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Leadership matters - even in outer space. You have seen amazing images from NASA’s new James Webb Telescope, now orbiting the sun. The US Congress almost canceled the project several times as it drifted under poor leadership, and the budget grew from $1 billion to $10 billion. The Wall Street...

As of August 9, 2022, Michael Platt was the wealthiest man in the United Kingdom, with an estimated net worth of 15.2 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Hinduja brothers (No. 2, $13.4 billion), James Ratcliffe (No. 3, $12.7 billion); and Christopher Hohn (No. 4, $7.9 billion). Ian & Richard Livingstone is the fifth-richest person in...

Elliott Allan Hilsinger, who also goes by the name Allan Hilsinger, always looks for ways to help people. One of the greatest accomplishments in his life so far is founding his own identity theft protection firm. This company was founded in 2011 and was founded specifically to help provide identity...

The Republic of Costa Rica is a Central American country known for its stable democratic order and highly educated citizenry. Its progress can be gauged from its consistently better performances on the Human Development Index every year. In terms of other indices such as the Press Freedom Index or World...

Dubai currently ranks as the world's 17th most important financial center according to the Global Financial Centre Index.  Notably, Dubai ranks ahead of major European economic hubs such as Berlin, Geneva, and Luxembourg.  Z/Yen Partners, in conjunction with the China Development Institute, researches and compiles this list annually.  According to...

Delivering an exceptional digital experience at scale is still challenging for many enterprises. This continued weakness costs organizations and employees millions in lost productivity to IT downtime and can often drive employee turnover. As companies continue to adjust to distributed workforces and changing economic and geopolitical conditions, inadequate IT provisions...

When I started my consulting business in February 2019, I created a business plan outlining ideal projects and potential clients I thought I’d work with; but what happened was completely unanticipated and, thankfully, so much bigger and better than the plans I’d laid out.  One of my biggest fears was...

As of August 6, 2022, Gina Rinehart was the wealthiest man in Australia, with an estimated net worth of 28.8 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Andrew Forrest (No. 2, $16.9 billion), Mike Cannon-Brookes (No. 3, $16.5 billion); and Scott Farquhar (No. 4, $16.4 billion). Gina Rinehart has been a member of The CEOWORLD magazine’s Rich List...

It is quite a known fact that education is costly nowadays, especially in the United States of America. Although justified, keeping in mind the job opportunities and the college life one gets to experience at these colleges, the sum is quite frankly enormous for the average price-sensitive family. So, let...

Digitally literate workers can hit the ground running with new digital tools, putting their skills to use in more creative ways and using these tools to streamline operations. But how can an organization improve its workers' digital literacy? It needs to develop a digital transformation strategy that helps employees stay ahead...