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Andrew Soteriou
Dec 13, 202414 min read
Bureaucracy and Leadership: Balancing Structure and Innovation in Modern Organizations
Bureaucracy Versus Leadership In his seminal work "Leadership", James MacGregor Burns offers a critical analysis of bureaucracy and its...
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Andrew Soteriou
Dec 4, 20245 min read
The Breytenbach Brothers: Lovers and Fighters - The Power of both the Pen and the Sword in Apartheid's Crucible
"The line between good and evil runs through every man." "Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein" was written on the front of Mrs....
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Andrew Soteriou
Nov 21, 20248 min read
Smart Growth for Building Antifragile Systems: The Dutch Model for Redefining Competitiveness Through Innovation, Security, and Equitable, Sustainable Economic Growth
Digital Sovereignty and AI Security: A Global Best Practice Model for Smart Growth - Balancing Innovation with Security for Sustainable...
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Andrew Soteriou
Aug 22, 20248 min read
Is Survivorship Bias Destroying Your Growth Strategy?
The Silent Killer: How Zombie Firms and Survivorship Bias Are Reshaping Our Economic Landscape "The real voyage of discovery consists not...
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Andrew Soteriou
Aug 11, 202417 min read
Is Elon Musk Merely a Political Tool, And Past His Best-By Date? Do We Really Need 'Scorched Earth' mindsets? A Critical Evaluation of the Nihilist, Self-Serving 'Leadership' We Face Today...
Pic: Courtesy of Colin Tiryani Anderson Is Elon Musk Merely a Political Tool? Evaluating the Nihilist Leadership We Face Today First: A...
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Andrew Soteriou
Aug 10, 20241 min read
War On Tourism And Growth: How The Mainstream Media's Culture & Tourism Wars Are Killing Your Future
And how to fight against war and tyranny https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/07/29/the-war-on-tourism-is-often-self-harm...
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Andrew Soteriou
Aug 10, 20246 min read
Breaking Systemic Headlocks: Disrupting a Dominant System for Smarter, More Equitable and Sustainable Growth
August 8, 2024 "We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding...
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Andrew Soteriou
Aug 4, 20246 min read
The Oligarchic Mainstream Media's Role in Shaping Xenophobia and Culture Wars: A Cautionary Tale. How the enemy within will burn your nation to the ground just to rule over the ashes.
Pic Credit: Colin Tiyani Anderson "War is a place where young people who don’t know each other, and don’t hate each other, kill each...
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Andrew Soteriou
Jan 15, 202416 min read
Meaning, Mojo and personal self-renewal...
“Personal Renewal” delivered by JOHN W. GARDNER This John Gardner speech, together with Don Quixote, keep coming up, like runway lights...
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Andrew Soteriou
Jan 11, 20241 min read
Origin of 'Finger in the Dike': There is only one person standing between salvation and complete disaster.
Hans Brinker What Does Finger In The Dike Mean? This expression comes from a popular legend about a young Dutch boy. To understand the...
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Andrew Soteriou
Dec 29, 20232 min read
The Shifting Gravities - 7 Questions For CEOs in 2024
7 Question's for CEOs in 2024 2023 was a discombobulating flash-bang of uncertainty and chaos. A lot of good came from it too. Forging...
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Andrew Soteriou
Dec 13, 20237 min read
The Quick & The Dead: How Leading Rapid Delivery Startups Blend the Best of Digital and Physical
Path to Profit: 12 Steps You Can Take To Accelerate Your Path To Turnaround And Profit How Leading Organisations Blend the Best of...
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Andrew Soteriou
Dec 11, 20232 min read
David And Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits And The Art Of Battling Giants
‘’Suppose you were to total up all the wars over the past two hundred years that occurred between very large and very small countries....
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Andrew Soteriou
Dec 11, 20232 min read
If you fear change, leave it here...
''It wasn’t demanded, it wasn’t for praise, and it wasn’t for religion, it was just what you did. '' - Feargal Quinn I snapped this pic...
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Andrew Soteriou
Dec 11, 20232 min read
Your smile is your logo and 100% within your control. Strutt your stuff...
The 101 of Business & Life: In one of my very first roles early on in my career, I worked in Business Development for DHL in the Middle...
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Andrew Soteriou
Dec 11, 20232 min read
How To Disrupt A System That Was Built To Hold You Back...
There are going to be times when you enter a space that doesn’t welcome you with open arms. In almost every industry, people receive less...
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Andrew Soteriou
Dec 11, 20232 min read
How The Big Five Consulting Firms Helped To Make The Middle Class Extinct
Technocratic management, no matter how brilliant, cannot unwind structural inequalities. Over the last 10 years, government has relied...
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Andrew Soteriou
Dec 11, 20231 min read
The Power Of A Smile
The butterfly effect of smiling; a symbol of perseverence, hope and strength. Smiling is good for you and those around you. Smiling helps...
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Andrew Soteriou
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Looking to start a business or join a startup? Follow your heart, but take your brain with you...
Looking to join a startup? Avoid buyer's remorse by asking these fundamental startup-centric questions. 40 Questions From Y Combinator to...
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Andrew Soteriou
Dec 11, 20232 min read
An antidote to microaggressions; microvalidations.
People from marginalized groups often experience subtle negative actions called microaggressions that, in aggregate, can adversely affect...
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