Design thinking: The secret to Nedbank’s success
South African financial services company Nedbank discovered their customers’ real pain points – and how to fix them – using design…
The future of lifestyle brands is in danger
Customers are now more interested in opportunities for personalization and self-expression than established luxury brands that project an…
Responding to the new realities of retail
The retail industry faces disruption from all sides. If you embrace digitalization now, your company can stay ahead…
The hidden ways that financial models affect corporate culture
High- and low-margin companies don’t just have opposite approaches to profit-making; they also often have deep differences in company…
Focus on your customers and employees, and profit will follow
American Express’s Denise Pickett knows that purpose is a much more exciting motivator than strategy – and that…
Lessons in innovation from Asia
Flagging Western companies could learn a great deal about innovation from business models in Asia. In my years…
Finance managers: end the acronym obsession
Financial professionals who insist on using complicated industry jargon make the entire field inaccessible. I have become…
Using networks to lead for the future
Work is getting increasingly collaborative, but many leaders haven’t figured out how to fully harness this collaboration for…
Five truths about the next great inventions
It’s time to throw all of the traditional wisdom about innovation out the window. The next great inventions…
Julie Meyer on why Malta is the next entrepreneurial hotspot
Julie Meyer knows that entrepreneurs can listen and respond to the market in ways that corporations can’t. So she’s fostering…
The most important leadership lesson: when to shut up
Many experienced, accomplished leaders share a common weakness: they don’t know when to stop trying to add value….
Meet the female entrepreneurs using finance to build communities
Rosanna Ramos-Velita is a new kind of financial leader using her industry expertise to empower women and develop…
