Technology, Media & Telecoms

Be My Eyes

A talk with Mike Buckley, CEO of an app for blind and low-vision people. By his friend and former colleague, Mark Palmer.

By Mark Palmer
17 July 2024

AI's Rough Road

Public fears of the latest AI technology are going to get worse before they get better, says Brunswick’s Robert Moran. But they will get better.

By Robert Moran
22 February 2024

A Privacy Expert on Profits, AI and ... Dystopian Sci-FI

A wide-ranging conversation with ZoomInfo’s Chief Compliance Officer, Simon McDougall.

16 January 2024

Decoding the Digital Transformation

With the explosion of AI in the workforce, tech education company Decoded is having one of its biggest years yet. Brunswick’s Kirsty Cameron talks with their CEO, Kathryn Parsons.

09 January 2024

Eyes of the Beholder

Falguni Nayar created a multibillion-dollar beauty e-commerce market in India through her own brand and online platform. She talks to Brunswick’s Pavan Lall.

By Pavan Lall
28 November 2023

Southeast Asia's Land of Unicorns

The playground of tech startup investors, Indonesia’s fast-growing economy is no myth.

01 August 2023

Binge Empire

For Singapore-based Netflix Vice President Dean Garfield, local stories are the entertainment industry’s window to global resonance. He talks to Brunswick’s Sunitha Chalam and Yan Tong Goh.

By Sunitha Chalam
01 August 2023

San Francisco Dispatch: AI Dominates at Bloomberg Technology Summit 2023

One issue dominated the 2023 Bloomberg Technology Summit and almost every panel, regardless of its subject – how companies are harnessing artificial intelligence (AI).

13 July 2023

Searching for Leadership

Research revealed in Brunswick’s 2022 Connected Leadership report shows how critical it is for executives to be conscious and deliberate about their online reputations.

By Rick Sellers
12 October 2022

The Wizard of Ads

How deep insight into products and consumers transformed one man into “The Father of Advertising.” By Matt Shepherd-Smith.

By Matt Shepherd-Smith
20 September 2022

Healthcare is Disproportionately Susceptible to Extortion

Few doubt that managing down technology risks is critical to the development of effective and efficient healthcare.

By Paddy McGuinness
24 August 2022

The Right Chemistry

From baby diapers to electric vehicles, Nippon Shokubai’s portfolio touches all manner of sustainable products. CEO Yujiro Goto talks to Brunswick’s Daisuke Tsuchiya and Ayumi Ban about the secret behind the chemical company’s proprietary technology and partnership.

By Daisuke Tsuchiya
21 June 2022

Hardy Pemhiwa

On Cassava Technologies and Africa.

21 April 2022

In Conversation: Adam Kovacevich

Brunswick speaks with the founder and CEO of a new technology industry coalition about anti-trust regulation, key trends, and why he remains a “techno-optimist.”

28 March 2022

Book Excerpt: "Effective Directors"

Marshall Manson and Craig Mullaney identify the key questions that board members should consider when it comes to social media.

08 March 2022

You're Never Going to Get It All Done

And that’s excellent news, says Oliver Burkeman, author of what’s been called “the most important book ever written about time management.”

By Edward Stephens
30 November 2021

Turning a Page on Tech

Brunswick’s Kirsty Cameron speaks with CogX co-founder Tabitha Goldstaub on the fast-changing field of tech and artificial intelligence.

By Kirsty Cameron
23 November 2021

TECHLASH: The Ethics Edition

How important are ethics when making business decisions within the tech sector?

By Nick Blow
19 November 2021

Singing from the Same Song Sheet

How to form a winning chorus from your leadership team.

16 November 2021

Climate Ambition vs. Energy Reality

Jason Bordoff of Columbia University talks to Stephen Power.

By Stephen Power
12 November 2021

Message Accomplished

An hour of an executive’s time can lead to an entire month of content. Here’s how.

28 September 2021

Ride of a Lifetime: A Conversation with Bob Iger

Brunswick founder Sir Alan Parker speaks with Executive Chairman and former CEO of Disney.

By Sir Alan Parker
16 September 2021

Digital Acceleration

Findings from Brunswick’s 2021 Digital Investor Survey

16 September 2021

Reimagining Leadership

Julian Teicke, founder and CEO of wefox and several other paradigm-challenging tech platforms, talks about his past, his strategy and his outlook with Brunswick’s Niels Schlesier.

25 August 2021

Leadership Face Time

Business leaders need to be seen and heard, not just read. Video can build connection at scale.

22 July 2021

Digital transformation and technology infrastructure buildout

Five Themes Impacting the Chinese TMT industry in 2021: Theme Four: Digital transformation and technology infrastructure buildout

By Robert Moran
02 June 2021

ESG as an urgent business imperative

Five Themes Impacting the Chinese TMT industry in 2021: Theme Four: Digital transformation and technology infrastructure buildout

By Pru Bennett
02 June 2021

“The New Normal”

Five Themes Impacting the Chinese TMT industry in 2021: Theme Three: “The New Normal”

By Robert Moran
01 June 2021

U.S.-China techno-nationalism and the decoupling of innovation

Five Themes Impacting the Chinese TMT industry in 2021: Theme One: U.S.-China techno-nationalism and the decoupling of innovation

26 May 2021

Tightening scrutiny of big tech around anti-monopoly & data practices

Five Themes Impacting the Chinese TMT industry in 2021: Theme Two: Tightening scrutiny of big tech around anti-monopoly & data practices

26 May 2021

The Employee Decade

“Other stakeholders”—are they all equal? Alight CEO Stephan Scholl argues for one constituency in particular, in a conversation with Brunswick’s Siobhan Gorman.

By Siobhan Gorman
26 May 2021

Putting the Art in Smartphones

Smartify, an app that was once rejected by almost every major museum, may now help them reopen safely in an era of social distancing—and transform how they engage audiences. Brunswick Arts’ Fanny Guesdon speaks with co-founder Anna Lowe.

By Fanny Guesdon
25 May 2021

The Disinformation Wildfire

The metaphor for how disinformation spreads can be applied to combating it. By Preston Golson.

By Preston Golson
05 May 2021

5 Lessons from 2020's Defining Cyber Attack

By Brunswick Senior Advisor Mike Rogers, former Commander of the US Cyber Command.

By Mike Rogers
31 March 2021

Biden-Harris Administration's Next Steps on Tech - Cybersecurity

The global supply chain attack on SolarWinds, which was uncovered by the American cybersecurity company FireEye in December 2020, and the attacks on Microsoft Exchange Server products, announced in March, are undeniably shaping the U.S. cyber policy landscape for 2021. As the investigations into these cyber incidents continue, we’re watching a number of key issues.

By Siobhan Gorman
25 March 2021

New Financial Times

When the global newspaper of finance and business calls for a reset of capitalism, it’s serious. Roula Khalaf, the first female editor of the Financial Times since its founding in 1888, talks with Brunswick’s Caroline Daniel.

By Caroline Daniel
02 February 2021

Connected Leadership: bp's Bernard Looney

He uses social media to great effect to engage not only employees and supporters, but also critics and skeptics.

15 December 2020

Communicating From the Outside-In

CEOs wanting to connect with a WFH workforce should consider fewer all-company emails and more social posts.

03 December 2020

Connected Leadership: Communicating From the Outside-In

How can CEOs engage a WFH workforce? Fewer all-company emails and more social posts, says Craig Mullaney.

03 December 2020

Baer and Calvani on Antitrust Post Election

What does it sound like when two antitrust experts talk shop? Let’s just say, footnotes required. By Claire Thomas-Daoulas and Becca Dougherty.

By Claire Thomas-Daoulas
26 October 2020

Iconoclastic Economics: Dambisa Moyo

The fate of the global economy does not rest on the US election, says Dr. Moyo. “It’s bad, whatever happens.” By Kevin Helliker.

By Kevin Helliker
15 October 2020

Targeting Untruths

It’s a depressing fact that facts don’t carry the weight they once did, and still should. But there are ways to fight back against mis- and disinformation, says Brunswick’s Chad Giron.

By Chad Giron
13 October 2020

Inside IBM’s COVID-19 Response

CIO Fletcher Previn and his team “compressed 10 years of strategy into 10 weeks of execution,” reports Philip Delves Broughton.

By Philip Delves Broughton
09 September 2020

Has COVID-19 Impacted the Techlash?

Technology has played a critical—and debatably helpful—role during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving us to wonder: Is this the end of the techlash?

By Nick Blow
25 June 2020

Accelerating Women in Tech

Will COVID-19 put gender diversity in the tech world on the backburner—or provide a crucial jolt to eradicate dated policies and thinking? Laura Stebbing, Co-CEO of accelerateHER, talks to Brunswick’s Meaghan Ramsey and Inez Bartram Vilar.

By Meaghan Ramsey
11 June 2020

Adam Grant: WorkLife Leader

Sir Alan Parker poses three questions to Grant, the author of four New York Times bestselling books, the host of a chart-topping podcast called WorkLife and the organizational psychologist who for seven years has ranked as Wharton’s top-rated professor.

By Sir Alan Parker
08 June 2020

Action Unending

Michael Garin, CEO of Oscar-winning Image Nation Abu Dhabi, explains how, unlike the rest of the world, movie production continues in the UAE.

By Ailsa Martin
19 May 2020

The Moment We Trained For

A (young) elder of UK government and politics on leadership amid the pandemic.

By Philip Delves Broughton
08 April 2020

Digital Investor Survey

Brunswick’s survey of institutional investors shows the unprecedented relevance of social media tools.

01 April 2020

Hackers Exploit the Pandemic

Criminals are opportunists, and the COVID-19 global onslaught has brought with it not just health threats but cybersecurity risks, too.

By Siobhan Gorman
19 March 2020

Is the Techlash real?

In recent years, Europe and the U.S. have heard growing criticisms of technology companies, from regulators, media and consumers alike.

By Nick Blow
03 February 2020

Lifeline

When Sierra Leone was in the throes of the deadly Ebola outbreak, Africell mobilized a comprehensive response. Brunswick’s Sam Williams talks to the CEO.

By Sam Williams
22 January 2020

A List to Change the World

Fortune CEO Alan Murray, a hard-nosed journalist, tells Brunswick’s Kevin Helliker that the executive quest for social value is a genuine movement.

By Kevin Helliker
22 January 2020

Sir Jony Ive

MerchantCantos CEO Matt Shepherd-Smith recalls an encounter in the garden of the Playboy mansion with Apple’s legendary Chief Design Officer, who is set to leave the company at the end of 2019.

By Matt Shepherd-Smith
18 September 2019

Silicon Valley's Quiet Giant

Sequoia’s Global Managing Partner Doug Leone talks to Brunswick’s Shahed Fakhari Larson about the secrets behind the investment firm’s remarkable track record and the role the immigrant experience has played in his career.

18 September 2019

The Fantasy Reality

Three hologram entertainment companies offer true stories from the world of the unreal. Brunswick’s Carlton Wilkinson reports.

18 September 2019

Investor Whisperer

When Sohaib Abbasi became CEO of Informatica, Wall Street forecasted “dark days ahead.” By the end of his tenure the company’s share price had grown 800 percent. He tells Brunswick’s Stephanie Wakefield about the delicate dance of building trust with Wall Street.

By Stephanie Wakefield
18 September 2019

Head of the Line

Queuing app Qudini has moved beyond start-up to “scale-up” mode, says founder and CEO Imogen Wethered. She tells Brunswick’s Kirsty Cameron about the tech model that could help save the High Street.

By Kirsty Cameron
18 September 2019

Business Lessons from Fast Runners

Matthew Futterman distills leadership lessons offered in his new book, "Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed."

By Matthew Futterman
18 September 2019

A Virtual Reality Check

Hopes for an “extended reality” revolution are misplaced, says MerchantCantos’ Mark McKenna, but an immersive future is already in your hands.

By Mark McKenna
18 September 2019

Building Happiness in Dubai

Her Excellency Dr. Aisha Bint Butti Bin Bishr, Director General of Dubai’s Smart City initiative, tells Brunswick’s Sam Williams about plans to create the “happiest city on Earth.”

By Sam Williams
18 September 2019

White-Collar Crime Writer

What drives the already wealthy and powerful to commit crimes in pursuit of more? Why do most compliance efforts fail to prevent them? Ash Spiegelberg, Head of Brunswick’s San Francisco office, explores the answers with Harvard Business School Professor Eugene Soltes.

By Ash Spiegelberg
18 September 2019

Manufactured Mob

Zignal Labs CEO Josh Ginsberg offers Brunswick’s Preston Golson and Antonio Ortolani his insights into disinformation attacks and what business can do to combat them.

By Preston Golson
18 September 2019

Data Integrity

“Work on the assumption of compromise, either technical or human,” advises Brunswick’s Paddy McGuinness. “Be prepared and expectant without being fearful.”

By Paddy McGuinness
18 September 2019

Enter the Imposter

Disinformation attacks pose a growing threat that investors and corporations may not be prepared to handle. Brunswick Insight’s Robert Moran, Preston Golson and Antonio Ortolani lay out the results of their recent research.

By Robert Moran
18 September 2019

Connected Leadership

In 2019 Brunswick published the connected leadership index, which was built on more than 100,000 data points and documented the digital profiles of 790 CEOs in the S&P 500 and FTSE 350.

18 September 2019

DMEXCO Congress Stage

12 September 2019

Planlos in die Cyberkrise

Unternehmen sind nicht oder nur unzureichend darauf vorbereitet, im Falle eines Cyberangriffs angemessen zu reagieren. Vor allem die Geschäftsführerebene ist sich ihrer Verantwortung nicht immer beswusst und schiebt das Problem gerne in die IT-Abteilung ab.

30 August 2019

Planless into the cyber crisis

Companies are not or not sufficiently prepared to react appropriately in the event of a cyber attack. The executive level in particular is not always aware of its responsibility and likes to pass the problem on to the IT department.

30 August 2019

On cyber, the buck stops at the top

Almost two thirds of German companies have been victims of a cyber-attack. Nevertheless, many CEOs think that the responsibility for handling such attacks lies solely with their IT departments. That’s a big mistake.

By Andreas Theyssen
31 July 2019

Top management’s handling of cyber crises

Frequency, complexity and intensity of cyber-attacks have recorded a sharp increase.

16 July 2019

A Conversation with Walter Isaacson

While holding leadership positions that would mark the pinnacle of most careers, Walter Isaacson also found time to write wildly best-selling biographies. He talks with Brunswick’s CEO of the Americas, Nikhil Deogun.

By Nik Deogun
04 June 2019

Digital Oasis

Top tech talent and ideas have come to the Middle East, yet major investors have been slow to follow. That may be changing.

By James Allan
04 June 2019

Techlash

A new partnership is being proposed between technology, public policy and society. Liam Benham, IBM’s Vice President for Government and Regulatory Affairs in Europe, maps the future for Brunswick’s Nick Blow.

By Nick Blow
04 June 2019

Silicon Valley has a millennials problem

Silicon Valley has a millennials problem. Recent surveys show young adults want to leave the San Francisco area. Of the seemingly intractable issues they cited as reasons, few are new. But they're now threatening the region's ability to attract and keep talent.

17 April 2019

Brunswick surveys Italy’s Risk and Audit Committees

There is a gap between awareness and action of Cyber Risk.

By Elisa Lavagna
16 April 2019

Robert Moran talks Tech in the Valley on Fox News

By Robert Moran
09 April 2019

Siliconfidential: Bay Area Tech Workers Survey

Survey: Optimism abounds among tech workers, despite looming challenges

28 March 2019

Africa on Speed Dial

Ghana’s mobile payments surge offers a lesson.

By Itumeleng Mahabane
17 January 2019

Joke's on You

How to transform online pranks to advantage.

By Austin Rathe
08 January 2019

Inside the Wired25 Summit

Wired, one of the chief publications dedicated to technology and its impact on culture and society, was founded 25 years ago as the Internet age boomed.

26 October 2018

Real magic

Making predictions on large market trends requires practice and reflection.

15 October 2018

Dark social

Twitter data is the tip of the iceberg - but is more data an answer to anything?

15 October 2018

The human cost of data unshared

A data entrepreneur inside the UN, Robert Kirkpatrick talks to the Brunswick Review

15 October 2018

Dilbert on Trump

Scott Adams, creator of the iconic “Dilbert” cartoon, called Donald Trump’s victory when the candidate was seen as more punchline than presidential.

15 October 2018

Punk internet

Ingo Rübe, founder and CEO of BOTlabs, sees open source as a vehicle to help shape the next stage of the internet.

By Dr. Joachim Peter
15 October 2018

Workplace by Facebook on the future of yours

Simon Cross describes the six principles that will allow businesses to succeed in a future fraught with rapid change and uncertainty

By Simon Cross
15 October 2018

Social media as a weapon

Best-selling author Peter Singer talks with the Brunswick Review about winning the increasingly crowded and contentious war for attention

By Siobhan Gorman
02 October 2018

Influencer Marketing: caution, pitfalls ahead

Digital communication via influencers is the future. Ideally, in the interest of credibility, no money should change hands.

11 September 2018

#Creator

The man behind the hashtag, Chris Messina, talks with the Brunswick Review

By Edward Stephens
11 June 2018

Auden in exile

MphasiS founder and former CEO Jaithirth Rao, a published poet, speaks about his fidelity to words

By Khozem Merchant
11 June 2018

Cyber beyond the wall

The Middle East is a cybersecurity hotspot. DarkMatter Founder Faisal al Bannai tells the Brunswick Review about his firm's fresh approach

11 June 2018

Puppet masters

The truth is under threat from “extreme reality manipulation.” Aviv Ovadya, prophet of a looming “infocalypse,” speaks to the Brunswick Review about how business can fight back

11 June 2018

Inside Code: Insights from Recode's Premier Tech Conference

The Code Conference

07 June 2018

How Digital is Driving Big Time Investment Decisions

LinkedIn and Search Rival Traditional Media on Trust as Big Investors Rely on Digital and Social Media for Vital Information

31 May 2018

Hey!uNeedaNewP@s$word

If it’s easy to remember, is it also easy to steal? Not necessarily...

By Sarah Rall
22 May 2018

Indonesia's tech revolution

Go-Jek CEO Nadiem Makarim talks about the ride-hailing service’s ambitions and acquisitions

07 March 2018

Say it out loud

Journalist, TV star and former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer tells Brunswick about his view of the role media plays in business deals

07 March 2018

Here's the deal with social media

Digital strategy for M&A is no longer simply nice to have, but rather an essential requirement

By Mike Krempasky
07 March 2018

Digital defense against activists

The tools available to help fight digital activists and gauge how an investor is feeling before a vote

07 March 2018

Cyber risk in deals

Hidden cybersecurity threats can deal a serious blow to any merger plans

By Siobhan Gorman
07 March 2018

Omantel's audacious acquisition

CEO Talal Al Mamari tells Brunswick how his company is expanding into a regional communication hub

07 March 2018

Silicon valley investment strategies

Should the tech giants spend their cash by acquisitions or should we just stop trying to guess?

06 February 2018

Why the tech companies dominated Davos

Tech issues dominated media coverage of Davos and the discussion on social media – according to analysis by Brunswick.

By Jon Miller
30 January 2018

Cutting edge technology

Davos is a hotbed of new technology and discussions on the future of tech

By Stuart Donnelly
25 January 2018

Blockchain breaks free from bitcoin

At Davos discussions swirl around the future of blockchain and Bitcoin

By Stuart Donnelly
25 January 2018

Davos debates what technological change means for business and society

Will.I.Am was a guest speaker at a WEF dinner for CEOs debating the role of technology in our changing society

24 January 2018

Inside India's workplaces

It’s a seller’s market for talent, says Brunswick’s Azhar Khan, and companies are going to great lengths to win the bidding war

By Azhar Khan
06 November 2017

Who needs podcasts?

The time has come to start taking podcasting seriously

06 November 2017

The chief

Brunswick’s Kevin Helliker profiles Paul Steiger, the most influential editor in modern America

By Kevin Helliker
06 November 2017

Delete to the rescue

Arianna Huffington’s new startup uses a program that automatically deletes any email you receive while on vacation

31 October 2017

Alibaba conjures the future

China’s e-commerce giant wants to last for 102 years (not 100). Brunswick’s Ginny Wilmerding examines the company’s unconventional long-term vision

28 June 2017

Cashless

In India, cash is king – but, it is on notice

By Azhar Khan
27 June 2017

Potholes ahead for autonomous cars

Investor engines are revving, media buzz is at fever pitch, but society is not ready

27 June 2017

India unplugged

The country’s romance with the typewriter is far from over,  says Brunswick’s Khozem Merchant

By Khozem Merchant
26 June 2017

Calling the future

John Palmer, AT&T’s Chief Learning Officer, describes the challenges and rewards of re-skilling the telcom’s workforce

10 January 2017

Automation’s hefty price tag

Technology doesn’t have to come at the expense of your workforce, says Brunswick’s Martin Kwok

10 January 2017

Sovereign wealth fun

Brunswick's Dominic Whiting and Fatema Mahmoud al Khateeb explain how cartoons are serious tools for engaging youth in the Middle East

By Dominic Whiting
10 January 2017

Upping the ante

The gaming industry’s flamboyant tactics from decades past risk losing the attention (and wallets) of Millennials, says Brunswick’s Mara Riemer

By Mara Riemer
10 January 2017

The shocking truth about new media!

For all their reliance on entertainment value, native digital news sites deserve a fresh look, says Brunswick’s Ali Musa

10 January 2017

Welcome to the new math, Mr Bezos

A change in a Harvard Business Review calculation shows how society is redefining leadership for the 21st century, says Editor-in-Chief Adi Ignatius

18 April 2016

Tech can tackle diversity head-on

The talent is already there, and Silicon Valley has the tools to put more women on boards, says entrepreneur Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

18 April 2016

Believe in unicorns, not the hype

The lure of a $1 billion-plus valuation can entice startups to overpromise – with disastrous consequences, say Brunswick’s Amanda Duckworth and Eric Savitz

18 April 2016

Europe & the Internet: It’s complicated

European public and policy elite views of US tech companies

By Chris Blundell
28 September 2015

Give me your data

David Yanofsky creates stories out of company data for Quartz. He thinks you should help him.

30 April 2015

Can data be brave?

Instinct and visionary leadership will never be replaced by technology, says Brunswick’s David Yelland

30 April 2015

Tales from the media frontier

GE and ANZ Bank take their stories directly to readers. Report by Brunswick’s Darren McDermott and Louise Ward

By Darren McDermott
30 April 2015

Truth and untruth

The internet has supercharged the spread of misinformation, Brunswick’s Barney Southin and Louise Ward explain. What’s next?

By Barney Southin
10 March 2014

Truth, justice, and the American conversation

“Facts are stubborn things,” John Adams, one of America’s Founding Fathers, once famously remarked. For Alan Murray, life after The Wall Street Journal means a pursuit of pure facts, as he takes up his new role as President of the Pew Research Center.

By Darren McDermott
12 June 2013

Brazil after the hype

After riding high on the BRICs story, Brazil is slowly but surely working out its own development narrative, Vera Brandimarte, Editor-in-Chief of the country’s most influential business newspaper tells Brunswick’s Ana Paula Pessoa and Thomas Kamm

By Thomas Kamm
12 June 2013

A cyberspace odyssey

From live-streaming in outer space to fugitive-hunting on American streets, social media now dominates the public conversation. Mashable’s Pete Cashmore and Lance Ulanoff explore

12 June 2013

David Faber - CNBC reporter

Some companies could have done a much better job communicating over the last year, says the award winning CNBC reporter in this short Q&A.

01 October 2009

Master Of The Media

Rupert Murdoch: The founder, chairman, and chief executive of News Corporation, is arguably the world’s best known media entrepreneur.

01 October 2009