Executive Briefing

We live in an era when technology, especially artificial intelligence, is advancing faster than we can understand its implications. For leaders, AI presents both a unique opportunity and a major challenge. On the one hand, AI promises speed, accuracy, and scalability. On the other hand, it tests the very qualities that define us as...

After writing nearly 200 columns for CEOWORLD Magazine, I reflect on what has changed the most over the years and what has stayed the same. The rapid pace of technological disruption, the global reshaping of industries, and new expectations for CEOs have transformed what it means to lead organizations. While...

There is a good chunk of the planet that is not able to make payments, buy or sell stuff, or exchange value in the way more advanced countries do. Not because these people are not worthy for traditional finance players, or maybe not just because of that. It’s not bad...

Most leaders think helping slows them down. In reality, it’s the system that compounds their growth faster than anything else.    Growth should feel like progress — adding more customers, generating more revenue, and attracting more people to join the mission. Yet for many leaders it brings a different sensation....

When we pay with a “card,” wherever we are in the world, while traveling for business or pleasure, we need to use tens of filters and middlemen without knowing it. Why? because there is no cheap, secure, and fast enough network to link my bank to your bank. That’s why banks need...

Across industries, executives focus heavily on talent. Dashboards display metrics—open roles, time-to-fill, turnover rates—monitored with the intensity of a Wall Street ticker. However, while headcount is straightforward to track, it isn’t the true challenge threatening long-term success. The real issue is quieter, slower, and far more costly: brain drain. When...

History is written by the victors, but what happens when the victors want to erase their own record? That's the question that drove me to write The Reckoning: A Definitive History of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Absurdities. As a historian, I've watched the establishment attempt to sanitize the most...

If 2020 was the year remote work went viral, then 2025 was the year of winding it back! The  current USA administration has been on a path to get all  employees, whoever’s remaining after mass firings that is, back into office, endeavoring to terminate other virtual work arrangements as soon...

As a CFO, What’s Your AI Strategy? Why financial leaders must own the conversation on artificial intelligence AI as a Litmus Test for Leadership In today’s boardrooms, one question is quietly reshaping the hierarchy of corporate power: “As CFO, what’s your AI strategy?” This is no longer a throwaway line to...

Welcome to the Founder world! The term "founder" has gained widespread usage. It is currently prevalent in social innovation, internet communities, and impact movements and is no longer limited to startups and businesses. From Silicon Valley to Bengaluru, Nairobi to Tel Aviv, the number of people looking to "found" something...