Education and Career

As it turns out, Los Angeles is the most congested city on the planet, with drivers spending an average of 104 hours a year in traffic jams, according to a study by transportation analytics firm Inrix. That’s 4 whole days (plus 8 hours) stuck in traffic. The US is home...

Most CEOs realize that having a strong company culture means more than happy hours and HR gimmicks. In fact, Deloitte's 2016 Global Human Capital Trends report found that 82 percent of survey respondents believe culture can be a competitive advantage. What they might not realize, however, is the particular importance of...

They say you can’t buy happiness with a gift. While that might be true, there are some things you can buy with a well-crafted gift: recognition. Earning great profit from your clients with something that matters might just make you stand above the crowd. Then again, it all depends on...

The future waits for no one. Ready or not, organizations must deal with the changes the future brings.  While it is impossible to divine the future, there are several lessons that can be learned from the past, ranging from the impact of new technologies and globalization to the shift in...

If you've come up with a business idea that you can go with, that's a job well done. You've taken the first step towards building an actual business, but you must then follow through with execution. The next step is to get startup financing to put down the foundations of what...

Beijing's Peking University has been ranked number 1 in the prestigious Times Higher Education's BRICS nations and other emerging economies university rankings for 2017, followed by Tsinghua University in second. The third spot belongs to Russia's Lomonosov Moscow State University. China dominates the list, taking six spots in the top...

You’ve heard of B2B and B2C, but the next big thing is B2i — business to individual. As a business leader — and as the world becomes increasingly interconnected — you must think holistically, not only about your clients, but about your clients’ clients, too. B2i doesn’t simply offer us...

Most CEOs and C-suite leaders invest time to build trusting relationships with customers, employees, stockholders and influencers.  But suppliers?  Not so much.  That relationship is generally relegated to the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) and the Purchasing team. And that’s a problem. Why? Decades of research proves that positive, productive partnerships...

Since I began my journey as a business owner almost a decade ago, I’ve made my fair share of mistakes and learned many lessons. I’ve gained invaluable knowledge on what it’s like to start from scratch and work hard to achieve success. I frequently think back on my early mistakes...

In a busy world wherein staying socially connected is already a necessity, finding solitude has become an art that is less appreciated. A lot of people think that finding solitude is only an act for lonely, depressed and antisocial people when it is actually not. Finding solitude and spending time...