Can one live long and prosper in cyberspace with goodwill only? Although Mr. Spock’s famous blessing is still valid, these contemporary times call for adding another adjective to it: secure. Regardless of the sector and industry, from the boardroom to the corridors and coffee spaces, discussions on how to remain …
The future of AI is here. Once the realm of science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) is now not only a fact of science but a fact in our daily lives. It’s certainly an inescapable subject in the business agenda. With a global market projected to reach $70 billion by 2020, …
Diversity at the workplace goes beyond hiring people with different characteristics; it’s about ensuring everyone feels welcome, safe and accepted. To be truly inclusive, every diversity dimension must be taken into consideration but certain, sometimes, need more attention. This article focuses on why including LGBTQ+ talent matters. Can we manage …
Digital is like a horde, the clan of Attila in the XXI century. Almost like a herd of speeding steeds that make the ground tremble, shaking every bone of the business skeleton, including compliance. Regulatory compliance is more and more linked to processing large sets of data that, in turn, …
Let’s talk about money laundering, baby. We bet that got your attention. But being connected to money laundering in any way is not the kind of attention that individuals, businesses and— arguably more importantly — financial centres like Luxembourg want. At all. There was a funny post on social media …
The hype cycle of emerging technologies (see the pic below) may challenge Victor Hugo’s famous quote. “Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come”, he stated. Three years ago, Fintech was a ubiquitous, almost exhausting subject. When we asked our digital intelligence platform about the evolution of …
“Virtue is more feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to regulation of conscience” stated Adam Smith. Aren’t laws, after all, trying to limit any potential excesses of our conscience? Innovation and regulation are bound to play the cat-and-mouse game. And you can easily figure who tries to …
‘O Captain, my Captain, Does autonomy have to do with carving one’s destiny?’ In this article, we dared to build the autonomy equation into business. To accomplish that goal, we asked ourselves several questions. Is a successful take on challenges, what makes employees autonomous? Or might it be their ability …
Every cloud has a silver lining. Regulation is bittersweet, but it’s undeniably necessary. We know good will is the ideal; it still cannot win the battle against the human tendency to break the rules. Brexit was a bucket of cold water that made us rethink what the Europe we all …
Fear or uncertainty, which comes first? Which is the cause and which the effect? Although this could trigger an egg-and-chicken-dilemma conversation, we simply wanted to find a convincing explanation of why CEOs’ global economic growth expectations have changed considerably in 2019 compared to the 12 previous months. We could have …
