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More than $150 trillion moves across borders each year through the global financial system, the vast majority of it still denominated in dollars. As geopolitical tensions fragment trade relationships and middle powers look to diversify their financial exposure, alternative currencies are gaining quiet traction, such as the recent renewal of a 200-billion-yuan swap line betwee...

Hiring managers are struggling to find the talent they need, while job seekers face one of the toughest markets in recent memory. Jonas Prising, Chair and CEO of ManpowerGroup, explains what is driving these pressures—from the economic cycle and geopolitical shifts to major demographic changes.

He also examines AI's growing role in hiring and recruiting. While technolo...

In a fast-moving world, the ability to pause and reflect gives leaders a valuable edge: the clarity to make better decisions, sidestep conflict and know when to pivot or keep going.

Shogun Mahadumrongkul is the founder of incubator Avant Labs and a three-time ordained Buddhist monk. He believes in leadership informed by mindfulness and compassion. In this conversation...

In this episode of Meet the Leader, five founders share books that have helped them navigate leadership, innovation and uncertainty — from Isaac Asimov's Foundation to The Purpose Driven Life, Brotopia and Typhoon. Their recommendations reveal lessons about resilience, purpose, AI, fundraising and leading through change.

What you'll learn:

Why a learning mind...

What do you do when life changes in an instant—and the future you expected disappears? Advocate, activist and author Katie Piper explains how she rebuilt her life after surviving an acid attack on a London street at 24, founded a burn-rehabilitation charity and reframed "Why me?" as "What now?" It's a special conversation about resilience, personal reinvention and leading thr...