13+ hour, 44+ min ago  (311+ words) Andrew Wrobel is the chief reinvention officer at Reinvantage. The Last Word: A brand does not need to become a therapist, a guru or a life coach. In fact, brands should resist the temptation to do so. Somewhere between a…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (322+ words) The EU's Spring Economic Forecast shows a slowdown in growth as the energy shock drives up inflation and puts new strain on finances. It has not, to say the least, been the most promising of weeks for Europe's economy. On…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (433+ words) Inva Hasanaliaj is the founder of Press Shield, a secure all-in-one platform that provides journalists with mental health support, legal aid, and encrypted communication, and a winner of the She's Next empowered by Visa 2025 Hackathon. Why mental health has become…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago  (273+ words) Governments in rich countries are pushing up the cost of hiring despite possible alternatives for raising revenue not being in short supply. Belgium topped the rankings at 52. 5 per cent. Germany sat on 49. 3, France on 47. 2, Austria on 47. 1 and Italy on 45. 8. Colombia…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (318+ words) Andrew Wrobel is the chief reinvention officer at Reinvantage. The Last Word: AI's next battle is not the model, but the organisation. From "What can the model do?' to "What can the organisation absorb?' For the past few years, attention…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (835+ words) Emerging Europe Kazakhstan's economy is growing at a decent rate, but its workforce is not. Schools, vocational training, and adult skills must be improved. In January 2025, Chevron announced first oil from the Future Growth Project at the Tengiz field in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (853+ words) Emerging Europe Mongolia has a bold plan, a surplus, and good demographics. The economy still runs on copper, however, and the copper boom is part of why. In May 2025, Mongolia's State Training Fund announced a change to the country's overseas-study…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (827+ words) Emerging Europe As bilateral aid retreats, the world's development banks are reaching further than ever. Their critics worry that they have lost the plot. In London in mid-May 2025, at its first Annual Meeting in the city for nine years, the…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago  (674+ words) Emerging Europe The courage to get AI right Andrew Wrobel is the chief reinvention officer at Reinvantage. The Last Word: Leadership alignment, behaviour, and talent matter far more than whether employees are merely experimenting with AI tools. For the past…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (657+ words) Emerging Europe Half of Europeans never use public transport. Freebies are an easy answer, but as some countries have found out, they don't ease congestion. Eurostat published a transport snapshot in March showing that just over half of EU adults…...