I was the nice guy who finished last. It was my first week selling advertisements, and although my clients had a 95% renewal rate I failed to bring in any revenue. Then a client insisted ...
From parents to policy-makers, corporations to charities, schools to sociologists, we’re all interested in what young people think and feel. On the one hand, we hear stories about their p...
Amid the waves of populism currently engulfing many Western democracies, it’s all too easy to forget the core purpose of governments; what the men and women who roam the corridors of powe...
The United Kingdom’s vote to exit the European Union and Donald Trump’s election as US president exposed a deep generational divide. Cosmopolitan millennials and nationalist pensioners – ...
With a little over 5,000 days before the Sustainable Development Goals expire, two things appear inevitable for their funding: the need for private capital and a way of ensuring it reache...
The Fourth Industrial Revolution will bring massive change and opportunity to the way we work, play and build relationships. Often overlooked in the analysis of how diffusion of new techn...
Africa is home to seven of the 10 fastest-growing economies in the world, and despite the pre-conceived ideas of a continent forever plagued by disease, war and turmoil, it is rapidly bec...
Much of the criticism leveled against globalization today is related to the idea that it enriches the few, while leaving many people behind.
In a world characterized by epic political, social and technological transformations, there has never been a greater need for responsive and responsible leaders. Yet today’s dominant mode...
How can we cut congestion, pollution and parking? How can we improve access-to-transportation by using private cars for the public good? The beginnings are already happening now and we ca...
Most people will be glad to see the back of 2016. It was a year of shock elections, record-breaking global temperatures, devastating terrorist attacks, ongoing civil wars and high-profile...
As 2016 ends, the Arab world find itself witnessing battles in the ancient cities of Mosul and Aleppo, with uncertain futures for Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya – and those are just the countr...
Traditional business models owe a great deal to the military. The hierarchy of responsibilities, from CEO to shop-floor, resembles those of a traditional military organization. So what, t...
A few years ago, $100 million was spent on new roads in Liberia, but the decision was made not to lay internet cables beneath the roads. At the time, this would have cost an additional $1...
When people talk about the circular economy, they focus on eliminating waste by reimagining the product lifecycle – from design to end of life. And yes, that’s one aspect. But circular ap...
