The tragic and barbaric terror attacks in Paris have cast a deep shadow on the upcoming climate talks which will need to resolve four critical challenges.

Innovation is about translating creativity into valuable opportunities (and then capturing the value). But is creativity something that can be generated or driven within companies? And if so, how? Innovating Without Creativity  Let’s take an innovation process such as design thinking. Take a problem, gather data, brainstorm, prototype and you have the solution to your…

Last June, I went back to Strathmore Business School in Nairobi. Almost one year had passed since my last stay there. One colleague asked whether I had seen any changes. My answer didn’t surprise him: an obvious increase in security measures. The terrorist attack at Garissa University that killed close to 150 students, and the…

Germany and its chancellor, Angela Merkel, are going through some serious tribulations, such as: the mass arrival of immigrants from the Middle East; the ordeal with Volkswagen just as it was about to surpass Toyota to become the world's leading car manufacturer; the major impact of the slowdown in China's economic growth on its industrial…