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Undoubtedly, Taiwanese Higher Education is rated quite highly in the world. It has to offer internationally acclaimed institutions, generous support systems, well-crafted degree programs, a friendly local environment, and guidance from some of the best faculties in the world. All in all, anyone who decides to come to Taiwan will...

"COVID-19 became my Chief Innovation Officer." Diane Sullivan, CEO of Caleres, described the 90% drop in revenue of her $2.8 billion global footwear company as a near-death experience. She credited innovation as the reason the company survived and thrived. The COVID challenge drove innovation and made Caleres a stronger company....

about how to navigate the digital world to make it more secure and less toxic. IT professionals, those diligent people responsible for the secure and reliable operation of our computer systems, share some valuable tip to help protect us from the endless and growing risk of security breaches. Consider these...

Effective organisations need a clear mission, a strong culture, the right organisational design and, of course, great leadership. Leadership doesn’t just mean the CEO. Successful CEOs assemble a team around them to help in all these areas. A priority when taking on a leadership role is to ask yourself –...

The reason that you should never say yes to the first offer (or counteroffer) is that it automatically triggers two thoughts in the other person’s mind. Let’s say that you’re thinking of buying a second car. The people down the street have one for sale, and they’re asking $10,000. That...

Many of the challenges leaders face when facilitating in-person meetings, like keeping the energy of the group up, are amplified online. But, there are ways to cultivate creative energy between participants remotely. If you’re leading an online meeting, your job is to bring creative energy into the remote workspaces of...

All negotiations, no matter how big or small, rely on the techniques of discovery and fluidity. Discovery involves learning the other party’s true desires and fluidity involves taking whatever form is needed to find a way through. These same qualities equate to essential tactics used in the martial arts. Applying...

Over the past several years, cloud-native approaches have delivered such astounding improvements to operational agility and efficiency that they’ve allowed for the creation of new companies based on entirely new business models. Nagendra Bandaru provides five key considerations to include in that strategy for CIOs and other C-suite executives that...

After an unprecedented period of disruption and uncertainty on almost all fronts, business leaders around the globe are grappling with how to welcome employees back to the office, even while the pandemic rages on in many parts of the globe. The office we used to know is a construct of...

Family-owned businesses are and have always been the foundation to a free society’s economic success, and, with this reality also comes the opportunity and challenges of working professionally together when its family and non-family blended together for the organization’s daily operations. Balancing these realities, along with legacy employees expectations, sacred-cows,...