2030: A Data Odyssey. It’s a random morning, in 2030. The head designer’s avatar, powered by the latest large language model, has been sifting through all global and local fashion collections, across any brand, plus all of the ideas, sketches, social media posts, private conversations, videos and emails; all of...

I recently attended the teaser soirée of Geneva Watch Days done in Zurich for 24 hours, as a prep gig for the true ‘fair’ of the Swiss Watches’ Independents, which will take place at the end of August in Geneva. In an era of bloated tech & corporate presentation, where...

One of the exponential technologies that is not yet getting its fair share of love from the general public and media is Quantum computing. In the past few years, I had the privilege of spending time discussing it with people from CERN and the Fermi Lab, but my conversation with...

The future is not what it used to be. Old models are broken, so it seems. Or, at least, we need something different than the traditional business scheme, which has made the ‘Mad Men’ of advertising so powerful, until the advent of the internet. Brand owners thought they were in...

Can you do business well and make some good for your company’s bottom line, your employees, and the community you are in? Can you chase profits and thrive while benefiting the planet from your offer in terms of products and services? Can a CEO be sustainable at all?   These...

My father was useless. A serial cheater, he dilapidated money like there was no tomorrow, hired proxies who catered to his self-inflated ego and derailed a marriage because he prioritized the ‘I’ and his vices over everyone else’s interests, including his wife’s. The hard truth lens would expose him as...

In their latest book, Redefining Retail: 10 Guiding Principles for a Post-Digital World, uber-famous Prof. Philip Kotler, the father of modern marketing, and Dr. Giuseppe Stigliano, Global CEO at Spring Studios, give us their view on the future of retail business, and, as a matter of fact, of marketing per...

I recently sat down with two ‘maestros’ of business, namely Marco Di Dio Roccazzella, General Manager at the known consultancy firm Jakala, and Norman Pagani, an HR expert coming from the world of big FMCG. Everyone says that the AI revolution is only at its beginning, and it will quickly...

Welcome to the mid-1950s. Songs like ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’ and ‘Mannish Boy’ are the birth certificate of rock & roll, according to all experts. It's a mix, never heard before, of the first electronic sounds with suburban slang. It is the genius of Leonard Cohen and Chess Record that bring...

I recently interviewed Riccardo Valentini, Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of Tuscia (Italy), and 2007 Peace Nobel prize recipient (with the IPCC), about the climate crisis. 2024 is shaping up to be one of the warmest years on record. Earth Day is approaching fast (April). Here is what he...