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Mike Mastroyiannia
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Mike Mastroyiannis, Writer and Business Growth Consultant

Mike Enables Exponential Growth And Reshapes Industry Boundaries What’s your story? I left Greece 38 years ago, travelled around the world, lived in 5 countries (Greece, The Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, and Hong Kong), studied in 3 countries, led 3 global businesses with Multinationals (Philips and Siemens), led and/or founded 5 start-ups, created or introduced to the […]
Haroon Hassan
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Haroon Hasan, Founder of Scoolsmart.

Haroon’s Scoolsmart provides opportunities for technology companies to find solutions for education. What’s your story? I was formerly a banker and turned entrepreneur. I founded Scoolsmart to create innovative solutions for education and revolutionize on-line learning in the face of the Covid 19 pandemic. This is a unique opportunity for technology companies to find solutions for […]
Cintia Nunes
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Cintia Nunes, Chief of Strategy & Growth of Dream Impact

Cintia’s Platform Connects Social Startup Founders With The Resources To Grow What’s your story? Let’s do the short version – I started off at a FMCG MNC strategizing across brands and sales channels, picked up the habit of observing consumer behaviour and deciphering verbal and non-verbal human communications garnering insights and business strategies. Went to Bangladesh […]

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Being Thoughtful In The Age Of A.I.

Key Takeaway: Concerns about AI’s potential roguehood and potential harm to privacy and dignity are a significant concern. AI’s algorithms, programmed by humans, are also biased and discriminatory. However, a psychologist’s research suggests that AI is a threat to making people less disciplined and skilled in making thoughtful decisions. Making thoughtful decisions involves understanding the […]
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Are Single People Happier? The Science Of Being Single

Key Takeaway: A study published in the Journal of Personality suggests that long-term single people can be secure and thriving, possibly due to their attachment style. The research found that 78% of singles were insecure, with 22% being secure. Secure singles are comfortable with intimacy and closeness in relationships, while anxious singles worry about rejection […]
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The Inherent Risks Of A.I.

Key Takeaway: Leading scientists and technologists often make terrible predictions about the direction of innovation, leading to misalignments between a company’s economic incentives to profit from its proprietary AI model and society’s interests in how the AI model should be monetised and deployed. Focusing on the economic risks from AI is not just about preventing […]
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Discovering Your Money Attachment Style

Key Takeaway: The current economic climate is particularly concerning for young people, who are often financially worse off than their parents. To overcome this, it is important to understand one’s financial attachment style, which can be secure, anxious, or avoidant. Attachment theory, influenced by childhood experiences and education, can help shape one’s relationship with money. […]
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How China Is Transforming Its Economy Through Learning

I highly recommend reading the McKinsey Global Institute’s new report, “Reskilling China: Transforming The World’s Largest Workforce Into Lifelong Learners”, which focuses on the country’s biggest employment challenge, re-training its workforce and the adoption of practices such as lifelong learning to address the growing digital transformation of its productive fabric. How to transform the country […]
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