2020 January

A new report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) from the United Nations has found the Commonwealth of Dominica to be the fastest growing economy in the entire Latin America and the Caribbean region in 2019.

The Guyanese government is reporting that bankers are “bombarding” the country with offers of financing backed by future oil production.

Staying competitive in the face of increasingly accelerated disruption can be a challenge to 21st century organizations. Many organizations have started to rethink and retool their offerings and operation. This kind of Transformation, however, requires a collaborative effort from all parts of the organization, no matter how different their processes, systems, and cultures have been in the past.

The most perfect union in today's global world is the unlocking of the next wave of growth. This is achieved by unifying Creativity and Analytics.

Most organizations only realize 50% of their strategies’ potential value due to issues in strategy development and/or execution. This gap between the strategic plan and actual performance results is known as the Strategy-to-Performance Gap.

As environments become disruptive and unpredictable (both natural and unnatural), the need for Crisis Management has grown to be increasing more important. An organization is undergoing crisis when there is a sudden and unexpected event leading to major unrest amongst the individuals at the workplace. It is an emergency which disturbs the employees as well as leads to the instability of the organization. When this occurs, organizations are expected to have a Crisis Management Plan in place.

Business Process Reengineering (BPR) can be a great success but it can also be a great failure. After months or years of careful redesign, organizations can achieve dramatic improvements in individual processes.

Small businesses have been contracting computer consultants to fix their computers for many years. Usually this is because they have a small number of computers and hiring someone full time to maintain these small networks is not economical or efficient.