CEO Advisory

Regardless of the industry, you work in, networking becomes the soul of professionalism. You simply cannot do without developing and strengthening contacts with everyone and anyone in the industry. Why, you ask? It is because you may never know who and what will make things easier for you in your...

The entire Western World and roughly half of the United States breathed a sigh of relief when Joe Biden was inaugurated as US President earlier this year. After four years of narcissistic leadership when facts were fungible and truth an irrelevance, it was a moment of hope. Hope that leadership...

Psychological safety was coined in 1965 by Edgar Schein and Warren Bennis and has since been advanced rather famously by Amy Edmondson at Harvard Business School. That said, it didn’t become part of the business leaders’ lexicon until Google identified it as critical to high-performing teams as part of its...

In early January, the highly anticipated healthcare industry disruptor, Haven - a supergroup composed of Amazon, JPMorgan, and Berkshire Hathaway, and formerly spearheaded by public health darling, Dr. Atul Gawande - officially called it quits after three years. While tackling the healthcare system is a daunting feat in and of...

Think about it. Have you ever found yourself saying things like: “I don't want to grow too fast because I don't want to lose control.” “I could grow my business faster, but I'm not willing to sacrifice my health or my relationships in order to make it happen.” “It's just...

The conflict between short-term priorities and important long-term goals was the struggle Stephan Bancel, CEO of Moderna Therapeutics, faced bringing the COVID-19 vaccine to the public. Long before leaders in the US and other western countries understood the magnitude of the COVID-19 threat scientists at Moderna, based in Cambridge Massachusetts,...

In the post-COVID era, retail companies will continue to rely more on online shoppers to grow their business. As a result, it has become essential for new and emerging digital brands to differentiate themselves in an already crowded marketplace. While online retail has been a rapidly growing segment for a...

In a recent feature for Harvard Business review I shared some science-backed tips to increase creative thinking.  Creativity has been the most sought after soft skill 3 years running by LinkedIn as it unlocks fresh strategy, business differentiation and innovation. A challenge for all of us, c-suite leaders included, is...

People talk about the importance of investing and how vital it is to run your own business and not be dependent on a company that will hire you. What happens when your budget is not so big? Here are some ideas on how to start with a small initial capital...

Cost of capital versus return on capital. There is much ado about WACC in economic literature. Although there are many different WACCs proclaimed by famous writers (according to incomplete definition, incorporating equity for instance, whereas equity is an accidental market value), they are not good starting-points. WACC changes in time,...