NEWS & ARTICLES

As generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) makes polished work easier to produce, leaders must learn to distinguish genuine capability from its convincing appearance.   Imagine walking into a room wearing a Rolex Daytona. From across the table, everything looks right: the proportions, the ceramic bezel, the...

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...

Recently, I had the privilege of speaking and moderating at an ASEAN business forum, where business leaders discussed the region’s future competitiveness.   The discussions centered on infrastructure, trade facilitation, digitalization, and regional economic integration. These are important priorities that I fully support.   However,...

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...

Part 2 of 2 Parts   The trade agreements past and present guaranteed market access to every firm. What we want to explore is what happens between the day the market opened, and the day a firm starts earning something from it. In that space...

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...

Part 1 of 2 Parts   Much has been said about enabling policy environment in trade, but we need to ask what that environment means from the perspective of the people and businesses who must live with the policies. When the world changes, the first...

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...

The country today is experiencing a crisis arising from the gross inequality in the distribution of income and wealth, and the inaccessibility of economic opportunities to a large segment of the population that is mired in poverty.   To be sure, the Philippine Statistics Authority...