CEO Advisory

The heart of a company is its CEO – so much so that the company’s reputation depends on the CEO’s reputation. Wise CEOs know that they become the brand of their company. A CEO’s personal brand is crucial to the organization’s ability to hire top talent and develop strategic partnering...

What words pop in your head when you hear the term vulnerable? If you are like most of us, words that engender some form of weakness typically come to mind. Even a quick synonym search will turn up words or phrases that conjure up similar images. Terms like powerless, helpless,...

Peernovation, a combination of peers (people like me) and innovation (creativity realized), results from what people can create and implement in an organization that is bigger than any one person.  Several factors make Peernovation possible.  Yet, other than psychological safety, and assuming you have all the right people on your...

I have two friends, Alison and Sarah, who are both marathon runners. In 2018 they trained hard to run the New York City Marathon. Alison is a corporate executive and fitness fanatic, spending most weekends cycling or running. Alison had already already clocked up five bike rides across Thailand totalling...

Tough conversations, while uncomfortable, are part and parcel with managing a team. Up until recently, leaders have had the benefit of being able to sit down face-to-face to address issues and discuss behaviour change in a personal and familiar setting. But as we continue down the rabbit warren of working...

“The whole globe is shook up, so what are you going to do when things are falling apart? You're either going to become more fundamentalist and try to hold things together, or you're going to forsake the old ambitions and goals and live life as an experiment, making it up...

There is stiff competition in the e-commerce industry as millions of new and existing businesses strive to establish an online presence. There will be over 2 billion online buyers by the end of 2020. Meaning the only way your business can be part of this vast digital market is by...

Once considered technology of the future, extended reality (“XR”) solutions and tools have moved out of the labs and into a hot, profitable market. XR is the umbrella term for immersive technologies such as augmented reality (“AR”), virtual reality (“VR”), and mixed reality (“MR”). A recent survey conducted by Perkins...

Tried and true strategies to maintain engagement with a remote staff. As a business owner, I never thought I’d see a time where my entire company would be working remotely for five months straight without a definitive end date in sight. But, as for many companies in 2020, that has...

Singapore and Switzerland were the first countries that released digital apps against the Covid-19 pandemic. Also Ireland and Germany managed to launch apps that are successfully used by a large proportion of the population. The United States have also followed the steps of the above countries, making their own effort...