Business geo-politics, geo-economics and the fourth Industrial Revolution: An interview with Maxim Shashenkov (Arterial Capital Management)

Exploring the leadership behaviors of millennial community leaders during the pandemic: The Case of the Science City of Muñoz in the Philippines

“…To achieve productivity in an organization with millennial workforce would require creative leadership. While still promoting the well-being of the people, working the millennial workers, especially leaders, would require beyond the relics of traditional management (Ofori & Sarpong 2020).…”

“…The centrality of considerate listening to powerful leadership is highlighted by Henrico and Visser (2012) who conclude that managers are expected to be sensitive and genuinely informed about the feelings and emotions of their staff in an attempt to be truly productive leaders. During this time of pandemic, being sympathetic toward the wellbeing of the constituents is magnified as the character of the millennial community leaders which is, according to Ofori and Sarpong (2020), beyond the vestiges of traditional leaders.…”

“…To achieve productivity in an organization with millennial workforce requires creative leadership endowed with the knowledge, skills and emotional intelligence, to deploy strategic goals in a manner that is sympathetic not only to the growth of the business but also promotes the wellbeing of the workforce (Ofori & Sarpong 2020). Youth leadership has quickly taken over older leadership (Luthfi et al 2018).…”

Strategic policies adopted by African Union and European Union to revive Member-States’ economies post COVID-19 crisis

“…This sentiment is shared by the World Bank, which stated that: "Driven by the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is predicted to fall to -3.3% in 2020, pushing the region into its first recession in 25 years" (World Bank, 2021). Not only is the recession reflecting the AU's insufficient recovery strategy, but also manifesting its dependence on foreign donors without the creative leadership to steer the region into economic sustainability (Ofori and Sarpong, 2020). Africa is 2.97 times as big as Europe and endowed with every resource that could position the region to become an economic 'paradise'; however as noted, it is also one of the most afflicted regions by the pandemic and poorly strategized to recover socioeconomically.…”

“…This is contrasted with the debt-ridden economies of the AU, which are all vying for the AfDB's revival facility of $3 billion. Although both member-states of the AU and EU did experience an economic recession during the pandemic, the creative leadership prowess of the EU made it possible for over 65% of the populations to be vaccinated against the virus; thus protecting and strengthening them to be better prepared to engage in new economic activities post-pandemic (Ofori and Sarpong, 2020). Whilst populations in the EU are significantly prepared to take advantage of emerging opportunities in the green and digitised economies, the AU is feebly placed to engage in such openings because of poor infrastructural deficit across the region.…”