INDUSTRY 4.0
Sri Lanka has experienced a slowdown in economic growth over the last few years. Climatic impacts on the agriculture sector, policy uncertainty, political gridlock
WORK-LIFE BALANCE
Of all the narratives about work and life, this is the most persistent – success at work requires harsh tradeoffs in the rest of life
LIFESTYLE
My dad the late T. R. R. Rajan was an entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist. I live with my mother Jeewa who is a philanthropist
CRISIS MANAGEMENT
There are always warning signs that a marriage, team, company or country is beginning to go downhill – even if it’s at an imperceptibly slow pace
BANKING SECTOR
Banking is being progressively commoditised globally through standardisation, price transparency and easily accessible
BRAND BUILDING
Brand building is no small feat. Developing a brand involves a meticulous process for any business. Most brand custodians
THE ROVING DIPLOMAT
On 11 September 2001, the world nosedived into a crisis without a parallel in the history of civilisation. The Economist very aptly described the event as “the
THE AI CHALLENGE
Hardly any industries will not benefit from the use of AI systems. And there are suggestions that SMEs would also benefit from deploying such
DIPLOMATIC MISSION
Having worked in government nearly all her career spanning two decades, the Ambassador of Vietnam to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Pham Thi Bich Ngoc
EDUCATING SRI LANKA
There are teachers… and then there are teachers. Having been to eight schools in three countries (viz. India, the US and Sri Lanka), I have probably run the
SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) developed by stakeholders including the private sector present an unprecedented opportunity to eliminate global
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
Globalisation is no longer an obscure concept limited to the academic sphere but a pragmatic phenomenon affecting billions of lives the world over
BOOKRACK
By Vijitha Yapa There are many who write on the subject of leadership. Some pen autobiographies…
Cracking the Code of Sustained Collaboration
Ask any leader whether his or her organization values collaboration, and you’ll get a resounding yes. Ask whether the firm’s strategies to increase
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey goes after Mark Zuckerberg
At the Twitter News Summit on Thursday, CEO Jack Dorsey let loose with his criticisms of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in an interview with BuzzFeed
Dogs show a nose for archaeology by sniffing out 3,000 year old tombs
The scent-tracking abilities of trained dogs have helped archaeologists discover iron age tombs in Croatia dating back nearly three thousand years
Wheels of fortune? A new age for electric motors
But what about the motor that actually drives the car?
New gene editing tool could fix most harmful DNA mutations
Scientists have raised fresh hopes for treating people with genetic disorders by inventing a powerful new molecular tool that, in principle, can correct
Melting glaciers reveal five new islands in the Arctic
The Russian navy says it has discovered five new islands revealed by melting glaciers in the remote Arctic
The World Economy Is Stumbling Toward Disaster
The world’s finance ministers and central-bank governors gathered this past weekend in Washington and looked out at a global economy badly in need of treatment
