The scope for Latin American countries to emulate Brazil by electing far-right leaders is currently limited despite the continued potency of anti-establishment sentiment. Regional political fault-lines could well shift and polarize due to the strengthening of the Right in Brazil. Bolsonaro’s success or failure will be watched closely across the…
For those exhausted by the nature and sheer volume of news, fake news, tweets, alternative facts, talking heads, populism, extremism and pure partisan blood-lust, we regret to inform you that 2019 does not portend much respite. As our annual preview of the coming year goes to print, there are four…
That politics has changed fundamentally is now beyond doubt. Across much of the democratic world, recent years have seen the victories of previously unelectable candidates and ideas along with a massive weakening of traditional political establishments or parties. In the last year, the most dramatic example of this has been…
Fear of the future and complaining about the current state of affairs are as old as human civilization. In 1968 the Vietnam War was raging; President Johnson withdrew; Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. Riots tore through many American cities. In the 1930’s, during the great depression, unemployment…
Despite the laundry list of potential threats to the economy—from political turmoil to trade disputes, inflation, and tighter monetary conditions—most market prognosticators and economists see continued strong financial conditions in 2019. Confidence in the ability to ‘climb the wall of worry’ is, after all, supported by a strong backdrop. Look…
Opposite the London office of Teneo, next to the Shipwrights Arms pub, there is a taxi stand. There are usually a few of the city’s famous black cabs waiting. Take a ride, and the cabbies invariably grumble about having to watch potential customers climb into Uber ride-hailing cars that collect…
Over 25 years, we have experienced deep and lasting levels of geo-political, technological and social disruption. The consequences of 9/11, the 2008 global recession, the gathering pace of globalization and the increasing digitization of everyday life are well documented and largely understood by business leaders. One crucial area of disruption…
Last year Teneo’s Vision 2018 foresaw the larger role that CEOs would be compelled to take in public debates, and in policymaking. The die was cast in the second half of 2017 as a polarized American society, and employees, began demanding this of corporate leaders, and accelerated in 2018 with…
Corporations have long focused on sustainability, not just to protect their reputations or respond to social activists, but for reasons of long-term profitability and operational efficiency. Decades ago, automakers realized that it was too costly not to develop alternatives to gas-guzzlers, and energy companies concluded it was too costly not…
With the spotlight on boards continuing to intensify, the role of individual directors and the effectiveness of the board as a high-functioning team have taken on even greater importance. While board refreshment, c-suite succession planning, diversity and inclusion, executive compensation and cyber security are not new board matters, they have…
CEOs and those specifically charged with protecting an organization’s digital and physical security possess varying degrees of understanding for the interdependence of their roles. In the past, this lack of understanding reflected each domain’s modest impact on the enterprise’s overall risk structure. However, today’s dynamically-evolving threats have transcended both physical…
Sports, as one of the world’s most enduring and captivating forms of live entertainment, is being disrupted at uncommon speed and on an unprecedented scale globally. The result is that the commercial development of sports is changing in ways and at a speed hitherto unknown. For example, football (soccer to…