Image: Louis Vuitton Unlike the first digital Watches & Wonders in 2020 edition, at the start of the pandemic, the organisers of Watches & Wonders Geneva knew well beforehand that the fair had to take place digitally again this year. (The 2020 edition was the first major all-digital watch fair ever, and it took place
Month: July 2021
On March 23, 2020, the S&P 500 bottomed out. It dropped 34% from the mid-February 2020 high to the bottom. In fact, such a drop has never been seen before in that intensity. While the S&P 500 dropped 50% in 2008 at the start of the Great Recession, this drop was more intense. The distance
1969 Porsche 911T. Image: Silverstone Auctions Richard Hammond is putting some of his impressive rides up for auction at The Classic at Silverstone. Hammond has been at the centre of several high-profile shows, including the highly-successful Top Gear and The Grand Tour. Because starting a business can be rather expensive, Hammond found himself needing to
In April 2020, just one month into the U.S stay-at-home order, U.S divorce rates increased by 34 percent – with 20 percent of those couples having been married for five months or less. According to a statistic shared by Health Street, 4.5 million marriages ending in divorce are due to substance abuse, with alcohol and
Has Mick Jagger become Washington’s newest consultant? He currently has Washington D.C. singing his Rolling Stone magazine designated 100th greatest song of all time—”You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you find, you get what you need”—with him. On Wednesday, the heralded bipartisan group of Senators who have been negotiating the terms of
Felix Yiu built Apricot Designs into a multibillion-dollar company over 32 years and then sold the maker of pharmaceutical liquid-handling equipment to SPT Labtech in January. It was a strategic sale within the industry, and the 65-year-old Yiu is staying on only for a year as a consultant. “At my age, there are things I
Earlier this year, Glencore legendary CEO Ivan Glasenberg retired after 18 years at the helm of the largest mining company in the world. During his tenure, the company’s stock went up and down, with an overall performance between 2002 and 2020 of -16.8% on a cumulative basis (Glasenberg is also credited with taking the company
Image: Riviera The second Riviera flagship, 78 Motor Yacht, will be making its journey to Phuket, Thailand and is expected to reach its owners by mid-2022. The Australian builder’s long-time dealer, Lee Marine revealed that the bespoke yacht will have an enclosed flybridge and is powered by upgraded MAN 1800hp engines. The 78 was first
It might sound elementary, but our anecdotal evidence shows that companies actively setting big goals typically leads to business growth and sustainability. Of course, ‘shooting for the stars’ often entails experiencing failure. I have encountered significant failure in my career, but even when I didn’t hit all of my objectives, keeping a “go big” mentality helped
From the way I lead my business to the way I raised my three sons, nothing has shaped me quite so much as the people and culture I come from. My formative years made me the person I am today, and that includes the way I lead my team as President and CEO of SKYDEX.
Image: Infinity8 Sacha Jafri’s NFT Artwork titled ‘On the Wings of an Angel’ sold for nearly US$1 million in under a minute at amFAR’s annual Cannes Gala on Friday, 16 July. It broke the record to become the fastest-selling NFT. Sacha’s painting was transformed into an open edition NFT at the charity. Within 45 seconds,
The qualities that make exceptional leaders and CEOs are widely discussed. Great leaders approach tasks with clarity, are organized, and demonstrate other positive traits. But there is one thing that is the foundation of successful leadership: emotional intelligence. That is the ability to empathize with the emotions of others and manage your own. Developing emotional intelligence demonstrates a solid commitment to leadership. It’s essential to understand the following
Image: Jonny Lew / Pexels The world’s largest sapphire cluster was found hidden in a man’s backyard in Ratnapura and experts are saying it could be worth US$100 million. The rare specimen weighs approximately 510 kilograms or 2.5 million carats and has been dubbed “Serendipity Sapphire”. The lucky gent who stumbled upon this cluster told
Going for the GOLD and sustaining the Olympic Gold Champion Discipline is a story on greatness, recently I had the opportunity to discuss exactly that with the United States Olympic Gold Medalist Connor Fields. THANK YOU for sharing! Q – “Let’s address the obvious, what has it meant and does it mean to you to
McLaren has unveiled the much anticipated 765LT Spider, which it claims to be the fastest convertible it has ever produced. Complementing the 765LT ‘Longtail’ coupe, the 765LT Spider boasts a lightweight body and an impressive powertrain. The powerful open-top vehicle flexes a muscular hood, a sleek front splitter and blacked-out wheels. McLaren has also given
I applaud the efforts of organizational leaders who take well-considered steps to promote the core values of respect and inclusiveness. But can we agree that sometimes just a few not-so-well-considered words will undermine even the most carefully designed, well-intentioned actions? It’s time that we re-think some overly common terminology if we truly seek to foster
The idea of a “new normal” has permeated the conversation among business leaders for more than a year. We use the phrase as shorthand to refer to life and business during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. But it’s time to drop this figure of speech. Not only is “new normal” a tired cliché, but it
Climate crises and environmental disasters. Covid-19 and its variants. Social upheaval. Racial justice reckoning. Geopolitical conflict. Washington dysfunction. These and other disruptive forces are driving business leaders to rethink virtually every aspect of how their organizations operate. Disruption isn’t expected to ease up anytime soon–and it’s keeping business leaders awake at night. In the AlixPartners
What can organizational leaders learn from an unemployed, unmarried woman who lived more than two hundred years ago? As it turns out, a great deal. Jane Austen offers organizational leaders six tools for cultivating a post pandemic culture that develops, inspires, and sustains women leaders no matter what constraint they face whether COVID or otherwise.
Summer is upon us and for those who have not travelled in over a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, are now anxiously awaiting getting out of the home for some rest and relation. Maybe you miss those face-to-face meetings with family and friends, or maybe you just miss relaxing on the beach. Whatever the
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