What We All Can Learn From China's Business Leaders
They know how to keep their eyes open.
Cheng ZhuThey know how to keep their eyes open.
Cheng ZhuI sat down with one of Africa's most successful businessmen, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, at the bustling Belevedere hotel in Davos this afternoon to have a one-on-one chat about his business and Africa. He was dressed in a dapper navy suit ready for business; while here he is also meeting his McKinsey consultants and Goldman Sachs bankers. read »
Every now and then, situations arise among people in business that make me feel they’ve forgotten what they’re there for: read »
Yesterday I blogged about David J. Rothkopf's attack on “the widely subscribed to notion . . . often cited by politicians and op-ed writers . . . that somehow there is something special, some gene in American DNA, that makes us uniquely capable when it comes to innovation.” Rothkopf argued that “the United States’ only path to renewed growth and sustained leadership is via innovation and enhanced competitiveness. But we have no natural right to lead in those areas. We have no special ‘gen[...] read »
E-mail changed the way we communicate. Now, the way we communicate may be changing e-mail. read »
At the World Economic Forum in Davos I sat down with Accenture's former CEO and current Chairman, Bill Green. He's been in his new role as sole Chairman of the US$21.6 billion global consulting company for six weeks now, and currently he's going through what he affectionately refers to as "the withdrawal phase" from no longer working as CEO. Green joined the firm in 1977 and rose to partner in 1986. He served as CEO from September 2004 to December of last year and took the additional responsibility[...] read »
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Mark Foster is group chief executive, Management Consulting, at Accenture. He is filing for us while at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. read »