Do we keep businesses in check? Yes, and globally, even if there are, obviously, nuances across regions. We perform audits on corporations and governments, banks and universities. We have to. We owe it to ourselves, as a society. A third-party audit, according to verified protocols and checklists, is a natural...

If you want change, for real, you should own it. What change do we want, though? There are four big battles that the world needs to win: technological breakthroughs, sustainability, collaborative marketing (in the broader sense of the term: engagement, dialogue) and a mindset of change.   There is a...

There has been a renaissance of the indies in the past years, both in Switzerland and globally. At Geneva Watch Days 2025, we sat down with Olivier Romang, the Head of Product for two small and rising brands, Depancel and Amida. These belong to a group, called ADM Watch, which...

In Q3 2025, CEOs must navigate mixed economic signals. U.S. GDP grew +2.1% and EU +0.5%, but Germany’s -1.1% contraction alarms investors. Inflation is stable and markets upbeat, though interest rates remain high. A U.S.-EU tariff deal eased tensions, but Switzerland faces a 39% import duty threatening exports. AI dominates...

A mechanical movement is the heart of a watch. An ensemble of springs and metallic components, which measure the most important thing that we have, or actually go through during our lives, time. L’Epée gives objects dear to us, like cars, or threatening to humans, like rifles and bombs, this...

The world of food is in a dismal state. Venture capital doesn’t see food as an opportunity, even more after the flop of meat alternatives’ propositions. Nestlé, the largest food conglomerate in the world, lost more than a third of their market capitalization in the past five years and recently,...

The Senior Vice President of Marketing of Snacking Inc. (fantasy name) is ready to submit the yearly plan for 2026, which in ‘old school’ Chicago marketing jargon is called the ‘annual contract’ with the shareholders and all internal stakeholders. Almost half a million US dollars and 6 months of work...

Welcome to fashion, one of the most polluting, impersonal and ruthless businesses on the planet. And, yet we care so much about our gear, because it can change our attitude and the way we are perceived, privately and at work, in the physical and especially the digital arena. Fashion is...

Between 2016 and 2020, the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland (called USZ, Universitätsspital Zürich) registered a sudden increase in death cases, reaching a level that was deemed as very unusual, if compared to the Swiss and international averages. Nobody noticed, not even the C-Room...

The financial world is changing, also thanks to the advent of exponential technologies, like Blockchain. One interesting slice of the finance world is the insurance and re-insurance industries. We all chase protection, not only for ourselves, but also for our most precious properties. In the old days, in the UK,...