For many of us, the pandemic changed our purpose. It’s time to embrace this period of transition and reimagine both your personal life and your work. In this journey of self-reflection, first, identify what’s permanent — those sources of meaning that will never change, whether it’s being a parent or the urge to work in…
Platform companies like Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Tencent have created value at stunning rates. They grow rapidly and own few assets — and they’ve all made strong use of AI. What can legacy companies learn from these platforms? And is it possible for legacy companies to use this business model, too? Looking at legacy firms…
When we craft a presentation, we sometimes spend more time on how to deliver the message than on the strategy and vision that will make the message more effective. We make a monumental mistake when we skip strategy and head straight for delivery. Instead, presenters should focus on building trust. The authors identified five competencies…
March 09, 2022 Many experts expected Russia’s war with Ukraine to be accompanied by a large-scale cyberattack, but that hasn’t yet materialized. Azeem Azhar speaks to Robert Hannigan, the former director of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) – the UK’s equivalent to America’s NSA, to find out how the conflict is playing out in cyberspace…
After a period of smooth sailing, conditions have turned against South-East Asia’s super-appTHROUGHOUT MOST of the pandemic Sea Group, a Singaporean super-app, had wind in its sails. Both its e-commerce business, Shopee, and its gaming unit, Garena, were thriving thanks to growing appetite for all things digital. In October Sea’s stockmarket value surpassed $200bn, making…
Women entrepreneurs, particularly women of colour, receive less funding than their male counterparts. Some Canadian female tech executives are trying to close that funding gap, with a mission to invest specifically in startups led by BIPOC women.Sisters Bunny Ghatrora, left, and Taran Ghatrora launched their company Blume — featuring clean skincare and menstrual products —…
Survey data collected in 2018 and 2019 from Harvard Business School graduates revealed that for women — and especially women of color — well-being at work was suffering long before the pandemic. While 17% of all respondents said that they often or very often experienced burnout, a quarter of women, and nearly 30% of women of…
March 08, 2022 The France Telecom case series follows the evolution of the organization from a national telephone monopoly to a private company facing severe challenges. These included a lessening competitive advantage, with the advent of mobile carriers and competition from other countries, as well as a workforce that was much larger than needed and…
Or will Germany change Elon Musk?THIS IS A big week for Tesla’s “gigafactory” in Grünheide, near Berlin. According to the German press, the American electric-car maker will get the final green light from local authorities to start operations within days. In one way, it already has. On February 28th Tesla workers elected their first works…
A disturbing report has lessons for other industriesCORPORATE CULTURE is often like mist—indubitably there but hard to pin down. Occasionally it solidifies into something ugly. Take the following figures from an external investigation commissioned by Rio Tinto, a global mining giant, into its workplace culture. Almost half of Rio’s employees report having experienced bullying in…