Business

On a recent Saturday afternoon, Alex Santos journeyed to his local Ikea with a singular mission: the procurement of a new Poäng chair. It was a simple in-and-out task. But 3 hours later, the 37-year-old IT manager found himself in the parking lot, slightly stupefied, with a shopping cart full of hand towels, throw pillows, and martini…

To embed scenario thinking, organizations must institutionalize new mental habits and ways of working. This, our colleagues have argued, means that leaders must simultaneously instill a conviction that change is needed throughout the organization, role model the desired new behavior, reinforce processes and systems to counter bias, and ensure that the company acquires or builds…

Consider the fact that Bitcoin is up well over 9,000% over the past 10 years. Assuming a starting price of $50k or so right now, that would mean Bitcoin would need to rocket all the way to $4.6 million to repeat that feat over the next decade. I don’t know what the future returns in…

We’ll experience more technological progress in the coming decade than we did in the preceding 100 years put together, says McKinsey. And 10 tech trends will dominate this shifting landscape. Understanding the effects of this change can help avoid nasty shocks to the system, for both individuals and organizations. Businesses that are making the most…

Though some countries are cheaper than others for starting a business on the dollar, the picture changes when accounting for monthly income. When it comes to the cost of starting a business relative to monthly income, many developed countries take the cake. Countries for starting a business include the UK, Denmark, and Ireland in Europe, South Korea in East Asia,…

Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’ve been on the job search for a while. You’ve been coming across a lot of listings that you are interested in. You know that you have qualifications and the right profile for these jobs, but you’re just not getting any follow-through or calls back. The first thing to…