Pioneers, Hidden Champions, Changemakers, and Underdogs

Listen to the critics and you would think Europe was finished. Too bureaucratic, they say. Cannot agree on migration. Moving at glacial pace while Silicon Valley races ahead. It has become such a tired narrative that we have almost started believi...

The Trump Administration’s new $100,000 fee on H-1B visa petitions for foreign workers currently outside the US presents big technology companies — and others — with a dilemma. Must they rethink their global hiring strategy — or does the sheer siz...

In 2020 Conrad*, a pharmaceutical executive, approached us with a pressing challenge. He had recently taken charge of a team tasked with using digital tools to accelerate the drug discovery and development process. While the technical obstacles we...

In 2023, the United States accounted for 42% of global humanitarian aid. On July 1st, 2025, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), for decades a cornerstone of global relief and development, officially shut its doors. Fund...

The recent and rapid ascent of China into today's scientific powerhouse is increasingly debated in circles of economic politics and policy making. Yet, we still know relatively little how such rise has materialized in terms of Chinese scientists' ...

The rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is unprecedented. Looking ahead at the job markets of 2030 and beyond, we can forecast the types of jobs and skills that may get automated. Alternatively, we can also see which ne...