recession, and "crisis" is never defined.
Then we learn that 50 interviews of many different types of C-levels took place over seven months, but we aren't told which seven months, and we don't have any information from the interviews other than interview fragments. We don't even have broad topics, let alone an interview script, so the script could have been asking questions about the weather for all we know.
In-between information shared alongside pull quotes is a lot of editorializing, with lines like "There is no denying that the technology industry, for at least a decade, was seen as a symbol of stability and continuous development." I do not see Information Technology as synonymous with "the technology industry" more broadly.