Commentary

This category is Commentary, featuring expert opinions, in-depth analyses, and thought-provoking perspectives on business, leadership, and global trends. It provides critical insights into emerging challenges, innovations, and strategic solutions shaping industries and economies.

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ChatGPT, Large Language Models (LLM) – Are Transformational Technologies Challenging our Set of Values?

By Marcelina Horrillo Husillos, Journalist and Correspondent at The European Business Review  Is the ChatBox Adding Knowledge or Leading Us to Stupidity? AI and the...
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Tyrant Leadership: Putin and the Psychology of Power

By John Taylor and Adrian Furnham Vladimir Putin appears to be firmly in control of his country, able to bend it to his will and...
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A Google Software Engineer Believes an AI has Become Sentient. If He’s Right, How...

By Oscar Davis Google’s LaMDA software (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) is a sophisticated AI chatbot that produces text in response to user input. According to software...
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Is the Nigeria vs P&ID case the Empire’s Last Stand?

By Brian Brivati The laws of international trade and investment arbitration have been weighted heavily against developing and emerging economies and in favour of developed...
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Ukraine to Convene Crimea Platform Summit: Why Zelensky’s “Day of Triumph” May Come Back...

Today begins the Crimea Platform international summit, which will be convened by Ukraine in the capital Kiev. It took more than a year for...
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The Discovery Institute Commentary on the 2020 U.S. Election

Since the founding of the Discovery Institute in 1990, its home state of Washington has supported the democratic presidential candidate in every election. Regardless...

The Coronavirus Threat – The issue of reopening our economies or continuing the lockdown,...

By Dr. Peter Lorange Over the last few months, almost all countries in the world have been faced with the challenge of how to handle...

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...

The Importance of Consumption Policy During Recession

By He Jun The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to deepen. Unlike the past financial crises, this pandemic has dealt a sudden "systemic...

Be a Fool! It’s What Crisis Leadership Really Needs

By David De Cremer It’s hard to see a crisis coming. Crisis situations usually arrive at moments we do not expect it and as a...

Dare more AI, Germany!

By Olaf Groth, Tobias Straube  and Toni Kaatz-Dubberke We are in the middle of a cognitive revolution. Germany must be more ambitious with its strategy...

UK Government propose £4.3 billion investment in Education

In a departure from the thinking that dominated so much of the Cameron-Osbourne years, Boris Johnson has pledged to loosen purse-strings in a bid...

The Five Paradoxes of Brexit

By David De Cremer Brexit – despite all the promises made – is not necessarily about creating a better economic future for the country but...

A Magna Carta for Inclusivity and Fairness in the Global AI Economy

By Olaf Groth, Mark Nitzberg and Mark Esposito Machine meritocracy is here. In this article, the authors elaborate on questions of inclusivity, fairness, and governance....

United Airlines, Artificial Intelligence, and Donald Trump: Reawakening Values in the Era...

By Avi Liran and Simon L. Dolan Society has evolved and not all aspects of our lives were able to cope up with the changes...

A New World Order with Industry 4.0

From the Editors The Internet of things has invaded individual space and now live in our pockets in the shape of that little computer gadget...

NGOs and Millennials – A Blinding Love Affair?

From the Editors As we start 2017 we look back to 2016 to consider some of the interesting events that will continue or influence the...

What Leaders Can Learn from Both Clinton and Trump

By Katharina Balazs When connecting with an audience, Hillary Clinton leads with the head while Donald Trump comes from the heart: both hold lessons for...

Is it really so bad to have a business mogul as president?

By Stephen Gibbs Donald Trump’s image as a street fighter offering a voice to the disenfranchised propelled him to victory in the US election....

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...

5 Ways Trump or Clinton Could Make Government Run More Like a Business

By Howard Schweitzer Applying business concepts to government is not a fantasy. With the right leader, a heavy dose of patience and good ideas, government...

Enemy within

From the Editors Europe is in the grips of anti-immigrant sentiments aimed mostly against their Muslim citizens and new émigrés. One wonders what would happen...

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...

Days of Glory past

From the Editors In the run up to the 12 May 2016 Anti Corruption Summit in the UK last week, the British premier let off...

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...

The Illusion of Choice

From the Editors As Greece and the rest of the Eurozone finally reached an agreement last week for a third Greek bailout package, one cannot...

A Tale of Two Cities

From the Editors The results of the May 2015 UK general elections were received with contrasting reactions from two camps. Less than 48 hours after...

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Feel to Deal: The Power of Emotions in Negotiations

By Prof. Guido Stein, Salva Badillo, and Lucía Zelaya The key to a successful negotiation is not embedded in knowledge or reasoning ability but in applying emotional intelligence. This essay explains the role of emotions...

We Need to Talk About Women Bullying Other Women at Work & 6 Key Things We Can do to Change it

By Vanessa Vershaw The truth is out: women are not supporting each other enough in the workplace. Despite efforts to advance gender equality, the latest global gender gap report reveals only a 1% increase annually...

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