In the fast-paced digital economy, business owners and entrepreneurs are constantly working on fine-tuning their business model to help reflect their position in a highly competitive market, while ensuring sustainable growth. The online transition means that businesses are constantly competing head-to-head with competitors for a pool of consumers that are...

Despite the dizzying pace of innovation and digitization over the past couple of years, many senior business leaders say their digital strategy is outpaced by business demands. The need for digital solutions and innovations is already transforming how we work (and live), yet there remains a gap between what we...

“Statistics say that 70% of the time you acquire an asset, you’ve overpaid for it,” says John Williams, the CEO of Domtar Corporation. “After an acquisition, the asset’s performance starts declining. The people tell you, ‘We’re underinvested.’ So, off you go, trying to put another billion dollars or two in...

Trauma. It’s a word we are hearing all around us in 2022. It comes up in conversations on what counts as trauma and what doesn’t, along with emerging conversations on mental health, trauma is a topic that is nuanced and here to stay. As businesses continue to grow and desire...

Asia and the Pacific is the most digitally divided region of the world, and South-East Asia is the most divided subregion. The Covid-19 pandemic detonated a “digital big bang” that spurred people, governments and businesses to become “digital by default;” a sea change that generated vast digital dividends. These benefits...

It ain’t what we know that gets us in trouble, it’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so – Mark Twain The way we do things today will eventually be different than how we do them twenty, fifty or even one-hundred years from now. While investors and stakeholders...

The ability to understand others, commonly referred to as empathy, is a vital leadership skill that helps leaders understand and communicate with colleagues to move initiatives and projects forward. When there is a lack of empathy throughout an organization, people are often uncomfortable sharing new ideas, collaborating, and taking on...

Great leadership comes from great self-leadership, which starts with our mindset. While it is a relatively widespread belief that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks, science tells a different story. We as human beings have a tremendous capacity to learn; it’s an ability we possess throughout our lifetime....

Requirements have always been a crucial component of the project management lifecycle and must be tracked from start to end for successful project completion. The requirements manager is responsible for ensuring that the team members are in sync, that they can course-correct when unforeseen issues arise (as they will), and...