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How To Spot A Cheat In Chess

A few years ago, the chess website Chess.com temporarily banned US grandmaster Hans Niemann for playing chess moves online that the site suspected had been suggested to him by a computer program. It had reportedly previously banned his mentor Maxim Dlugy. And at the Sinquefield Cup earlier this month, world champion Magnus Carlsen resigned without comment after playing a poor game against 19-year-old Niemann. He has since […]

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Ads Are Coming To Netflix Soon: The Implications For The Streaming Industry

Ads are coming to Netflix, perhaps even sooner than anticipated.  The Wall Street Journal has reported that Netflix has moved up the launch of their ad-supported subscription tier to November. The Sydney Morning Herald, meanwhile, is reporting that Australia is amongst the first countries likely to experience ads on Netflix later this year. Netflix first announced they would introduce […]

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Royal Entrepreneur: How Queen Elizabeth Made The British Monarchy Into A Global Brand

Queen Elizabeth II was not just a monarch, she represented a global brand. And for the past seven decades, this brand has to some extent defined and promoted the British nation around the world. Brands are important corporate (or in this case national) assetsthat can burnish a company’s profile and meaningfully differentiate it from other businesses. […]
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What Zelensky Can Teach Us About Leadership

Whatever happens in the coming weeks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will go down as the face of Ukrainian resilience during the Russian invasion of his country.  His response to the Russian invasion of his country has been widely praised, both at home and abroad. His speech to the European Parliament in early March received a standing ovation. Western press […]
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5 Rules Of Leadership In 2022

After another punishing year dominated by COVID, the omicron threat appears to be receding and many people may now be looking at the beginning of the end of the pandemic. But the fallout from COVID will still pose huge challenges in 2022 in terms of economic growth, supply chain issues, labour shortages and employee confidence.  As ever, effective leadership […]
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How Cup Noodles Became One of The Biggest Business Success Stories Of All Time

See a container of Cup Noodles at a convenience store and you might think of dorm rooms and cheap calories.  But there was a time when eating from the product’s iconic packaging exuded cosmopolitanism, when the on-the-go meal symbolized possibility – a Japanese industrial food with an American flair.  Cup Noodles – first marketed in […]
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Is Moving Away From Social Media A Form Of Corporate Social Responsibility?

UK cosmetics company Lush has announced its decision to leave Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat, saying its decision reflects concerns about the alleged effects of these social networks on the mental health of their users. The brand will maintain its presence on Twitter and YouTube. Lush has more than 900 stores worldwide, and some 10.6 million followers between Facebook […]
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Siri: Apple’s Missed Opportunity

A highly critical article in The Verge, “Hey Siri, what happened?”, discusses an issue many of us have been observing for some time: that Apple’s home assistant is noticeably less intelligent and more limited than its competitors such as Alexa or Google Assistant. The usage test confirms it: ten years after Siri’s introduction, if you […]
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What Kind Of World will China Lead?

An article in the Financial Times by Mike Moritz, a senior manager at Sequoia Capitalcalled “Silicon Valley would be wise to follow China’s lead” has set the cat among the tech pigeons: the billionaire investor advises workers in Silicon Valley to stop arguing about the length of paternity leave, unlimited vacations, free massages or the imperative need for a rehearsal room at work to […]
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What Sets Tesla Apart From The Competition?

Tesla’s production figures and vehicle shipments for the third quarter of 2021 make it the only manufacturer that, in the midst of the global chip crisis that has caused more than $210 billion in losses and the closure of numerous factories around the world, has increased profits and beat analysts’ forecasts, surpassing its all-time record. What makes a manufacturer capable of topping […]

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The Real Future of the Platform Economy

Transforming Value Chains with Networks In the past few months, I’ve been working hard to provide Platform Design Toolkit adopters and our readers with a clearer representation of the evolution of digitally enabled markets. I shared our understanding of digital markets as distributed in three major layers, that of infrastructures, aggregators and long tail markets. I’ve explained how aggregators play a key role in an […]
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New Times Call For New Energies

With the stock market capitalization of the five-biggest US oil companies slashed by half since the beginning of the year, the future is increasingly clear: although stopping oil production overnight would bring the world to a grinding halt, particularly in the transport, cement and metals industries, but as we emerge from lockdown, we must now focus on […]

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Cathy Nesbitt – Founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters

This article was originally published here: Cathy Nesbitt – Founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters Cathy Nesbitt environmental beliefs led her to start a worm business but her major focus now is improving people’s lives through laughter. What’s your story? I am a Health and Wellness Advocate. Founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters (est 2002), Cathy’s Sprouters […]
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Dylan Quarles – Founder & CEO Rainier Augusta Independent Publishing LLC.

This article was originally published here: Dylan Quarles – Founder & CEO Rainier Augusta Independent Publishing LLC. After becoming a successful author, Dylan Quarles has made the transition to publishing. What’s your story? I am an award winning, bestselling author with over 100,000 readers worldwide. My fans will tell you that I write fast-paced page-turners […]
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Zachary Hoffman – Founder of SWALeadership LLC.

This article was originally published here: Zachary Hoffman – Founder of SWALeadership LLC. Determined that the world would be a better place with better leadership, Zachary Hoffman has designed a programme to inspire the leaders of the future. What’s your story? I am an Italian/American bi-lingual dual-citizen, effective leadership developer, award-winning author, international relations enthusiast, […]
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Rick DellaRatta – Founder of Jazz for Peace™

This article was originally published here: Rick DellaRatta – Founder of Jazz for Peace™ Profoundly affected by witnessing the horror of 9/11, Rick DellaRatta has combined his musical skills and his determination to provoke change. What’s your story? Jazz for Peace rose from the ashes of the horrifying tragedy of 9/11 starting with a poem […]
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X Philip Merry – CEO of Philip Merry Consulting Group

This article was originally published here: X Philip Merry – CEO of Philip Merry Consulting Group What’s your story? I learnt early on that life provides the things you need. Synchronicity is an out-of-the-blue coincidence that provides answers to current questions without any logical reason. In 1995 I needed $15,000 to balance the books and […]

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