What if Real Leadership Isn’t About Doing More, But About Going Deeper? Summary Dr Avra Lyraki argues that effective leadership is less about doing ever more and more about leading from depth. Drawing on decades of coaching C-suite executives across startups and multinationals, she distils leadership into four guiding practices: Reflect, Communicate, Connect, Excel. These […]
Productivity and Employee Well-being – Two Sides of the Same Coin (Part 1) Summary Leo Bottary argues that the practices used by top CEO peer forums — hiring the right people, building psychological safety, and practising servant leadership — can be applied across organisations to boost both productivity and employee well-being. His Peernovation approach adapts […]
How Leaders Can Leverage “The Curiosity Curve” to Spark Innovation, Engagement, and Trust Summary Dr Debra Clary argues that curiosity is not a nicety but a learnable leadership capability that drives innovation, engagement and trust. From her early experience as a Frito-Lay delivery driver to leading teams in Fortune 50 firms, she observed that people […]
CEO Confidential: 10 items for the CEO agenda Summary This CEOWORLD briefing pulls together ten high‑impact items every CEO should have on their Q3 2025 agenda. It covers macroeconomic surprises (US strength vs. Germany’s contraction), disruptive trade moves (a 39% US duty on Swiss goods), fast‑moving AI developments and regulation (EU AI Act live; GPT‑5 […]
The Guide to Emotional Intelligence in Business: Why ThinkBlink Methodology Is Changing C-Suite Strategy Summary The article argues that emotional intelligence (EQ) is becoming a strategic imperative for C-suite leaders. Jean-Pierre Lacroix’s ThinkBlink Manifesto sets out seven core tenets — from the neurological primacy of emotion to building community-driven brands — that reframe how organisations […]
The breakout of ‘free market’ hysteria Summary Dr Joe Zammit-Lucia argues that the idea of a pure ‘free market’ is a fantasy: markets are political constructs governed by law and shaped by policy. He responds to recent outrage over US government interventions — equity stakes in Intel and investments in critical minerals — by pointing […]
The Best 8 AI Answering Services for Plumbers in 2025 Summary This article reviews eight AI answering and hybrid receptionist services tailored to plumbing businesses in 2025. It explains why missed calls cost revenue, describes selection criteria specific to trades (urgency triage, booking vs message-taking, integrations, multilingual support) and gives concise profiles of Rosie AI, […]
Why we need more fun at work (& how to do it) Summary Fun is a neglected but powerful part of wellbeing. Tim Jack Adams argues that play releases dopamine and serotonin, lifting mood and protecting mental health. GreenX7 data shows a fall in play alongside rising loneliness, chronic disease and depression. Adams reframes play […]
BetRivers Poker Championship Kicks Off Sept. 21 with Two Weeks of Action Summary The BetRivers Poker Championship 2025 runs online from 21 September to 5 October, offering more than $545,000 in total guarantees across 112 events split into Gold and Silver tiers. Buy‑ins range from $2 to $500 and the schedule covers a wide selection […]
Female Equity Analysts and Corporate Environmental and Social Performance Summary This paper, by Kai Li and co-authors and forthcoming in Management Science, shows that female sell-side equity analysts play a measurable, causal role in improving corporate environmental and social (E&S) performance. The authors hand-collect analyst gender data, develop specialised text-classification models (FinBERT fine-tuned with an […]
