The Coming Disruption: Latin America

WorlCity’s CEO Club reconvened to discuss what type of disruptions to expect in Latin America as 2018 approaches. The discussion, led by John Price, managing director for Americas Market Intelligence in Miami, covered productivity growth in Latin America, emerging technologies in the region, the increase in patents and disruptions that began in the United States…

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Ethics: the business leader’s dilemmas

A company has to decide whether to fire an employee for having prescription medication shipped to her, medicines that are not legal in that country. A consultant has to decide whether to fudge some numbers in a market share report he was hired to prepare for an important client in order to protect key executives…

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Gross vs. Net: refocusing on the top line

How many of these brands did you know are owned by Clorox?   Glad trash bags Burt’s Bees Pine-Sol, Tilex and SOS cleaners Hidden Valley dressings Brita Kingsford charcoal Fresh Step cat litter Liquid-Plumr Renew Life probiotics KC Masterpiece barbecue sauces   It’s that kind of brand strength that has helped The Clorox Company post…

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Education’s Role in Business Future

The CEO Club welcomed University of Miami President Julio Frenk, discussing four topics that can help education work with business in Miami, and therefore Latin America: career plasticity, accrediting competencies, tailored education for local businesses and targeting talent. What an opportunity it is for business to work more closely with higher learning, in particular in…

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CEO Club: The journey into digitalization

  Transportation, logistics and supply chain service provider companies have often wrestled with how best to transition aspects of the business into digitalization. For example, if you have a contract with a smaller trucking company, it took time to educate many on how digitalization could be an asset and not an inconvenience. In the sector…

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Technology rapidly shortening, altering necessary work skills

  Evolving skill requirements are rapidly reshaping the labor market and business behaviors. That was the latest pertinent topic for the latest WorldCity CEO Club to tackle. Learnability. The lifecycle of skills. Sparking results from millennials. Staying ahead of the obsolete curve. “There are dramatic forces happening with great rapidity impacting the whole global market,” said…

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Five takeaways from A&E Networks on video consumption

Media companies face a rapidly changing business environment, with increasing challenges and a wide range of opportunities. No one knows that better than Eddy Ruiz, President and General Manager of A&E Networks Latin America, who led the discussion at WorldCity’s exclusive CEO Club gathering on Friday. So, in this day of multiple platforms, multiple devices…

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Answers from IDC on where companies stand in the digital age

The WorldCity CEO Club convened to share where its companies are on the spectrum of going digital. The round table was split almost 50-50 when asked if they felt their companies were ahead or behind the curve in the digital age. The discussion sparked insights on best practices and current examples of how companies are…

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