Market Trends & Consumer Behaviour
The Next Era of Sustainability Leadership: CEO Survey Shows the Business Case is Now Summary The 2025 UN Global Compact–Accenture CEO Study, reviewed in this Mayer Brown memorandum, signals that sustainability has shifted from a moral or reputational concern to a central business imperative. Based on responses from nearly 2,000 CEOs across 128 countries, the […]
Kraken acquires Small Exchange to launch US-regulated derivatives platform | Yogonet International Summary Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has completed a $100 million purchase of Small Exchange, a CFTC-licensed Designated Contract Market (DCM) acquired from IG Group. The deal gives Kraken a federally regulated US foothold for derivatives trading, enabling a single platform to offer spot, futures […]
Beyond Vision: Why Systems Design Is The CEO’s Core Responsibility Summary CEOs should be their organisation’s chief systems designer: the person who deliberately shapes the management systems that align behaviour with purpose and long‑term value. The article argues three core reasons for this role: the CEO owns vision and direction, has unique authority and visibility […]
CEO Of The Year: A Conversation With Eli Lilly’s Dave Ricks Summary Under CEO Dave Ricks (since January 2017), Eli Lilly has transformed from a struggling legacy drugmaker into the world’s most valuable pharmaceutical company, largely driven by breakthrough GLP-1 medicines (tirzepatide marketed as Mounjaro and Zepbound) and a major Alzheimer’s win with donanemab (Kisunla). […]
Mullenweg: ‘Biggest Failure’—$7.5B Crisis, Tumblr, & WP War Summary Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg admitted at WordCamp Canada 2025 that the 2019 acquisition of Tumblr is “probably my biggest failure or missed opportunity.” The purchase has become a persistent cost centre: migrating Tumblr’s c.500 million blogs to WordPress has proven technically immense and financially draining. At […]
Is Sanae Takaichi Reshaping Japan’s Power Future? Summary Sanae Takaichi, elected on 21 October 2025 as Japan’s first female Prime Minister, combines a historic breakthrough in representation with a firmly conservative, security-first agenda. A long-time Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) figure and admirer of Shinzo Abe, she supports constitutional revision to expand Japan’s military role, higher […]
Gen AI Can Change Work Forever—If You Build the Right Gen AI Portal Summary Generative AI (Gen AI) will reshape how organisations work, but success depends on how employees are supported. The article argues for creating an internal Gen AI portal — a centralised hub that educates staff, answers concerns, collects feedback and ensures secure, […]
A 2026 Macro Briefing: Signals, Scenarios & the Moves to Make Summary Chief Executive Group and Morgan Stanley Wealth Management are hosting a webinar on 19 November 2026 (1:00 – 2:00 pm ET) to outline the macro outlook for 2026. Lisa Shalett, Chief Investment Officer at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, will lead the briefing and […]
AI is that inevitable transformation we were waiting for Summary For more than a decade organisations have invested heavily in data infrastructures and analytics, but AI is reframing data as the raw material for active intelligence rather than just hindsight. In an interview with Marco Di Dio Roccazzella (General Manager and shareholder at Jakala), Francesco […]
CEO Confidential: 10 items for the CEO agenda (Q4 2025) Summary The article lists ten priority items every CEO should have on their Q4 2025 agenda. It opens with a cautiously positive macroeconomic picture — steady growth and controlled inflation in many markets — but flags persistent high bond yields and geopolitical risks. AI is […]
