Mads Lauritzen

Aug 17, 2023 | theceomagazine.com | David Ritter |Amantha Imber |Fleur Heazlewood |Mads Lauritzen

A decade ago, it was still common enough for business leaders to be asking whether climate change was really an immediate threat. Today, our news feeds are perpetually full of the latest climate damage impacts and every well-informed leader now accepts that we’ve got a massive challenge on our hands. Recently, I spoke with a small group of entrepreneurs in Melbourne, Australia. I started my presentation by asking those present what was on their minds.

Aug 16, 2023 | theceomagazine.com | Karen Stein |Fleur Heazlewood |Mads Lauritzen |Monique Richardson

Within the workplace, you will find an ever-growing list of things to do, places to be and people to see. The boundaries of our working days tend to stretch with the accessibility of technology and communication. We are presented with lots of choices within shortened time frames, all of which create different focal points of attention. Our capacity to act is reduced as we jump between choices at an increasing pace, in a constant state of being busy.

Aug 14, 2023 | theceomagazine.com | Amantha Imber |Mads Lauritzen |Monique Richardson |Martin Moore

Have you sat in a video meeting in the last 24 hours? Was it enthralling? Did you not want it to end? I’m guessing your answer to those questions is probably a big fat ‘no’. Virtual meetings have a bad reputation, which is often rightly deserved. They can be tiring, ineffectively run and are often a chance for us to take a sneaky check of our email or social media feeds when things get a bit dull. Our negative relationship with virtual meetings is a serious problem.

Aug 11, 2023 | theceomagazine.com | Mads Lauritzen |Monique Richardson |Martin Moore |Leah Mether

In the post-pandemic world of heightened risk, supply chain excellence is a critical difference-maker in business success or failure. Great products only exist if they can be made and shipped reliably and cost-effectively to eager customers. And this can only happen if CEOs drive this from the very top. The supply chain can no longer be a domain exclusive to logistics experts as the impact and consequence reaches all parts of the business.