Executives Becoming Better Leaders Through Mindfulness
Think of qualities and behaviours popularly used to describe effective, authentic leaders: focus, observation, objectivity, balanced decision-making. These are precisely the characteristics cultivated through mindfulness meditation. And today, even the most profit-driven companies and c-suiters are turning to mindfulness techniques to help them manage stress, control their attention, and make better decisions in the workplace. […]
Immigrants Find A Path to Your Heart: Through Your Stomach
Is it Greek? Is it Filipino? Is it Brazilian? Is it Middle Eastern? Is it Senegalese? Visit Mazi Mas restaurant in London and you’d be forgiven for being just a little confused over the style of food being served. That’s because entrepreneur Nikandre Kopke has decided that female immigrants from around the world deserve a […]
Why Social Entrepreneurs Are Taking The Lead
Improving the world and the bottom line simultaneously has never been more on-trend. Social entrepreneurship, the concept of applying business techniques and market mechanisms to solve social problems, such as poverty, violent crime or environmental threats, has been around for decades. The practice received a significant public boost, however, in 2003 when a group of […]
Impact Investing Goes Mainstream
“You cannot separate people from the environment,” says Michael Van Patten, former Mission Markets CEO and current Founder of ethical investment tech company my4. His new company is a marketplace for investors within the impact and sustainability sector looking for a way to align their personal values with their investments. He shared his views on impact investing with […]
Avangard Innovative is Monetizing Recyclables
Rick Perez, explains how most companies are unaware of where waste fits into their balance sheets. “Waste should be a saving, not an expense,” he says.
Why is “Design Thinking” on the Lips of so Many Business Leaders?
These days there’s a lot of talk – and a lot of executive education – revolving around “design thinking.” Companies like Apple, Netflix, Facebook and others are disrupting industries and business models left and right. And with these developments comes the realization that traditional approaches to problem-solving are no longer enough. So, across industries around the world, […]
Modern Farming: Technology Helps Keep Food on the Table
From farm to table, much about food production has changed – for both farmers and consumers. Like any other business, farmers must adapt to a changing world –one that will see its population grow to 9.6 billion by 2050. With finite resources, it will take innovation and a variety of technologies to meet the world’s […]
Surprise, Surprise: Mercedes to Replace Robots With… Humans
According to the head of production at Mercedes-Benz, the robots cannot cope with the high degree of customization and the many variants the carmaker has today. Mercedes-Benz plans to abolish a number of assembly-line robot in its largest plant in Sindelfingen, Germany and compensate it by getting more work done by people. Even more surprising, […]
The Smartwatch That Protects you From Environmental Threats
German company GNS GmbH, a leading developer of embedded location and mobile electronics technology, has announced the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for Fitti Guard, a new generation of fitness and environmental tracker that will warn wearers about poor air quality and even radiation threats. Fitti Guard is the first environmental sensing and protection device that you can […]
5 Steps to Leading on Cybersecurity
Organisational leaders have a growing stack of priorities on their desks. Now among them is information security, which until relatively recently, was a responsibility delegated to IT departments. That began to change in May 2014 when Target’s CEO Gregg Steinhafel resigned in the aftermath of a data breach that exposed the credit card and personal […]
