A recent article of Forbes has caught my attention and made me look at the issue of short-term thinking in a new way. Typically, we will associate long- or short-term thinking to the business world, where it is criticised that large companies…

It’s hard to believe that 14 years have already passed since I joined my peers from all across the globe for those unforgettable “three days in May”. I was a young student who had just commenced his postgraduate career in…

Capital is more accessible When one speaks of capital, one quickly speaks of globally active companies that see entrepreneurship as an end in itself rather than a meaningful undertaking. It comes to the mind of Thomas Piketty with his book…

Angela Lim – a 29-year-old doctor and entrepreneur from Auckland, New Zealand, was one of the 200 Leaders of Tomorrow at the 48th St. Gallen Symposium. This is where she met the man who would later become the investor of…

Capitalism has had its share of victories. Technological progress, higher living standards, more meritocratic societal systems are but a few of its achievements. Yet today, capitalism is increasingly seen as a problem rather than a solution. Exacerbating income inequality, unsustainable…

Coming from a low-income farming family in northern Peru, I did not know anything about the world. My world was just my farm and my community. Thanks to my parents’ hard work, I went to college with just one objective…

“An exponential growth is a simple doubling. One becomes two becomes four”  – Peter Diamandis This philosophy of compounded learning symbolizes my life post being Leader of Tomorrow at the St. Gallen Symposium about 3 years ago. The experience was…

I had the opportunity to visit the University of St. Gallen, as a finalist of the ISC Symposium (now St. Gallen Symposium) in 2001 and 2002. It was my first trip outside India, my home then, and a very memorable…

Due to trends like digitalization, individualization, and increasing diversity the work environment is changing rapidly and constantly. Companies adapt to these changes with new organizational structures and new forms of working. Becoming more agile, innovative, and adaptive are the goals…

Three years ago, I embarked on a journey to some of the most remote, cut off, and underserved areas of Pakistan. I grew up in Islamabad, the country’s capital, in many ways was shielded from the forces that the rest…