CEO Advisory

I read a recent article on diversity in Fortune magazine in which Janice Ellig Co-CEO of executive search firm Chadick Ellig in New York City, was quoted: “There is a pipeline out there of very talented women running major divisions at companies or law firms or working in science and...

With a net worth of US$16.5 billion, banking tycoons Robert Budi Hartono and Michael Hartono, who own Bank Central Asia and the Djarum Group, are the richest Indonesians, according to the latest Forbes Indonesia rich list for 2014. Tobacco tycoon Susilo Wonowidjojo climbed to the No 2 spot from No...

Google co-founder and chief executive Larry Page has been named the most powerful person in the media for 2014 in the Guardian’s annual power list, the MediaGuardian 100. More significantly, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been ranked second, Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, ranked 3rd, Director general, BBC Tony Hall,...

Just 23 years old actress, Shailene Woodley has dethroned Jennifer Lawrence atop The Internet Movie Database's annual Top 10 Stars list. Congratulations to Miss Shailene Woodley! Shailene Woodley ranked number one on IMDb’s Top 10 Stars list of 2014, followed by Jennifer Lawrence, Margot Robbie, Emilia Clarke, and Scarlett Johansson....

I am an artist—data is my palette: the art of automated personalization I’ve always thought of what marketers do as an art form—we create, after all, and manifest consumer experiences in the same way an artist, in the traditional sense, is inspired to create. When creating a work of art,...

Two Polish business schools ranked among the top 80 in the 2014 FT rankings of  best European business schools. Kozminski University ranked 41st in the 2014 list of top 80 best European business schools. The school has slipped from 37th place last year and 41st place in 2012. With 22...

Warren Buffett, the American business magnate, said in a recent shareholder letter relating obliquely to corporate bankers ‘advising’ on mergers and acquisitions, “Don’t ask the barber if you need a haircut”. Of course he will say you do. Whilst business managers rely on their employees and advisors for professionalism, expertise...

London Business School (LBS) and Said Business School (University of Oxford) have made it into the top ten spots of the Financial Times's prestigious rankings for Europe's best business schools in 2014. The London school’s, which last held the top position in 2005, pushed the 2013 joint winners HEC Paris...

In the age of global economic uncertainty, three Spanish business schools ranked among the top 10 in the latest Financial Times rankings of European business schools. Madrid´s IE Business School ranked third in the 2014 list of 80 European Business schools, closely followed by Barcelona's ESADE Business School in fourth...

No one is perfect. But recently, a survey by Travel + Leisure magazine has revealed where America's most and least attractive people live. Unfortunately, Detroit claimed top honors for the America's ugliest, while Miami is home to the highest percentage of good looking people. But that’s OK. Cheer up, Detroiters....