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Three reasons why your digital transformation is moving slower than Edsa traffic and how to fix it with behavioral science For many CEOs in top Southeast Asian organizations, digital transformation can feel as sluggish as navigating Edsa’s infamous traffic. Despite investing in top-tier technologies, progress...

Editor’s note: This was lifted from the acceptance speech delivered by the author as the 2024 Arangkada Lifetime Achievement Awardee of the Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines (JFCs) at the Arangkada Forum on Oct. 24. With profound gratitude and humility, I stand before you...

Digital transformation (DTx) is a buzzword we’ve all heard. It means using technology to change the way businesses or governments operate. But here’s the problem: many digital transformation projects, especially in developing countries, fail. Why? Because they focus too much on the technology and not...

In November 2023, the Philippine government signed the inclusive agreement with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Inclusive Framework on Base-Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), aligning with over 140 countries committed to addressing global tax avoidance by multinational corporations (MNCs). Under current international...

Listen to the World Bank demystify it. “Shared prosperity is the average annual growth rate in income or consumption of the bottom 40 percent of the population in a country.” When is prosperity “shared”? Is it “balato” (largesse) by the winners to the losers after...

Last Sept. 25, during a general membership meeting of the Management Association of the Philippines, Undersecretary and Chief Economist Domini Velasquez of the Department of Finance (DOF) gave a presentation on the economic vision of the President Marcos administration, with additional comments from another Finance...

Laws in the United States, the United Kingdom and India require the disclosure of CEO-to-employee pay ratios (or CEO pay ratios) among companies to promote transparency and address concerns about income inequality. In the United States, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...

I have always been drawn to the arts, where storytelling comes alive through movement, music and emotion—whether it’s a ballet, a play, or an experimental film. In my role on the Board of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), I’ve had the privilege of...

The gap between the generations arises because the young person looks at the future, the middle-aged person looks at the present and the old person looks at the past.” —Professor M.S. Rao The theory offered by authors William Strauss and Neil Howe can partially explain...