CEO Agenda

When running a business, it’s easy to get lost in the numbers and focus solely on the bottom line. But not everything can be measured in spreadsheets or neatly laid out in infographics. There are substantial elements of a successful company that can’t be monitored through traditional metrics, and though...

The University of Toronto (U of T) has once again nabbed first place in an annual rankings of top 50 research universities in Canada, according to the latest rankings released by Research Infosource. The research funding at the U of T jumped by $139.3 million — from $1,008,256 to $1,147,584...

American and British institutions are struggling to keep pace with global universities in preparing workplace-ready graduates, according to The Times Higher Education’s (THE) Global Employability Rankings 2018. The United States, which has traditionally dominated the rankings, now has 34 institutions in the top 150, down from 55 in 2011. Meanwhile,...

If your business is at all involved in the development of new products and applications, you’ve probably heard the term user experience, or UX, designer at some point during the last few years. In fact, you’ve probably been told that your company needs a UX designer if you want to...

You might call yourself the most confident person in the world, but there are still times when you’ll doubt yourself and question your own ability. It doesn’t matter if you’re applying for a new job or running a 5km sprint. You are human after all! So what is it that...

Sweden was ranked first among 88 countries around the world in the 2018 English Proficiency Index compiled by the private education company Education First (EF). Sweden's English proficiency was evaluated as "very high," with a score of 70.72 points, followed by the Netherlands (70.31), Singapore (68.63), Norway (68.38), and Denmark...

School teachers in China have the highest public status among all profession including doctors and social workers, that's according to Varkey Foundation, a global education charity foundation’s study. China tops the ranking - with 81 percent believing that pupils respect their teachers, compared with an international average of 36 percent,...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) came out on top and Princeton University was second in a new study by WalletHub, which released its 2019 ranking of the best colleges and universities in America. The study ranks the top-performing colleges and universities in the U.S. at the lowest possible costs. Call...

As you might have guessed, Stanford University was ranked the best college in California with an overall ranking of No. 3, followed by University of California--Berkeley, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, and University of California--Los Angeles. The U.S. News has ranked 11 California universities among the 100 best on Earth....

Time for a little Stanford pride: Holding the spot for four years in a row, Stanford University was just ranked No. 1 on the most innovative university in the world for 2018 list by Reuters in a report that measured indicators like academic papers and patent filings. Massachusetts Institute of...