In today’s world, doing global work is getting harder. The geopolitical landscape—fractured alliances, renewed nationalism, sanctions, airspace restrictions, and unpredictable regulation—combined with macro-economic headwinds like inflation, energy costs, and supply chain stress, have made everything from travel to deployment of talent more expensive and time-consuming. For anyone working across borders, these changes are no longer…

Back in 2015, I wrote about what I then called the “nomadic elite”—a small but visible group of professionals who seemed to thrive on constant relocation, moving from one international assignment to the next with relative ease. At the time, I questioned whether we were perhaps celebrating this lifestyle too much, and overlooking the ways…

For decades, global professionals have developed their effectiveness through language learning, cultural sensitivity, and on-the-ground, immersive experiences. Now, artificial intelligence (AI) is entering the picture, not as a replacement for these hard-won capabilities, but as a complement that could redefine how we experience global work. AI is already reshaping many dimensions of cross-border collaboration. Take…