STRATEGY & MANAGEMENT

This category is Strategy & Management, exploring effective leadership, business growth, and organizational success. It features expert insights on strategic planning, decision-making, and innovative management practices to navigate today’s competitive and evolving business landscape.

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Payroll is Becoming the Operating System of the Global Workforce

By Barry Flanagan As global work becomes more complex, payroll is emerging as the connected infrastructure that underpins compliance, employee trust, and business growth. For years,...
Digital marketing strategy

What Makes a Successful Digital Marketing Strategy?

Digital marketing has transformed the way businesses interact with their customers. Gone are the days of traditional advertising methods that often fell flat. Today,...
Telefónica Deutschland

Escalating Governance Issues at Telefónica Deutschland Could Derail Transformation Plans

By Chris Dziadul When Telefónica Deutschland held its annual general meeting (AGM) on 1 July, management was expecting a relatively routine affair. With Telefónica S.A....
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AI Bubbling or Not? What Does the AI Future Look Like in Today’s AI...

By Jacques Bughin AI leaders are delivering extraordinary growth, but their stock prices may already assume an even more extraordinary future. So, is AI really...
Cross-Device Messaging for Distributed Teams

How Cross-Device Messaging Tools Are Changing Communication for Distributed Teams

The modern workplace is increasingly distributed across offices, homes, coworking spaces, and multiple time zones. Employees may begin a conversation on a smartphone during...
Infrastructure

Rupin Banker: Turning Asia’s Investment Inflows Into Long-Term Infrastructure

We speak with Rupin Banker, infrastructure finance specialist and co-founder of Strategic Global Alliance, on emerging-market investment, funding barriers and opportunities for institutional investors...
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Europe’s Media Giants Come Together to Launch the European Media Marketplace

Some of the biggest businesses in European media have come together to launch the European Media Marketplace. Announced in July 2026, it aims to...
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Beyond Translation: The Essential Elements of Digital Platform Localisation for the Asian Market

The world is going digital and Southeast Asia is no exception; however, many international platforms underestimate Asian markets. They think that just translating the...
talent Markers

Talent Markers: How the Predictors of Success are Changing and How to Cultivate Them

By Tania Lennon and Ric Roi AI is reshaping the world of work and changing the way in which people create value for business. This...
company doesn't want change

Your Company Already Knows Enough. Why Doesn’t It Change?

By Rakesh Kumar Murugan AI can accelerate what companies know; advantage depends on how quickly credible learning changes decisions, resources, incentives, routines, and capabilities. The review...
AI Regulation

UK Firms Face an AI Regulation Crunch, and Most Aren’t Ready

By Mike Macauley As AI regulation evolves, are firms prepared to balance innovation with stronger data governance, transparency, and accountability for compliant, future-ready adoption? No executive...
Swiss receivables recovery

When Swiss Receivables Stall: A CFO’s Cross-Border Recovery Playbook

By Lars Holdgaard, Founder of Debitura A disciplined escalation path helps finance leaders protect cash, preserve customer relationships and avoid losing leverage when Swiss invoices...
B2B Customer Segmentation - Market research and customer segmentation

B2B Customer Segmentation vs Ideal Customer Profile: Which Approach Maximizes ROI?

In the competitive landscape of B2B markets, understanding your customer base is more than a strategic advantage—it is a necessity. Two methodologies often employed...
Listening Well, Leading Better: TEN Techniques That Transform How You Lead

Listening Well, Leading Better: TEN Techniques That Transform How You Lead

By Avi Liran Discover ten powerful listening techniques that help leaders connect more deeply, inspire greater trust, and unlock the full potential of their teams. You...
Pricing is Strategy. Commercial Leaders Steer Growth, Sales, and Profit

Pricing is Strategy: How Commercial Leaders Steer Growth, Sales, and Profit

By Muhammad Arslan Qamar In digital businesses, pricing is not a finance formula but a board-level lever that shapes growth, governs sales behavior, and protects...
AI leadership

Bridging the Leadership Capability Gap in AI-Driven, Rapidly Scaling Global Teams

By Dane Hudson As AI compresses growth timelines and distributed teams replace the “one office” environment, the leadership capability gap that once took years to...
Performance Partnership Programs

Collaborator-Driven Brand Growth: Sparvion OÜ’s Approach to Performance Partnership Programs

Performance partnership programs have matured considerably as a marketing discipline. What began as straightforward revenue-sharing arrangements between brands and digital publishers has evolved into...
How Art Fuels Effective Business Development

How Art Can Support Effective New Business Development

By Dr. Peter Lorange There are multiple ways to assess a new business venture – but have you ever thought of evaluating it by reference...
Email Campaign Testing

Email Campaign Testing Checklist Before You Hit Send

Email campaign testing is the process of verifying every element of an email, such as authentication records, subject lines, design rendering, and link destinations....
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End-of-Life Fund Strategies: The Case for Early Planning, Continuation Vehicles, and Meaningful Governance

By Brendan Gallen  For years, fund end-of-life followed a familiar script: realize the remaining assets, distribute the proceeds, and commence wind-down. That script is now...

Moat or Millstone: Can Europe Regulate Its Way to Investable Financial Inclusion?

By Alessandro Hatami Europe’s regulatory drive could become a platform for financial inclusion, helping institutions protect customers while opening commercially valuable underserved markets. For Europe’s financial...
value proposition

Truly Great Value Propositions Begin with Deep Discovery

By John Ravaris The strongest value propositions are not invented internally—they are uncovered through disciplined discovery that aligns company strengths with what the market truly...
CEO AI strategy

Five Things CEOs Still Get Wrong About AI Transformation

By Andrew Lopianowski and Mike Pino Most AI transformations fail because leaders treat AI as a technology rollout, when it is really a test of judgement, leadership,...
diverse leadership

Removing the Barriers to Diverse Leadership: Why Real Progress Requires Systemic Change

By Aidan McKearney In spite of the moves that many organisations have made towards promoting diversity in leadership roles, their staff progression systems may still...
European entrepreneurship

The Threat of Europe’s Entrepreneurial Winter

By Filippo Renga and Filippo Frangi Superficially, European innovation and venture capital activity looks to be ticking along quite healthily. However, as Politecnico of Milan’s...
trustworthy AI

Don’t Outsource Trust to AI – Use AI to Scale Trustworthy Advice

By Prashant Bharadwaj and Dominic Houlder The next big scandal in professional and financial services may not begin with fraud or negligence. It may...
Agentic CMO

How Implementing Agentic CMO Platforms Drives Revenue Growth

In a world where data-driven decisions determine marketing success, companies are increasingly turning to innovative platforms to optimize their strategies. Implementing Agentic CMO Platforms...
British expats

Breaking Up With HMRC: What British Expats Need to Know About Leaving the UK

By Eamon Shahir Many Britons abroad believe they have cut their tax ties with home. Most have not, and changes to tax laws have made...
GDPR email marketing

GDPR Compliant Email Marketing in 2026: What Businesses Must Know

GDPR compliant email marketing means collecting consent, storing subscriber data, and sending campaigns in line with the General Data Protection Regulation. The rule applies...
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Banking on Delivery: The 13 Best Direct Mail API Platforms Ranked for Financial Institutions...

Physical mail remains one of the most trusted communication channels in the banking and financial services sector. Regulatory disclosures, account statements, loan offers, fraud...
Trust Is the Future of AI Leadership

Why Trust Is the Future of AI Leadership – Interview with Alice Sesay Pope

As AI transforms organisations, leaders who build trust through transparency, governance, and human judgment will create more lasting value than those focused on technology alone. As...
customer communication

Rethinking Customer Communication: When Email Is Not Fast Enough

Email handles most customer communication well, but a small category of messages keeps failing quietly because the channel is too slow for the job. Most...
Mailing Programs in business

How Mailing Programs Help Businesses Improve Customer Communication

Strong communication is an important part of maintaining customer relationships and supporting business growth. Companies need reliable ways to share updates, promotions, notices, and...
citizenship by investment

The Next Phase of Citizenship by Investment Could Be Its Biggest Yet: Read More

Predictions about the demise of Citizenship by Investment (CBI) have become increasingly common. Observers are questioning whether the industry can survive global pressures with...
Surveillance at Work: Big Brother is Monitoring You

Surveillance at Work: Big Brother is Monitoring You

By Adrian Furnham Although you may feel that monitoring your employees is a valid precaution, not only may they strongly disagree, but that disagreement can...
Smart Event Marketing - Brand awareness

How Smart Event Marketing Builds Stronger Brand Awareness

Smart event marketing builds stronger brand awareness by creating memorable, face-to-face experiences that help people connect with your business on a personal level. While...
communication skills during team collaboration

Why Communication Skills are Critical for Team Collaboration

Teamwork is the engine of every successful organisation. Whether the goal is launching a product, managing a project or simply running daily operations, no...
fractional marketing leadership

How Modern B2B Brands Scale Efficiently with Fractional Marketing Leadership

In today's fast-paced business landscape, growth-stage companies and small-to-mid-sized businesses (SMBs) face a common dilemma: the need for high-level strategic marketing leadership without the...
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Why Artificial Intelligence Makes Human Connections More Important Than Ever

By Giuseppe Codeluppi Artificial intelligence can speed up access to knowledge. Turning that knowledge into shared decisions remains a deeply human challenge. The idea that artificial...
unethical global business environment

Are Unethical Practices in the Global Business Environment Becoming the Silent Norm?

By Clarissa Peters Holistic solutions must be sought out to pre-empt increasing risk posed to fair competition from exposure to underhanded practices. Recent antitrust disputes have...
Europe with AI Technology

Why Europe Must Act Now to Lead on AI Technology

By Sasha Rubel Europe doesn't have an innovation problem. It has a scaling problem. And the window to fix it is closing fast. Europe’s AI revolution...
Engineering Adaptive Organizations. Culture Is the Strategy concept

Culture is the Strategy: Engineering Adaptive Organizations for an AI-Driven World

By Alex Milovanovich, MSc, MBA In volatile, AI-driven markets, culture is not a soft backdrop to strategy - it is the strategic infrastructure that determines whether...
leadership

The New Collaboration Challenge: Leading Through Complexity, Uncertainty and Human Connection

By Guy Lubitsh When businesses face complex problems, we might suppose that a process of collaboration is more likely to deal with them effectively than,...
business transformation

Connecting the Dots to a Successful Transformation: People, Technology, and Mindset

By Samah El Hage and J. Mark Munoz Transformation is accelerating, yet many programs fail to deliver sustained value. This article introduces the DOTS model—Direction,...
Enterprise Finance Lessons concept.

When to Go: What Enterprise Finance Can Learn from Military Decision Doctrine

By Werner van Rossum Enterprise finance is built to eliminate risk. The decisions that matter most cannot wait for it. Enterprise finance processes are built to...
Technology Projects Succeed - business people and digital transformation

Technology Projects Succeed When People Come First

Technology has transformed the way businesses operate, helping organizations improve efficiency, automate routine tasks, and better utilize data. However, while choosing the right software...
digital tax advice

Why Tax Advice Is Shifting from Compliance to Continuous Digital Support

Interview with Arjun Kumar of Taxd.co.uk As regulation, AI, and digital reporting reshape tax, businesses need smarter tools and expert guidance to stay compliant without adding...
Quiet Advantage of Companies - Teamwork, meeting

The Quiet Advantage of Companies Whose Experts Are Visible

In most B2B markets the brand that wins is not the one with the loudest campaign but the one whose expertise is most visible...
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From Beds to Belonging: How Social-First Hospitality is Changing Travel

By Annajane Güzel Modern travellers expect hotels to deliver connection, culture and experiences alongside accommodation — creating new opportunities and challenges for hospitality brands. Travellers are...
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Connectivity is Becoming the New Currency of Travel Loyalty

By Eduardo Ronzano The next generation of travel loyalty will be driven less by rewards and more by a traveller’s ability to stay connected, anywhere. Virgin...

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