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 …
Tax has become a reputation issue. Building public trust is a priority for companies and the industries they are part of, to increase their resilience in a world where technological advancements are caffeine and confidence is an anxiolytic that balances things out. Clear communication around tax is one way to …
How do you rebuild trust in Digital, in an era where breaches are not a matter of “if”, but “when”? Digital developments are undeniably omnipresent in our lives. We use online services in the most natural way. Technology is increasingly underpinning the development of business and new services. Digital is …
Governance, in simple terms, is how a governing entity, regardless of its size, interacts and makes decisions to accomplish a goal. You may find dozens of definitions of it, more or less sophisticated, but they all come down to the same idea. Corporate governance is gaining traction in financial services, …
Meaningful relationships are scarce. Jonathan. He lives alone somewhere in a busy neighbourhood. He’s a very social person with many friends with whom he spends time almost daily. But he feels like something is missing. He isn’t fully connected to people and ends up with an indescribable sense of emptiness …
Could Bitcoin be to Cryptocurrencies what Napster was to Peer-to-Peer file sharing? Napster helped shape the web 2.0, intentionally or not. Bitcoin might be the precursor of a world where crypto-assets-based transactions are as common as relying on your smartphone for, well, almost everything. If you were a child when …
