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The Last Word is a series of columns, originally published on the Emerging Europe website. I cover a wide range of topics: leadership, sustainability, technology, entrepreneurship, innovation, geopolitics, site selection and global business services.

July 24, 2024
Daily musings: Reinventing success and transforming tomorrow — Slack

Did you know that Slack, originally a gaming company called Tiny Speck, pivoted to create the popular collaboration tool we know today after their game failed to take off?

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July 23, 2024
Daily musings: Meet my mentee, Dr Amadu Sall!

This is Dr Amadu Sall, a talented, industrious, genuine, and very smart young man who recently graduated from medical school in Sierra Leone! This photo was taken when he was taking his medical oath in April this year.

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July 11, 2024
Daily musings: Innovation, collaboration and adaptability

Looking at different perspectives, various experiences, trying to see things through somebody else's eyes is really like opening a door to a room full of new ideas.

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July 8, 2024
Daily musings: Outsourcing in Fiji

It feels like yesterday that I came back from Fiji, where I joined EXO FIJI 2024 with a group of global business services influencers from Europe, Australia and America. And where I facilitated a discussion about building resilient infrastructure for the industry.

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May 26, 2024
The last word: A new military alliance could help defuse tensions in Asia 

The 2024 K.E.Y Platform offers a solution to balance power and ambitions in the Pacific.

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May 24, 2024
Daily musings: Education, innovation and research in Georgia

As recent developments have shown, the Georgian people want to be part of the European family, a group of countries that work together on topics including trade, investment, the rule of law, as well as research, education and innovation.

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May 23, 2024
Daily musings: Corporate venture funding

Where is the money for global business ventures going, and what do the big company investors think will happen next?

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May 22, 2024
Daily Musings: Women in agritech

I truly admire the female entrepreneur who started a business at the age of 70 after she retired, when she thought she had nothing else to lose. Earlier, she thought she didn't have the skills necessary to run a company.

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May 21, 2024
Daily musings: ‘Foreign agents’ bill and FDI in Georgia

Protests, which grew out of opposition to the controversial foreign agents law, morphed into a larger sign of discontent against the government and the direction it is taking the country.

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May 20, 2024
Daily Musings: Informative, Engaging, Entertaining and Thought-Provoking Sessions

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn."

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May 17, 2024
Daily Musings: AI-driven digital health innovations

AI was a major player at the digitalhealth innovation session I led at the Macedonia2025 Summit in Skopje.

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May 16, 2024
Daily musings: Macedonia 2025

This year's Macedonia2025 Summit—as always—offered some food for thought not only for Macedonian business leaders but also for those from around the globe!

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