CEO Advisory

Leadership matters - even in outer space. You have seen amazing images from NASA’s new James Webb Telescope, now orbiting the sun. The US Congress almost canceled the project several times as it drifted under poor leadership, and the budget grew from $1 billion to $10 billion. The Wall Street...

The Republic of Costa Rica is a Central American country known for its stable democratic order and highly educated citizenry. Its progress can be gauged from its consistently better performances on the Human Development Index every year. In terms of other indices such as the Press Freedom Index or World...

A world passport is nothing but a 30-page machine-readable travel document with an alphanumeric code line. What makes the document unique from the rest is that the World Service Authority issues it. Starting in 1954, the World Service Authority is a non-profit organization providing individuals with the right to travel....

You’ve looked at the data, explored different options, and have decided to make a change, now you (and hopefully your leadership team) are excited to move ahead. Telling the rest of the organization comes next, because you’ll need their buy-in to make your change idea a reality.  An announcement is...

Sadhguru is an Indian yoga guru who has been teaching yoga in southern India since 1982. Seeing life and happiness through his eyes and state of mind is worth seeing. So, let's go through some advice from Sadhguru about how to be happy. Recognize that being joyful is a fundamental...

There is a Greek island which is called Ikaria. It is located in the East Aegean, near the island of Samos. Ikaria is known as the island where the residents live longer than in any other region in Greece. In fact, Ikaria has been at the center of many studies...

A sedentary lifestyle and demotivation are a big problem in modern societies. In particular, lack of movement is associated with a number of chronic diseases and musculoskeletal problems. The great technological development of recent decades has resulted in an increase in the rate of sedentary work. In combination with sedentary...

Growing up, most of us have heard of or have been exposed to the buddy system wherein you and a “buddy” work on a task or go somewhere together so that there is someone to talk to, bounce ideas off and lend a hand if necessary. As we grew into...

If you want to write a book but don’t know how to go about getting started, you are not alone. Maybe the thought has crossed your mind during the pandemic that you have great business lessons to tell, or you want to write about your own personal experiences or maybe...

The memories of our travels are of great importance. A photograph or a thought can take us to places we have visited, bringing back to our senses what joy looked like. Often, however, we are imposed on "wrong" ways of utilizing a trip, so that memories do not come to...