archiveChief Budget Officer Insider

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...

Following the pandemic, the war in Ukraine continues to cause huge problems in the global supply chain. Thus, we have increased prices up to difficulties in transporting products and shortages of raw materials and food. Also, the cost of producing cars in the car industry has increased. For Toyota Motor,...

Stale, archaic, and obsolete. Those words are often used to describe companies whose methodology is centered on keeping things as always, especially regarding an aging workforce. However, as a business owner and entrepreneur, I've found that a company's greatest asset can, at times, be found in its younger team members....

Paperwork after selection in a foreign university is humongous. While the volume of work depends on which country you are going to, the burden is generally very huge. The realization of your dreams can be really impacted in the absence of the requisite paperwork - and mind you, the completion...

Hybrid work is all the rage lately – initially out of necessity, but now out of flexibility and preference. When businesses moved to remote work in 2020, it was a stressful period of time when they needed to figure out how best to continue on with work while not in...

For artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to do their important work, they need data – a lot of data. The same holds true for big data analytics. The amount of data generated and replicated was expected to hit over 70 zettabytes (for context, that’s 21 zeroes after the number)...

We often spend hours on Amazon Prime and Netflix to get some entertainment. But have you thought of them as a source of education? Turns out both these services have some pretty informative shows that teenagers can learn a lot from. Here’s a list of the top educational documentaries for...

It’s understandable if business leaders feel ready for some respite from the turmoil and challenges of leading organisations during the past few years; first Brexit caused untold headaches, then COVID-19 struck, now we are facing the disruption of global supply chains and the threat of a new war across Europe....

There’s incredible opportunity in solving ingrained problems, especially the ones that slide under the radar. Whether this means offering custom clothing for tall people, or providing solar cookers for communities without electricity, there’s opportunity for business success within fixing problems.    Here are some of my takeaways from my own...

The pandemic pushed many people away from fulfilling their dreams, either because they lost their job, or the market conditions were terrible for starting a new venture. People turned to crowdfunding outlets for financial support to help them through these tough times. As the pandemic fades, some people are also...