Getting More for Less: Revolutionising the Reward “Asset” Empowering Reward to Perform Better. Are...
By James Markham
In a period of recession, most major companies look for new ways of selling or streamlining operations. Rarely, however do companies turn...
Who Needs Silicon Valley? Made in Digital Germany is Europe’s Big Hope
The industrial and manufacturing landscape of 2025 will be massively different from today and every single “traditional” company has to digitally innovate if it...
Business Process Excellence: A Prerequisite for Managing Big Data
By Karl-Heinz Streibich
The digitization of both the commercial and social worlds has blurred any boundaries separating them and is fundamentally changing the way we...
How Blockchain Technology and AI can catalyze the economic recovery in 2021
This has been a difficult year to survive and thrive economically. With a drastic rate of rising unemployment and businesses still facing existential threats,...
Election Postmortem – The Leadership System
By Barbara Kellerman
Impossible to make much sense of what happened – President-elect Donald Trump – so soon after the fact. But when the history...
What Are the Steps to Economic Recovery in the UK?
Now that the UK is officially in a recession, focus has to be placed on recovery. The government has taken several steps to ensure...
Passports for Sale
Interview with Till Neumann, IMCM, founder and managing partner of Citizen Lane
The luxury of a global lifestyle and world travel can be achieved through...
It Pays to be Nice
From the Editors
Ryanair’s 32% jump in their first-half year profits for this year is said to be down to Ryanair being nice to its...
For Whom the Bell Tolls, Really – The Impact of the Sanctions Against Russia
By Dan Steinbock
The sanctions against Russia are working; but not for Russia, Ukraine, the EU, or even the US.
In the 2nd quarter, Russia’s GDP...
Australian Regulator Wastes Millions on “Overly Aggressive” Crusade Against Job Creator GetSwift
In these difficult times, hundreds of global employees (especially in the Americas and Europe) at GetSwift can take comfort in the growth trajectory of...
A Total Solution for Outsize and Heavyweight Air Cargo
Russia airlines dominate this highly specialist market, providing a solution for 75% of all such air movements and have done so since the first...
Le Roi est mort, vive Le Roi Life after Succession
By Sherilyn Casiano
In the conversation about succession planning, most of the discussion revolves around the future continuity of the business. Very little is said...
The NATO Alliance: Will It Have a Future?
By Joseph Mazur
Withdrawal and isolation could avoid foreign affairs and wars, but the costs will be far higher in the long run.
Since the end...
Managing Customer Satisfaction Better
By Johannes Habel
Many companies draw the wrong conclusions from their customer surveys. There is a simple method that can provide a remedy, leading to...
Strategising for the Future
By Joan E. Ricart and Carlos Rey
In this article the authors discuss how organisations can better strategise for the future by integrating and balancing...
Analytics Drive Informed Supply Chain Decisions
By Karin Bursa
Supply chains are overflowing with data, and even the most advanced organizations struggle to keep up with the ever-accelerating flow of information....
“Electric Has Gone Audi”: An Exclusive Interview with Mr. Bram Schot
In recent years, interest in electric cars has increased sharply which has led to a greater disruption and democratisation of the entire automotive value...
The Chief Innovation Officer Should be in Charge of New Territories. Not More. Not...
By Albert Meige
An analysis with Google Trends on “Chief Innovation Officer” shows an increasing interest starting in 2010. The term was actually coined and...
Future Insight – From a 350th Birthday to the Start of a Global Movement
By Ulrich A.K. Betz
Merck, a vibrant science and technology company, celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2018. Dr. Ulrich A.K. Betz, VP and Head of...
Embedding Security in the Internet of Things
By Jim Carlsson
The Internet of Things will mean a better-connected world, with huge possibilities for positive change – and big opportunities for cyber-criminals. Jim...
Martin Andersson: A Long-Term Partner in Central Asia’s Development Story
A late-April snapshot of Kyrgyzstan’s economy reveals its significant momentum. In the first quarter of 2026 alone, total investment in fixed capital rose by...
Dubai Airport Freezone Authority Attracts International Investors Ahead of Expo 2020
Many overseas businesses are already aware of the advantages Dubai has to offer. For nearly twenty years, Dubai Airport Freezone Authority has been offering...
The inclusion of Cryptocurrency in the Global Economic Structure
Cryptocurrency is basically a unique form of digital currency, mainly used to buy services or products online. Crypto transactions are secured using an online...
The Fintech Opportunity for Banks in Europe
By Elena Mazzotti and Francesca Caminiti
Propelled by data-driven innovation, fintech companies continue to gain traction – taking some financial firms by surprise. For banks...
Why Leaders Fail
By Patrick R. Dailey
“All too frequently, an exceptional executive encounters a corporate trap door, falls, and then derails. This article presents 21st century challenges—corporate...
Dream Bigger Be Braver
Exclusive Interview with Cheryl Giovannoni by our editor Camille Merrells
Cheryl Giovannoni is the dynamic CEO of Ogilvy & Mather UK, the advertising giant responsible...
Opening the Eyes of the Digitally Myopic!
By Eric Duffaut
There are none so blind as those who will not see. They’ll probably go bankrupt too. It has never been easier to...
From Products to Solutions – Mastering Sales Force Incentives
By Johannes Habel and Olaf Ploetner
As B2B companies strive to become providers of solutions rather than products, sales managers face significant challenges. Among them:...
Investor Confidence in 888poker Soars After H1 2020 Financial Results Shared
Investor confidence in 888poker has soared following the announcement of H1 2020 financial results for parent company 888 Holdings, also known as 888.com.
...
Europe Is Quietly Inhabiting Angela Merkel’s Logic
By Imran Khalid
As economic fatigue and industrial vulnerabilities deepen, Europe’s centrist leaders are reluctantly shifting toward a realist strategy that pairs military deterrence with...
Leading Huawei: Seven Leadership Lessons of Ren Zhengfei
By David De Cremer and Tian Tao
"Every generation produces its own great character, and each exerts impact for hundreds of years." True to this...
Space, But Not as We Know It: Notes on the Future Workplace
By Steven P. MacGregor
Apple Park opens in a few weeks time. The new headquarters of one of the world’s most innovative companies, referred to...
The Challenges of Global S&OP
By Karin Bursa
What do you want to achieve? Where does your company want to be in 12, 18, 24 months? Do you know? If...
A Primer on Theoretically Exploring the Field of Business Model Innovation
By Oliver Gassmann, Karolin Frankenberger and Roman Sauer
Companies like Amazon, Uber, and Skype have become business strategy icons and the way they transformed industries...
How Political Intelligence Sets Successful Leaders Apart
By Gerry Reffo and Valerie Wark
Leadership Alert! There are times when the classic development of leaders no longer fully equips them or their organisations...
Succession Redefined: Family Business Succession in the 21st Century
By Richard Shrapnel
In this article – the final in the Succession Series by Baker Tilly International – the author considers how business succession has...
UK – the most undemocratic democracy
From the Editors
The United Kingdom woke up on Friday 23 June to new realities: the Kingdom was no longer ‘united’ and its constituent parts...
US Tariffs: How Should Europe Respond?
By Dr Angela Garcia Calvo
As Europe (and the rest of the world) continues to navigate the daily twists and turns of President Trump’s recent...
Engaging Stakeholders for Circular Economy Success
By Arne De Keyser, Katrien Verleye, Néomie Raassens,
and Alex Alblas
Leading companies such as Philips, Renault, and IKEA are embracing circular business models to reduce...
