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Public sectors all over the world spend billions of dollars annually, more money than any other organization at national, state and local levels. Well documented by auditors, many of those billions are wasted annually. This is especially painful when these same funds are critically needed for health care, education, elderly...

During my CEO Group workshops, I often ask the members to pair off and thumb-wrestle one another. I tell them that the CEO who gets the most pins in thirty seconds will win a fictional $100,000. After thirty seconds, I asked each pair who got the most pins. I’ll typically...

As of June 4, 2023, Tadashi Yanai was the wealthiest person in Japan, with an estimated net worth of 35.6 billion U.S. dollars, followed by  Masayoshi son (No. 2, $23.6 billion), Takemitsu Takizaki (No. 3, $23.3 billion); and Takahisa Takahara (No. 4, $7.5 billion). Masahiro Noda is the fifth-richest person in Japan,...

As of June 4, 2023, Carlos Slim Helu was the wealthiest person in Mexico, with an estimated net worth of 99.1 billion U.S. dollars, followed by German Larrea Mota Velasco (No. 2, $28.2 billion), Ricardo Salinas Pliego (No. 3, $13.4 billion); and Alejandro Bailleres Gual (No. 4, $8.1 billion). Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala is...

As of  June 4, 2023, Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken was the wealthiest person in the Netherlands, with an estimated net worth of 14.4 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Frits Goldschmeding (No. 2, $5.5 billion), Wim van der Leegte (No. 3, $3.6 billion); and Arnout Schuijff (No. 4, $2.8 billion). Hans Melchers is the fifth-richest person...

As of June 4, 2023, Ivar Tollefsen was the wealthiest person in Norway, with an estimated net worth of 7.4 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Andreas Halvorsen (No. 2, $5.9 billion), Kjell Inge Rokke (No. 3, $4.4 billion); and Odd Reitan (No. 4, $4.4 billion). Gustav Magnar Witzoe is the fifth-richest...

As of June 2, 2023, Gina Rinehart was the wealthiest person in Australia, with an estimated net worth of 26.4 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Andrew Forrest (No. 2, $17.8 billion), Harry Triguboff (No. 3, $15.5 billion); and Mike Cannon-Brookes (No. 4, $11.5  billion). Scott Farquhar is the fifth-richest person in Australia, with a whopping...

As of June 2, 2023, Mark Mateschitz was the wealthiest person in Austria, with an estimated net worth of 39.3 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Georg Stumpf (No. 2, $8.9 billion), Johann Graf  (No. 3, $7.1 billion); and Rene Benko (No. 4, $6.0 billion). Helmut Sohmen is the fifth-richest person in Austria, with...

As of June 2, 2023, Eduardo Saverin was the wealthiest person in Brazil, with an estimated net worth of 17.7 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Vicky Safra (No. 2, $16.9 billion), Jorge Paulo Lemann (No. 3, $14.6 billion); and Marcel Herrmann Telles (No. 4, $10.0 billion). Carlos Alberto Sicupira is the...

A well-known research team of the Salk Institute, led by Pioneer Terry Sejnowski, published a fascinating study on memory and computational abilities of the brain. The approach includes laboratory experiments and theoretical analyses, which contribute to the revision of previous estimates of the scale of our abilities by order of...