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As customers continue to expect seamless digital interactions with their banks, the pressure to modernize products and services has become a top priority. A 2025 retail banking trends report confirms this shift, with 51% of institutions implementing digital initiatives in response to fintech competition and changing consumer expectations. But while technology...

China is decisively supporting Russia's initiative to revive the long-dormant Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral group, emphasizing that its resurgence is crucial for promoting regional and global peace and stability. The RIC mechanism has faced stagnation since the COVID-19 pandemic and the India-China military tensions in eastern Ladakh that escalated in 2020,...

You don’t have to collapse to know something is wrong. Sometimes burnout doesn’t look like a breakdown. It looks like waking up with dread before a day full of meetings you used to enjoy. It looks like resenting the career you built from scratch. It looks like success that no...

In my recent TEDx talk, I share insights from my leadership journey across multiple countries and cultures on how we can turn passive listeners into active contributors.  Have you ever asked someone to do something — and they just… didn’t?  At work: “Let’s call every customer and ask about their...

At Trellix, a cybersecurity leader serving over 40,000 clients worldwide, the integration of generative AI into both internal operations and client-facing solutions has been nothing short of transformative. Michael Alicea, Chief Human Resources Officer at Trellix, shared in an interview with me how the company's journey with AI underscores a...

It's every founder's dream to pitch to a potential customer and have them look at you wide-eyed. At the end of your pitch, they get up, put out their hand to shake yours, and say, “I’ll buy it. I need this for my company.” Validating a product is challenging, period....

In a move poised to reshape the frontier of digital communication, Joe Kiani, a serial entrepreneur, innovator, and advocate for impactful technology, has been appointed CEO of Like Minded Labs, the media technology startup redefining how creators communicate and collaborate in the digital era. This announcement, coupled with the appointment...

One of my favorite examples of a leader galvanizing a team involves UCONN Women’s Basketball head coach Geno Auriemma. One year, early in the season, Auriemma took the players to a Broadway Play. The following day at practice, the coach asked each player what they thought of the experience. As...

Running a business in Ohio can feel like you’re juggling a dozen things before lunch—deadlines, invoices, customers, inventory, and everything in between. And that’s just Monday. But if you’ve been in business for a while—or even if you’re just getting your footing—you probably already know that relationships are everything here....

Last year I flew Business Class on an international flight for the first time in my life. It was an indulgence. It was a mid-life splurge. It was a self reckoning that, at this point in my life - my era of having empty nested, of having worked forever, and...