CEO Advisory

While diversity has marginally improved on the runway, the homogony that exists in the boardroom is systemic.  Given this undeniable fact, change has been demanded to address this disparity¹. In a letter dated June 4, 2020, the chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. (CFDA), Tom Ford,...

In 1997, Apple and TBWA/Chiat/Day launched the "Think Different' campaign," which what would become one of the most talked-about campaigns ever. It revolved around a deceptively simple, grammatically clumsy slogan: ‘Think Different.’ Rob Siltanen, the agency’s creative director and managing partner, wrote one of the most famous commercials in history...

While much has been written (or turned into a Saturday Night Live skit) about our new Zoom world, most of the articles have been written about the view of the technology capabilities or the productivity value of remote meetings.  In this article, we highlight a very different phenomenon happening right...

CEO Satya Nadella’s story of his first-ever interview at Microsoft, where he was asked how he would react seeing a baby crying in the middle of the road, and his response found short on empathy, has by now gone into corporate folklore. Rational, intelligent and effective actions have always been...

All the elements for the printing press existed long before Johannes Gutenberg combined them into one machine. The ink, the paper, the block — they had their individual uses. But making them work in concert? That was innovation. We are on the verge of another printing press moment, albeit with...

Many of your subconscious habits and automated behaviours, like your ability to drive a car, are enormously helpful; others, such as eating snack foods in front of the goggle box every night ‘to relax’ or smoking to ‘calm your nerves’, are less so. The more you practise your habits and...

One can purchase an aeroplane for instance, at point in time zero, NOW, at the beginning of year 1. The purchase price is 150 million U.S.-dollar. The exchange rate today, U.S.-dollar related to the stated currency is 1 : 2, so 300 million money units are involved. The life-cycle of such...

As economies around the world work relentlessly towards restructuring the global manufacturing order dominated by China, relocation has become an important consideration for business. The focus of most organisations is now on employees & their wellbeing, understanding business risks and managing the supply chain disruptions caused by the spread of...

As I have been watching the history of how women fought for over half a century to be able to vote, I was struck by the myths men created about what would happen to the world if women gained that right. William T. Sedgwick, a well-known professor at the Massachusetts...

Working from home is the new norm in the age of COVID-19- around the world. While working from home frees up a lot of time that you would otherwise have spent doing the routine-work. This pandemic on the bright side, has given us an opportunity to deal with our challenges,...