The 21st Century Corporation in the Rear-view Mirror

Some of you might have seen my posts on LinkedIn about a new book, The Corporation in the 21st Century by John Kay, that I bought and was reading recently. Actually, it was a review that I read in the Financial Times that prompted me to buy and read it. I must admit that I… Continue reading The 21st Century Corporation in the Rear-view Mirror

Protected: Making Sense of Our Conflicted World

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Creating Abundance in a Year of Slowing Economic Output

It sounds paradoxical to imagine creating abundance in what is likely to be a year of slowing economic output and growth across the world. We might possibly even be looking at a few years of slowdown, what with the Trump tariffs and the uncertainty surrounding them. But even in the face of slowing economic growth,… Continue reading Creating Abundance in a Year of Slowing Economic Output

The Global Economy Lacks Spring in its Step

The world’s most powerful financial elite, comprising finance ministers and central bankers converged in Washington DC last week for their annual Spring Meetings with the World Bank and the IMF. This follows on from the US elections last November where Trump was elected US President for the second, but not consecutive term. Usually, this wouldn’t… Continue reading The Global Economy Lacks Spring in its Step

Let Us Not Get Distracted by Trump’s Tariffs

We’ve been preparing for this ever since Trump’s election campaign in the US last year: higher tariffs across the board on all countries and all product categories. Now that it is here, the media cannot stop talking about it with its breathless reporting on the subject. No matter what type of media – newspapers, television… Continue reading Let Us Not Get Distracted by Trump’s Tariffs

The War and Peace that Tolstoy Did Not Write

What a relief it was to have finished reading the epic war novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy! I was so happy to close the third volume shut that I shared a post on LinkedIn about how relieved I was. It took up my early morning hours – for that is when I do… Continue reading The War and Peace that Tolstoy Did Not Write

While the Wars Rage On, Their Economies

The wars in Ukraine and in the Middle-East have raged on for years and there has been plenty of reporting on it. Not so much on their economies and how the countries are coping. At least I haven’t read or heard anything on the news about their economies, except at the start of the second… Continue reading While the Wars Rage On, Their Economies

Protected: Spring Drama Reading

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Ending The Wars or Starting New Ones?

Ending the wars and bringing peace to both Ukraine and the Middle-East seems to have gathered momentum ever since the New Year began. Or, since Trump’s return to office for his second term. He campaigned for his election saying that he will stop the wars in a matter of days. Unfortunately, it appears as though… Continue reading Ending The Wars or Starting New Ones?

How Should Countries Respond to Trump’s Tariffs?

If many of us thought that Trump’s first term was chaotic and polarizing, we are already beginning to see what Trump 2.0 is going to be like. With his campaign rhetoric of Making America Great Again and America First at his swearing in ceremony at the start of his first term, he had painted this… Continue reading How Should Countries Respond to Trump’s Tariffs?