CEO Agenda

In a job seeker's market, it's important to have a strong employer branding strategy that will help you attract and engage the right candidates. Looking at your business through the lens of those rejecting a job offer gives you insight into potential missteps and what you’re doing well when it comes to your employer...

The evolutionary progress of wireless communication that started somewhere in the 1970s has reached the doorstep of 5G, purportedly the gateway to the real world of the wireless network. The widening gap between the successive technologies up to the present 5G has been somewhat akin to the observed divergence amongst...

Anyone who wants to become a good researcher would know about the importance of having respectable publications. What makes one’s publication respectable? The most straightforward answer is to get your articles published in reputed journals. This brings us to another question which concerns the attributes of a reputed journal. There...

In the 1991 movie Defending Your Life, the character Daniel Miller is determined to negotiate a salary raise with his boss. The day before, he secures the help of his wife to bounce off his negotiation skills and land the number of his dreams: $65,000. The D-day comes and when...

"I’m getting a little nervous about contracting EOMB” In May 2022, in order to ‘Live Stupendously', I will be walking The Larapinta trail in Central Australia: 107km over 6 days, 10-12 hours of walking each day; in 23-27 degree celsius heat. This goal is part of my Life’s Too Short bucket list which...

Today many women work in the field of technology. However, the majority are men, indicating that there is no equal treatment between men and women in the industry. In fact, according to recent official data, 52% of women in IT believe that gender limits their careers. The situation in the...

After the last 2 years, you’d be forgiven for thinking that flexibility at work is all about working from home. But flexibility doesn’t stop there. If the pandemic has taught us nothing else, it’s the importance of being flexible in all areas of work to enable us to adapt to...

Japanese desserts have their own unique character representing the minimal culture of Japan. Tokyo is a place where you will find traditional but also modern fusion confectionery. You need not find a particular shop for a particular dessert, sweetness lies in every nook and corner of the city. Still, as...

How do we help ourselves and the people in our organisations to become more strategic in the way we work and plan? How do we stay focused on winning the long game?  I’ve worked with many people at all levels of organisations over the past two decades, and I’ve noticed...

For many people, what other people think about them is really important – especially those that they love.   Getting support and approval from the people we care about the most can be hugely important and for many people, the ultimate deciding factor about whether they go ahead with what they...