When I travel, having the comfort of being offline, I bring myself up-to-date by reading the newspapers and magazines available in most airplanes. Over a flight from Stockholm to Zurich this afternoon, I have been reading Financial Times, The Economist and a couple of Swedish newspapers about the COP21 negotiations in Paris this week. Reading… Continue reading COP21 – What to Expect from Paris
Category: Global Attitude
The Power of the Informal Economy
Robert Neuwirth’s presentation at The Future of Places III conference which we published two weeks ago was very popular with the readers of this blog, so here is Neuwirth’s Ted Talk from 2012 with more thoughts about the power of the informal economy. For those of us who have visited, the mere mention of Lagos,… Continue reading The Power of the Informal Economy
Bearing signs up to United Nations Global Compact
Commitment to UN Global Compact On November 5th, Bearing Group Ltd (the group parent company of Bearing) signed up to UN Global Compact. Being an international consultancy with assignments in both advanced and emerging economies, we have decided to adapt the compact to align our CSR policy with an international framework. Our letter of commitment… Continue reading Bearing signs up to United Nations Global Compact
The Importance of the Summer Holiday
With the “better” summer weather upon us here in Europe our thoughts at this time of the year turn to the holidays. Europeans are very lucky compared to many in the world as we tend to take 2-3 weeks holiday, usually over the summer period. Others cultures view this long period of low productivity and… Continue reading The Importance of the Summer Holiday
Weirdest Hotel Requests And Complaints
Even though good customer service is one of the main conditions for success in any business, it is particularly important in the hotel industry where guests are looking to staff to help them make their stay as relaxing and comfortable as possible. And staff in hotels all over the world really does go out of… Continue reading Weirdest Hotel Requests And Complaints
Top Trends for 2014
Happy New Year everyone! The first blog post of 2014 will be about what to expect from the new year. The world is changing faster than ever. We’re connected to each other in ways that would have been thought impossible just a generation ago, enabling enormous potential but also exposing us to great strain. If… Continue reading Top Trends for 2014
New Year – a time to make choices
Once more we find ourselves in the season where one year comes to an end and a new one begins – the daily life stops for a few days, and we are given time to think through the time that has past and set our hopes for the upcoming year. This time of the year… Continue reading New Year – a time to make choices
Dambisa Moyo on the state of the World
The economist Dambisa Moyo recently made a TED Talk where she argues how China can be a role model for how the west and the rest can collaborate. She makes the case that the west can not afford to rest on its laurels and imagine others will blindly follow. Instead, she says, a different model… Continue reading Dambisa Moyo on the state of the World
Hans Rosling’s Yardstick of Wealth and the Truth about Population
The phrase "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics" was made famous by Mark Twain, and sometimes we really feel like this about the hard truth. The facts that are served to us through mass media. Sometimes the quote can be correct. It is easy to use statistics in dubious ways.… Continue reading Hans Rosling’s Yardstick of Wealth and the Truth about Population
Living and working across cultures
“We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race." – Kofi Annan, born in 1938, secretary general of the United Nations from 1997 until December 31, 2006. Born in Ghana and educated in the United States, Annan was the first UN secretary general from sub-Saharan Africa.… Continue reading Living and working across cultures