CEO Insights

We are depleting our natural resources in an all-out-effort to enjoy our modern comforts. But our single-use throwaway culture isn’t sustainable. We need to find a solution. Can technology be the great enabler as we imagine and engineer the solutions to the planet’s challenges? To answer this question, we first...

Thirty years ago, I visited a small local hotel in Switzerland whose owner implemented sustainable practices in the hotel’s operations. The hotel relied on local produce, served organic food, recycled its waste, collected and used rainwater, and treated laundry waste water to use for flushing toilets. While it was amazing...

One year into the COVID crisis, it’s time to take a breath. What have we learned about leadership as we struggled to tame the pandemic? What will we change because of what we’ve all been through? COVID-19 has brought society to a crossroads. We can choose one path or another. We...

I often hear people say leadership is a journey, not a destination. While I agree in principle with that, I believe it's a journey with distinctive with many different stages, and each stage can require different skills and that what works at one stage may not work at the next....

The key to any well-made dish is arguably the ingredients. It’s about having the right amount of this and the right amount of that and the correct amount of time to ensure the melange is what you imagined. The same can be said about mergers and acquisitions (M&As). The advertising...

The pace of change is unheralded. Broad consumer trends quickly become widely adopted norms. Clubhouse competes with Zoom and Facebook as people seek new ways to connect and converse. Why watch (or listen) to someone else’s story when you can narrate your own? My work with purpose-driven organizations spanning arts...

Research by lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has estimated that buy-to-let landlords and second homeowners could see the capital gains tax (CGT) owed if they choose to sell increase by as much as £24,000. That’s if recommendations by the Office of Tax Simplification to change the tax threshold...

The latest market data has found that Portugal is on track to reach the 10,000 Golden Visa investors milestone in Q3, as the nation benefits from overspill from other popular destinations such as Greece and Malta, that's according to the latest market data published by Christian Henrik Nesheim, founding editor...

Life during a pandemic has resulted in plenty of frustrations and logistical headaches — but it has also fostered creative problem-solving. And the companies still standing were often able to show they can evolve and thrive in times of rapid change. Now they find themselves at a key crossroads during...

Most companies will have a stated purpose, often accompanied by a set of values. Sadly, these purpose statements remain words on a page and are very rarely communicated in an engaging way that people connect with. This includes both customers and employees, as well as potentials customers and employees. The...