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The Polish economy is the only one in Europe that, for the last dozen or so years, has enjoyed the privilege of constant growth. Our country has attracted many foreign investments, tempted at first by low labor costs. With time, however, the factor of highly qualified personnel has started to...

“Everyone’s on it, this cannot fail.” Anyone who has even contemplated investing has heard words to that effect at one time or another. These are usually the ones that come with an absolute cast-iron guarantee of success, bringing you quick and rich rewards with little or no risk. Occasionally, someone...

When the revelations of #metoo caused a storm in Hollywood, and raised the lid on the mind-numbing extent of sexual harassment women experience at work, I caught myself thinking how lucky I was. At no time during my career had I been asked to have sex in return for work....

Even as a young person, I have always held a long-term vision of humanity being a true spacefaring people. When I co-founded Tethers Unlimited in 1994 with the late sci-fi author and space physicist Dr. Robert L. Forward, I’m certain many thought our ideas were very far-fetched. But we were...

One day everything’s normal, the next we’re in the middle of a global pandemic. Not since 1918 has the world mobilized to fight such a common invisible foe. And back then as now many would-be leaders were compelled for the first time to dig deep, step up, and lead with...

CEOs need help. Today’s business leaders have to contend with industry competition, changing consumer behavior, new technology, and fears of an impending recession. With the sands beneath their feet shifting, there’s never been a more uncertain time to be a CEO. CEO turnover increased by 12.9% in 2019 over 2018,...

I can’t imagine that I was the only person who woke up on 1 January 2020 and announced ‘2020 is MY year!’  The possibilities, the positivity, the drive, the excitement - this was THE year! Ah, the best-laid plans of mice and men … who could have predicted the devastation...

I can’t be convinced otherwise, it’s my strong belief that it starts the first day of engagement with a potential candidate and continues well beyond he/she decides to move on. If you do it right, that will take years and any amount of investment, both time and money, placed on...

G.S. Jaggi, known as “Jaggi”, is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Iridius Capital, a real estate firm based in Tucson, Arizona. G.S. Jaggi and Iridius Capital invests in real estate across all major real estate asset classes and has acquired or developed $1.5B of real estate since 2011,...

I doubt many people can say losing their dream job at the age of 22 was the best thing that ever happened to them. For me, probation as an investment banker - and my subsequent firing - was a huge learning curve. This shock exit has informed my business journey...