CEO Advisory

Coding has been around for a long time, but the idea of teaching kids how to do it took longer to get into implementation. The education system has not fully captured the typically new subject, yet its essence is beyond human imagination. You have heard much hype about coding. Many...

As CEO, there's nothing more exciting than launching a product — whether it’s a brand new offering or extension to an established line. Yet, no matter how innovative the concept, exhilaration can quickly turn to disappointment if your company’s branding strategy and rollout don’t ladder up to the same level....

The growth in the global middle-class might sound like something steady or downright boring, but it will remain as one of the strongest economic forces in the 2020s. The most important macroeconomic megatrend that I have worked with for years, I call the “Middle class beats high-tech”. The thinking behind...

You’ve had the idea to start your own business for a while now. Well, forget whatever’s been holding you back and just get it done already! I won’t tell you that starting a business from scratch is easy – anything but – however, I’ve done it several times and here...

Soon, it will be Chinese New Year, and as always, many hope for a prosperous year- though it looks more like another year of hard work for China in order to move on, also at the political top-level. On the 25th January, which is just a few days away, is...

If Culture eats Strategy for breakfast, I’d say your Values may eat your Vison for brunch. Values are an integral part of an organisation’s culture. Your Values ideally should be the guiding principles in which everyone in your company behave, serve their customers and achieve your Vision. I have supported...

The startup phase of a business is an invigorating time -- fresh with promise and innovative ideas, along with an energized desire to achieve lofty goals. If all goes well with the launch, a rapid growth spurt occurs and the founder's dreams become reality. At the end of a business...

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place”. — George Bernard Shaw Are you someone that tries to mind read others intentions when they talk to you, or perhaps you read a negative meaning in to emails whether it is there or not? In the failing...

Interest in blockchain is big, with 66% of all companies recently indicating they have at least one eye on the emergent technology. This should come as no surprise considering how much buzz has surrounded blockchain over the past few years. And with all this interest comes a lot of questions....

Negotiators, even professional ones, make surprisingly many wrong decisions that doom negotiations that should have succeeded. Many of these mistakes relate to overestimating how well they can read the feelings and thoughts of other parties in the negotiation, as well as the extent to which the other party can read...