CEO Advisory

The department of civil and environmental engineering (CEE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been ranked as the best institute in the United States for students who want to major in civil engineering, according to an analysis by College Factual. Civil engineers with a degree from MIT are...

Once again, China was the largest producer of gold in the world, mining 453.5 metric tons in 2016, according to the latest GFMS Gold Survey by Thomson Reuters. Gold mine production in China was also higher with 453.5 metric tons of gold produced in 2016 compared to 450.1 metric tons...

The Super Bowl reached viewers around the world, but Olympic advertisers will be communicating with a much broader audience from diverse cultures who will bring with them a different set of interests and emotions. To persuade such a multicultural audience, advertising will need to seek commonalities of the mind and...

Every human being longs to belong. We all want to feel loved, accepted, and validated. We want to feel that our lives matter and that we’re part of something bigger than ourselves. We want to make a positive difference. Today, we are more connected digitally than ever before, yet we...

MBWA — managing by walking around — is a practice promulgated by many bosses and pundits as the way to be a more effective leader.  The MBWA-er informally walks through the workplace (more like wandering), and makes themselves visible to employees. To this end, MBWA is often cited as a way...

It's easy to get lost in a dark cave, so many branches and dead ends and so little light to guide your way. Wouldn't a cave GPS be handy? Hold onto that image. Because today's leadership lesson uses the acronym CAVE GPS. And it serves the same purpose, guiding you...

From the Beverly Hills Hotel in LA to Ritz London to Hotel de Paris in Monaco, there are hotels, and then there are luxury hotels loved by the super-rich. That's the biggest takeaway came from the New World Wealth's latest report. Which identified the most popular luxury hotels around the...

Five Israeli institutions were ranked in the top 100 of the 350 best universities in Asia by the London-based Times Higher Education magazine. Tel Aviv University was ranked 25th in Asia, making it the highest-rated Israeli institution on the list. Meanwhile, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem was ranked 27th in...

Nearly 30 million small businesses exist in America, and most are trying to tread water in a world fraught with IT challenges, security concerns, and rapidly evolving technologies. Seemingly small tech problems can snowball quickly, costing companies exorbitant time and money to fix if they’re mishandled. At the same time,...

This year, 6 February marks 100 years since British women (well, the wealthy ones over 30) were given the right to vote and British parliament finally opened its doors to female politicians. Now the United Kingdom has more female MPs than ever before, but when compared to the rest of...