Just like the Brexit win 2 months ago, Donald Trump’s election as US President beggars belief but has some valuable lessons to learn from both a Risk Management and corporate governance perceptive.
Why is business now OK with Trump? It’s due to widely adopted view of billionaire Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal) to “take Trump Seriously, Not Literally”. Continue reading
Bullies come in different forms, shapes and ages. Nevertheless, people tend to have typical images of bullies, usually little boys in elementary schools and playgrounds. Or an adult bully demonstrates violent and threatening behaviors or emotions. Those typical bully images were forged in the editing room of anchors and journalists through the lens of most of the popular media. Continue reading
Programming or coding is becoming the 4th basic skill for everyone following writing, arithmetic, and reading. This is global statement.
Coding for kids is a global industry that is on the verge of disrupting global education. And is as important as learning to cook. Continue reading
Risk management methodologies are utilized today in many industries and companies successfully to minimize risk impact to the company and projects. In light of this, my question is: can risk management be applied effectively to new relationships to maximize the probability of a successful relationship? I explore this idea below. Please keep in mind that I have presented a simple picture of risk mitigation to get my points made. Continue reading
Advanced high school students are getting exposed to RSA (the first public key cyrypto system) along with their math track. In such schools as the exclusive Phillips Academy, I’m sure they are having informed debates in their classrooms, regarding the Apple vs. FBI standoff.
I think this is important because everyone who wants privacy and to make sure that their financial, medical information, and all information is kept private should be interested in the Apple vs. FBI standoff that ended in a whimper. All of us will be eventually become cyber experts.
They’re certainly better equipped, concept-wise, than less privileged kids who might not even get any SQL, even in all four years of high school (!). Continue reading