How blockchain could disrupt passports, immigration
The oldest piece of technology that everyone carries around for a lifetime is indeed the Passport. There is nothing in my opinion more obsolete than a piece of paper with stamps on it meant to track...
Bad money chasing out good money
An old statement “Bad money drives out good,’’ has become increasingly popular in recent years. The original statement is attributed to Nicolaus Copernicus, the great Polish thinker educated in...
How digital money will shape our future
Only two years ago most of the people had never heard about cryptocurrencies or had foreseen the development of digital money as we experience it right now. When in 2010 the first public payment...
The future is in cryptocurrency
In my years invested analysing trends and innovation, I came across countless examples of technologies that the market misunderstood. In some cases the technology was laughed at, but eventually...
6 ways to maximise your time as an entrepreneur
Stefano Virgilli - stefano@virgilli.com - I Bkeep repeating that the plague of the new generation is “obsessive compulsive browsing”. Recently a study showed that all of the USA citizens...
The importance of context in today’s businesses
Stefano Virgilli - stefano@virgilli.com - Recently I was leading a revamping exercise for a company that was operating in Asia for the past 10 years. Although the company was still profitable...
Content is the new oil. But is it still valuable?
When I moved to Oman in 2012 I was told that the most desirable asset in every organisation was good quality content. I was immediately surprised to find out that Arabic content was not as widely...
More and more jobs are on the way to irrelevance
By Stefano Virgilli — Singapore Airlines woke up to a shocking 138 million Singapore dollars (SGD) quarterly loss, the first one in 5 years. As a result, the management called a press conference...
The controversy of working in the sales profession
By Stefano Virgilli — Last week I had lunch with my friend. I will call him Mr M in this column. He has been working as a salesperson for 20 years. Mr M is now 43. All of his professional life was...
When is it a good time to move on to another job?
By Stefano Virgilli — Recently a close friend of mine contacted me to ask for my advise with regards to his career. He is in his 40s, he is European and he is a director in a MNC. My friend is...
Why are some techs so slow to penetrate the market
By Stefano Virgilli — We live in a society that “spoilt us”. For every single task in our daily routine we expect to find an app that processes that task for us. We have mobile phones more...
Entrepreneurship on the rise around the globe
By Stefano Virgilli — We live in a very interesting period of business history. Starting a company has never been so easy. And certainly many people have not missed the opportunity to become...
Boeing performance closely related to GCC aviation
By Stefano Virgilli — There is no doubt that Middle East countries take pride in their airplane national fleet. And as the time went by, from the year 2000 onwards, a sort of a competition took...
Public Relations fiasco and the finance outcome
By Stefano Virgilli — April 2017 will be remembered for 2 major Public Relation fiascos: Pepsi and United Airlines. They both happened quite close one to another, but the financial outcome was...
The jewellery ‘rock-star’ of 2017 could be tourmaline
By Stefano Virgilli — In times of crisis the luxury industry is not immune to negative economic impact — but many analysts see luxury goods as a stable bet in a turbulent economy. The jewellery...
Never underestimate the power of cool design
By Stefano Virgilli — Things are changing in the world of design. In the race of grabbing users’ attention and rising above their growing expectations, design leaders initiate changes in areas...
How China is conquering the world’s market
By Stefano Virgilli — When Steven Spielberg, one of the most popular, high-profile directors met Jack Ma, China’s second wealthiest man and a successful co-founder of Alibaba in October 2016, it...
Billions of dollars in identity management
By Stefano Virgilli — Identity management is a popular area that has attracted many acquirers whose interest recently resulted in a number of purchases of companies in the sector. Some of the...
Working from home could increase productivity
By Stefano Virgilli — In the business world, every entrepreneur aims towards productivity. And so does almost every dedicated and professional employee. However, being productive by using less time...
What the future holds for software firm Autodesk?
By Stefano Virgilli — Autodesk, one of the world’s largest multinational software corporations is shifting their user base from the perpetual licence of the software to cloud subscriptions. Even...