NEWS & ARTICLES

In the book Building Trust: In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life, American authors Robert Solomon and Fernando Flores assert that trust isn’t something that’s constantly present but is rather cultivated – an active and dynamic part of life. They also introduced the concepts of naive...

Our Current Economy and its Main Measures of Progress   Traditionally, our policy and decision makers use three basic measures of economic progress: Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation rate, and unemployment rate.   But how useful are these economic measures, especially during this period when...

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I am still wondering why women do not like quotas and insist that women get to positions of power only by merit. We were talking to a diverse group of women on the subject of women representation in corporate boards and these revelations came up....

Political season is upon us. As in all national elections, everyone’s distracted by it. Trolling, black propaganda, partisan mudslinging, backstabbing and all the negatives of self-serving politics are overpowering the nation’s consciousness. Once again it will be about winnability at all costs. Voters will be...

GDP is Never Enough (2nd of 2 Parts)   In my previous article, Blindsided By The Market, I explained the need for robust institutions and a socially-oriented mindset to counter two side effects of the neoclassical market model – devaluation of the priceless and inequality...

CHAMPION of Innovation Challenge of the MAP – SGV NextGen CEO Transformative Leadership Program.   The Management Association of the Philippines and SGV & Co. congratulate CHITO MANIAGO for being named the 2021 Outstanding Transformative Leader of the SGV- MAP NextGen CEO Transformative Leadership Program....

This article (Part 2 of a series) focuses on Pillar 2 which requires the imposition of a 15% global minimum corporate tax on multinational enterprises (MNE). As mentioned in Part 1, this new global tax regime consisting of a two-pillar solution (Pillar 1 and 2)...

Social enterprise, sustainable products, workplace diversity and inclusion, work-life balance, and mental health – these are words I never spoke or heard of when I was a kid. Back then, the only balance I knew was on a see-saw, and I worried about my health...