Executive Insider

Work is part of our lives; it should be blended into our existence to create a natural, comfortable, successful rhythm. Why, then, do we fundamentally default to putting it first in the elusive work-life balance equation? Our society is so focused on work first that when you Google “life-work balance,”...

“I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?” ―Ferdinand Marcos I was a soldier, entrepreneur, editor, educator, and I am an author, adventurer, explorer, philanthropist, and spiritualist. Here are things you didn’t know about me. Early Riser: I get up every day at...

Caroline Scheufele’s passion for gemstones began long before she began designing jewellery for Chopard. As a little girl, whilst her peers played with dolls, Caroline Scheufele played with diamonds. The Scheufele family purchased jeweler and watchmaker Chopard in 1963, the year that Caroline Scheufele turned two, meaning that jewellery was...

As we aim to lessen our exposure to COVID, we are also shrinking our face-to-face interactions with others. For many parents, this means adopting a “learning pod” model for the upcoming school year. In the workplace, it means a different kind of pod: we’re becoming more siloed and isolated from...

Several countries such as South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, and New Zealand have taken timely initiatives to stop COVID-19 pandemic from spreading. In this regard, we will discuss New Zealand for combating the coronavirus successfully under the leadership of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Crises are the unpredicted and unpleasant chronology...

Recent high-profile ransomware attacks have seen victims succumb to the demands of attackers and pay the ransom. Any executive can sympathize with the urge to recover sensitive company data, and can probably understand the impulse to simply fold, hand over the ransom, and move on. However, giving in to cybercriminals’...

In January 2020, most HR leaders had their plan for the year ready to launch. How things soon changed when the pandemic arrived. News unfolded from around the globe and a domino effect of changes to workplace policies, procedures and flexibility quickly ensued. Most HR leaders worked on the fly...

This year has been challenging, heartbreaking, even gut-wrenching. We are grateful for all those deemed to be essential workers—from doctors and nurses to grocery store clerks and sanitation workers. They stepped up and performed their jobs diligently, even knowing they were putting themselves and their families at risk. Signs appeared...

Period profit is a result. It starts with an investment generating cash. After deduction of value differences and taxes, net profit remains. Analogous to the law of conservation of energy in physics, the law of preservation of value holds true in economics, a natural law. Laws of nature hold true...

Lifestyle, it’s the way we choose to live, work and play. It’s also what works to keep us happy and healthy. Which is fine when things feel normal. But if your world has been turned upside down by the pandemic, you may be finding it harder to do those things...