What is TPP11? TPP11 (also known as CPTPP or TPP) is the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. It is coming soon with 11 members: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. This is poised to be the most important trade agreement in...

Few companies realize the extent to which their business strategies depend on data — until it’s too late. Think about it like a road trip. The business strategy tells you where to start, which route to take, and the destination. The data strategy tells you the condition of your vehicle,...

Facebook hasn’t exactly had the best 2018 so far. As a direct result of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the Silicon Valley giant’s share price, which had been stagnating for months, fell off a cliff. Since then, the bad press hasn’t eased up, as the inner workings of the company were...

Confidence in emerging leadership has reached record-low numbers among businesses. Per Corporate Executive Board intel, 87 percent of firms aren’t confident in their up-and-coming star performers. Why the waning trust in rising talent? Perhaps well-meaning executive teams are barking up the wrong tree. After all, some of the best movers and...

The Microsoft founder Bill Gates and actor-turned-humanitarian Angelina Jolie are the world’s most admired people, according to a YouGov study. The 2018 list features 20 men and 20 women, all of whom are chosen as a result of online interviews with more than 37,000 people in 35 countries. Following on...

Austin, Texas is number one again on the "best places to live in the United States" list, U.S. News says. Colorado Springs, Colorado came in at second place in the ranking of the country's 125 largest metropolitan areas. Denver, Colorado, took the No. three spot, bumping Des Moines, Iowa, to...

Technology has changed the way how you do business, interact with clients, manage your teams, and how you deal with data. A few years ago, nobody knew companies would be using Facebook to sell products and interact with their customers. Businesses of all types and sizes need to invest in...

C-Suite executives who led their companies through the Great Recession years ago are now opting for portfolio lifestyles that are comprised of a number of less time-consuming jobs such as consultancy, advisory and Board functions. Combined, all of these responsibilities add up to a fulfilling and fruitful next career that...

Every time I go to speak or train at a different company, I get the same response: ‘You make presentations sound so simple. I get it, but I don’t get how I get buy-in from everyone else?’ The goal of any presentation is to influence your audience to act.  Maybe...