A job advertisement in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, offering steady employment for "Village CEOs" has recently gone viral, drawing attention to this emerging career as China's rural areas experience rapid development. The ad, posted by Yuhang District in Hangzhou, seeks to fill six Village CEO positions, promising an annual base salary...

Gautam Adani, a prominent Indian businessman and one of the world's wealthiest individuals, has been indicted in the United States on charges of misleading investors by hiding the involvement of an alleged bribery scheme tied to a major solar energy initiative in India. The indictment, revealed on Wednesday, accuses the...

OpenAI's tax filings for 2023 revealed that CEO Sam Altman earned $76,001 in compensation for leading what has become one of the world's most valuable startups. This amount represents a 3.4% pay increase from 2022 when he earned $73,546. For comparison, the median household income in San Francisco County—where Altman...

The rapid rise of generative AI (Gen AI) is reshaping industries, and learning and development (L&D) professionals are at the center of this evolution. Simon Brown, Global Learning and Development Leader at EY, discussed this transformation in my recent interview with him. His insights shed light on how companies can...

A few weeks ago, I enjoyed a lengthy conversation with one of my favorite fellow speakers, Gair Maxwell. Gair is a former Vistage and TEC Canada Speaker of the Year and author of Big Little Legends: How Everyday Leaders Build Irresistible Brands. We had not spoken in a while, yet...

A day in the life of a young child is one of experiencing failure after failure or mistake after mistake. Learning to sit, crawl, walk and talk is all about trial and error, mistakes leading to progress and doing new things, with constant encouragement and coaching from parents. Think about...

It was 28 November 2019, and Four Pillars had been shortlisted for International Gin Producer of the Year at the International Wine and Spirits Competition annual awards. We won! Just short of our sixth birthday, our little Australian gin distillery had been named the world’s best. For a moment, it...

No, exponential technologies, like AI or blockchain, are not going to disrupt the toilet paper business. At least, not as fast and deeply as they will with strategic industries of our economy, like healthcare or energy, or education. Certain things will evolve more rapidly than others. It’s life. If you...

Former politician and ambassador, Raymond Loretan is the President of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG), the foundation that best represents and promotes globally one of the finest arts of Switzerland, watchmaking. “We are a platform, at the services of the entire global network of watchmaking, end to end,...