CEO Club
Invitation-only club for top multinational executives
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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