Dutch Commercial Capitalism: Rise and Decline in the 16th–17th Centuries
By Dr Kalim Siddiqui
The Dutch Republic’s rise to global dominance and its quiet decline reveal how financialisation, capital outflows, and institutional stagnation can erode...
The Fed Shows Hybrid Work Has Stabilized, And The Data Explain Why
By Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
Picture the Monday commute that never materializes. Laptops open at kitchen tables, living rooms double as conference rooms, and the weekly...
Leaders Can No Longer Fake An AI Strategy
By Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
The era of corporate AI theater is ending. A recent Wharton Human-AI Research and GBK Collective study finds that 82% of...
Vermont’s Return to Office Blunder is Costing Millions
By Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
If anyone wants a clean example of how governments waste taxpayer money, Vermont just handed them one. Gov. Phil Scott’s return-to-office...
The Impact of the US/Israel-Iran Crisis on Asia
By Dan Steinbock
With a major earthquake, a tsunami will follow and then the full damage. It’s the same with the Iran War. As transmission...
Iran: US adopts Israel’s Gaza/Beirut Obliteration Doctrine
By Dan Steinbock
Since fall 2023, Israel has implemented its Obliteration Doctrine in Gaza and now in Lebanon. The United States has adopted it...
AI-Ready Regions and Teams are Redefining Tech Strategy
By Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
A mechanical engineer pulls up a chat window, drops in a set of unit conversions, and watches a clean answer appear...
The Unwarranted Iran War: US-China Stakes, Regional Costs, Global Losses
By Dan Steinbock
After 1 month of hostilities and no exit plans, the economic and human costs of the US-Israel joint war against Iran...
A $22.5 Million Warning Shot for the Return-to-Office Era
By Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
An Ohio jury’s $22.5 million verdict against Total Quality Logistics for the consequences of denying a work-from-home request for a challenging pregnancy is...
Understanding Iran: Does Trump?
By Joseph Mazur
In the vacuum left by the U.S. President's failure to provide a coherent rationale behind America and Israel’s military assault on Iran,...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI
By Terence Tse
CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value.
A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...
