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In brief:   SGV & Co. advances women leaders through a strong meritocratic culture, resulting in a leadership bench where women have actively helped shape the Firm’s direction. The Firm’s efforts highlight that inclusiveness is vital for a thriving future, demonstrated through impactful initiatives empowering...

Digital transformation is no longer about automating isolated processes or migrating systems to the cloud. Today, it is fundamentally a cyber-enabled, AI-driven transformation of how organizations operate, decide, and govern risk. As artificial intelligence (AI) converges with digital platforms—ERP, cloud, data lakes, and customer channels—cybersecurity...

A major Middle East crisis intensifies just as the La Niña ends, paving the way for the hottest months in the Philippines.   Separately, both conditions severely choke energy supply. The ongoing military escalation among the United States, Israel, and Iran has triggered a significant...

(Keynote Address of the author at the MAP CEO Academy’s Training on PQA for HEI Presidents with Industry and Government Leaders in October 2025.)   We are here to achieve a crucial goal: fostering a performance-excellence mindset in higher education institutions (HEIs) and aligning it...

Leadership transitions are no longer a distant concern for Philippine businesses – they are unfolding in real time. As a significant number of chief executives prepare to step aside in the coming years, organizations face a challenge that goes beyond succession: ensuring that leadership continuity...

Many Filipinos today share an uneasy feeling: the world has changed, yet the Philippines appears to move in circles. While Singapore disciplined itself into efficiency, Taiwan transformed under pressure, and China restructured after collapse, the Philippines has absorbed shocks without being changed by them. Corruption...

Philippine small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly confronting a persistent digital skills gap, limiting their access to markets, financing, and their ability to maintain regulatory compliance. While 77% of Filipino MSMEs are eager to adopt digital tools, only 16% currently use them – mostly...

Calls for constitutional reform are growing louder, and it is easy to see why. Many Filipinos experience government as slow to decide, weak in execution, and quick to dodge responsibility when things go wrong. But changing the Constitution is not a symbolic gesture or a...

Collaboration will also extend beyond our borders. We will intensify our engagement with our ASEAN neighbors to join us, Singapore and Thailand in management excellence exchanges. ASEAN is not merely a diplomatic construct – it is an economic community of over 660 million people. This...