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Introduction: Mental Health as an Economic Driver   In the modern economic landscape, mental health is no longer merely a public health concern or an employee welfare benefit; it is an imperative driver of national productivity and macro-economic resilience. For the Philippines, a country whose...

Before the 24th Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) International CEO Conference, its chair, Alma Jimenez, wrote in this space that our greatest strategic risk may lie less in missing signals than in reading them through outdated assumptions. On Sept. 8, at Shangri-La The Fort,...

Organizations have never had more access to ideas, technologies, talent, and market intelligence than they do today, yet many organizations continue to struggle with a familiar challenge: turning promising ideas into meaningful business outcomes. New concepts emerge every day, with new technologies tested across different...

Technological innovation, evolving customer expectations, geopolitical uncertainty, and changing business models are reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace. Business transformation has to go beyond being a one-time initiative with a defined beginning and end, and instead become a continuous process of adaptation, reinvention, and value...

We live in a transformative era that demands a new kind of leadership. Market disruption, technological innovation, changing customer expectations, evolving regulations, talent shortages, and the growing need for diversity and inclusion are reshaping the business landscape. As a result, transformation is now a fundamental...

Tacloban. Zamboanga. South Cotabato. Three school shootings in less than three months should be enough to tell us that we have a serious problem. We should not wait for a fourth before we treat this as an urgent national concern.   On June 22, gunfire...

This article draws on my presentation at the 1st RCEP Business and Investment Summit, organized by the East Asia Business Council and the Management Association of the Philippines and held in Metro Manila on September 9, 2026.   Somewhere in East Asia, a buyer is...

Leaders are confronting a stark reality: many of the assumptions that shaped global commerce over the past three decades no longer hold. Leaders face the challenge of managing teams through a period of systemic transition – steering their organizations through the breakdown of globalization, stable...

Since the Philippines gained independence in 1946 and Filipinos finally took control of the nation’s path to prosperity, it has always been our cherished dream to join the ranks of affluent nations.   From that time on, each succeeding generation has been gauged or measured...