August 2023

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Social Sensitivity And Empathy: Key Traits for Customer Service Excellence

The objective of the experiment was to measure group intelligence. It involved 699 people placed into teams of two to five. The tasks included brainstorming, moral reasoning, puzzle-solving, typing and negotiating. The study was led by Harvard-trained Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior & Theory, Anita Williams Woolley of the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.…

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Changing Africa Through Responsible Entrepreneurship

Investisseurs & Partenaire pour le Développement (I&P), one of Africa’s leading private equity investor, is seeking responsible partners for a mutually-beneficial marriage. This was exactly how I&P’s Chief Executive Jean-Michel Severino put the company’s quest on the African continent. Mr. Severino made this request when the B & FT sat with the former Inspector of…

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