By Fouad Bendris In today's digitally driven world, companies are competing ferociously for technological skills. They believe the ability to create the hard code that makes a product come to life is at the heart of their success. Without code, after ... Read More

By Fouad Bendris McKinsey's proprietary benchmarking survey conducted annually with a dozen regional and superregional banks in the United States supports the axiom that investing more in IT is not as important as investing smartly. The latest responses gleaned from a ... Read More

By Fouad Bendris Invariably, these well-intentioned efforts fail for the simple reason that they're trying to replicate the wrong model. Silicon Valley is too new, too now, to glean lessons from. Those hoping to launch the world's next great innovation hub ... Read More

By Fouad Bendris Managers are increasingly nervous about the lack of progress in their digital initiatives. Too often, organizations merely add digital “pixie dust” to traditional processes or engage in a frenzy of digital experiments and ventures. Rather than drive competitive ... Read More

By Fouad Bendris For them, it no longer is about coming to a job every day and putting in their time in exchange for a paycheck... it becomes about waking up every day to be a part of a movement... ... Read More

By Fouad Bendris Technology-driven trends will revolutionize how industry players respond to changing consumer behavior, develop partnerships, and drive transformational change. A McKinsey & Company article.Fouad Bendris's insight:Once technological and regulatory issues have been resolved, up to 15 percent of ... Read More

By Fouad Bendris This article is published in collaboration with The Financial Times. What is it exactly that is spooking world currency markets?So why is something that doesn't dominate trading, dominating trading?The offshore renminbi is one mechanism through which ... Read More

By Fouad Bendris n theory, management and shareholder activists have the same goal: maximizing long-term value. A stronger and more valuable company not only benefits its shareholders financially, but lays the economic foundation for the company to serve the interests of ... Read More

By Fouad Bendris Most of us feel loyalty, whether to our clan, our comrades, an organization, or a cause. These loyalties are often important aspects of our social identity. Once a necessity for survival and propagation of the species, loyalty to ... Read More