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Gianfranco Casati
Gianfranco Casati
Gianfranco Casati is Accenture’s group chief executive for emerging markets

Give your business some tech vision

Technology Vision, an annual report by Accenture, identified five emerging technology trends that companies must address if they are to build the partnerships needed to succeed in today’s digital economy. Students at the Chinese Chess Challenge ‘1K VS AI’ Battle Day at Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Wan Chai. Photo: David Wong

Technology can change what you offer customers, how your staff work, and your relationship with customers and business partners

How to unlock the value trapped inside your own business

Gianfranco Casati suggests that in financial services, blockchain could provide greater transparency into the origins and underlying risks of any investment, regardless of its complexity, to regulators, banks, investors, and other key stakeholders. Photo: EPA

Opinion | How pivoting can aid corporate survival in a world of change

Obsolescence may be the inevitable outcome for companies that fail to invest in new businesses. Photo: AFP

Every company in future will need to embrace digital

An attendee looks at a digital representation of network connectivity at a vendor's display at the China internet Security Conference in Beijing earlier this month. Photo: AP
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Want to expand? Your management must be worth exporting

Leadership programmes establishing best practice and promoting a cohesive corporate ethos are essential for companies expanding into new foreign markets. Photo: SCMP Handout

Henry Ford’s model of ‘change’ remains a pillar of innovation in business

Business innovation requires being open to new ideas, open to cooperation and collaboration and open to challenges. Photo: AP

Opinion | Digital solutions key to tapping belt and road opportunities

The image of camels crossing a desert may spring to mind when one thinks of the Silk Road – but if you think of the belt and road without including digital solutions, then you’re planning is nearly as archaic as those camels. Photo: Tessa Chan

Diversity crucial for long-term success of businesses

What is key about such initiatives is the focus on continuous discussion and education. Photo: Handout
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Executives should act quickly to tap digital skill set of their staff

Managers need to harness the digital strength of their staff. Photo: Nora Tam

Set clear goals for a gender-equal workforce

Globally, just 50 per cent of working-age women are active in the labour force, compared with 76 per cent of men. Photo: SCMP Handout

Companies need to embrace this one important skill in an era of instant answers

‘If you accept that we will continue to face challenges in many parts of the world, then embrace the fact that challenges can translate into opportunities’

Spotting the danger signs of ‘slow disruption’

Mining and metals companies must develop new market offerings to maintain demand. Photo: AFP

Using innovation to unlock trapped value

Photo: Simon Song

Freelance workers to shape HK’s industrial transformation

Using talent platforms means retraining staff to better use digital solutions and working with contract workers to supplement the workforce. Photo: Handout

Digital workforce means office design make-overs

Millenials, who will soon comprise the bulk of the workforce, bring a technological acumen to the workplace. Photo: Handout

M&A targets need to be drawn in to parent

Aerial photo of the Swiss food and drink giant Nestle’s headquarters in Vevey. Photo: AFP

Why it’s time to get your staff hacking

Hacking is no longer the exclusive domain of criminals. Photo: Shutterstock

The six-step guide to a corporate digital mindsight

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Five tips for setting up a successful digital platform company

The Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Photo: Sam Tsang

Opinion | Tech experience may help women gain entry to the boardroom

Female directors are almost twice as likely as their male counterparts to have professional technology experience, according to Accenture research. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Taking on the big boys: small businesses can power economies

Managers of small and medium-sized enterprises should use digital solutions to optimise their business capabilities. Photo: Sam Tsang

Anticipating the next middle-class move

Amazon ’s CEO Jeff Bezos has said there is no reason why drones can't help get goods to customers within 30 minutes or less. Photo: AP
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