The Lot of Fortune
If you’re seeking or are in search of something; it would naturally be something you don’t have or have never ever had. Continue reading The Lot of Fortune
Category: The Business Times
The Chinese as Trade Partners | Dr Mahathir’s Words of Wisdom
These landmark deals and trade agreements draw our attention to the conundrum facing countries looking to do business with China. Continue reading The Chinese as Trade Partners | Dr Mahathir’s Words of Wisdom
The Graduate | A Cog in the Right Heavy Machinery
When you are a cog placed in a machine that is not the right fit for you–no pay rise, no promotion and no fancy title–is ever going to change your unhappiness. Continue reading The Graduate | A Cog in the Right Heavy Machinery
Ahoy Captain | Time Management for Risk Takers
Goals have to be specific. Words like, ‘happiness’, ‘wealth’, and ‘health’ are abstractions. Continue reading Ahoy Captain | Time Management for Risk Takers
When Polluters Must Pay | Shell Oil Ordered to Limit Carbon Emissions
Environmentalists, who have long been the Davids in a sea of corporate Goliaths, are celebrating after The Hague Shell to cut its carbon emissions. Continue reading When Polluters Must Pay | Shell Oil Ordered to Limit Carbon Emissions
An Entirely Digital Global Economy? Post-Pandemic Business Forecast
Did the COVID-19 pandemic wreck havoc and disrupt the world into a state of chaos; or did it streamline and expedite a digitalisation trend that was first born in Silicon Valley in the 1970s? Continue reading An Entirely Digital Global Economy? Post-Pandemic Business Forecast
A Traffic Jam in the Suez Canal? The Significance of Waterways in Global Trade
Eight tug boats are working to free the large container ship stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal, halting marine traffic through one of the busiest and most important waterways in the world. Continue reading A Traffic Jam in the Suez Canal? The Significance of Waterways in Global Trade
The Hidden Goldmines We Treat Like Garbage | Rare-Earth Metals and Mobile Phones
Two billion smartphone users upgrade to a new phone roughly every 11 months; of which barely 10 percent get recycled. Continue reading The Hidden Goldmines We Treat Like Garbage | Rare-Earth Metals and Mobile Phones
How Family Businesses Remain Resilient | Lessons all leaders can learn from
The ownership structure of a family business rests with a relatively small number of people who are related. Their ability to shape the trajectory of the business tends to be heart-centred as it is shaped by their relationships with one another. Continue reading How Family Businesses Remain Resilient | Lessons all leaders can learn from
Local and Global | Growing Your Business During Covid-19
Business people will do what they have always done. They will look at a crisis as an opportunity to find new ways of doing business. Continue reading Local and Global | Growing Your Business During Covid-19
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