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� � � � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Meet The Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Class Of 2023 - Forbes    ​With global economic uncertainty on the rise and a significant drop in VC funding, young entrepreneurs in Asia-Pacific have faced a new set of challenges in the past year. But the current environment hasn’t killed innovation. Judging by this year’s cohort of 30 Under 30 Asia honorees, creativity has proven to be a valuable asset to survive—and thrive—amid tougher circumstances. With a total of $1.6 billion in VC funding raised by this year’s listees (compared to $3 billion last year), their valuations may not be as high but their impact is. From deploying AI to streamline tasks across industries to tackling financial literacy inclusion and revamping craftsmanship-based and adaptive fashion, there is no stopping our listees. These outstanding young individuals are driven by their determination and desire for positive change. Continued here An Exclusive Conversation With Toni Townes-Whitley,1 of Only 2 Black Women Running a Fortune 500 Company - Inc.com    Toni Townes-Whitley today officially becomes CEO of Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), a technology integrator based in Reston, Virginia. Townes-Whitley's appointment is notable for a number of reasons: She is one of two Black women currently running Fortune 500 companies (TIAA's Thasunda Brown Duckett is the other; Rosalind Brewer left the top job at Walgreens Boots Alliance earlier this year). Townes-Whitley succeeds Nazzic S. Keene, a rare example of a woman CEO handing off to another woman at a large, publicly held company. Townes-Whitley is well-positioned to lead SAIC, which provides tech and engineering services, primarily to the U.S. government. Her father is a retired 3-star Army general, and for years, she served as president of U.S. regulated industries for Microsoft. She spoke with me exclusively, ahead of officially taking the CEO reins, about her historic ascent, lessons learned from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and her advice for corporate America on diversifying its CEO ranks. Edited excerpts follow: Modern CEO: People have heard the name, but I think even someone who reads the Wall Street Journal every day would be hard pressed to describe SAIC. Give me your elevator-ride version of what SAIC does. Continued here Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Productivity Skills to Help You Gain Time Back - Harvard Business Review    Most of us are incredibly careful about how we spend our money. But when it comes to our time, we hardly give it a second thought. The good news is that there are easy ways to take some of your time back. Process-oriented tasks that can’t be automated should at the very least be delegated or outsourced. If it’s a low-risk, repeatable, non-complex task that somebody else can do for you at fraction of what your hourly rate is, why are you still doing it? Most decisions are reversible and should be made quickly. If it’s not necessary to have a meeting (it’s usually not), use asynchronous communication tools; the reality is that most things don’t require an immediate response. While you’ll initially have to spend some time to make time, like compound interest, over the long-term, you will save exponentially more time than you invest. We’re all busy — so busy. We have bills to pay, a mortgage to service, kids to take care of, and of course, work deadlines to meet. All of these commitments leave us with little meaningful time for ourselves, and for cultivating meaningful relationships with others. But the good news is: When we say we’re time-poor, what we really mean is that we’re decision-poor. And that’s something we can change. Most of us are incredibly careful about how we spend our money. But when it comes to our time, we hardly give it a second thought. We say yes to all sorts of nonsensical requests for our time; we treat everything as urgent; we attend pointless meetings; we refuse to delegate work for fear that quality will be compromised; we spend our days tethered to our inboxes and our smartphones; and we stubbornly continue to perform tasks that a machine could do for us. Continued here Can Barbie be the new Iron Man in a Mattel universe? - BBC News    It may sound like an unlikely comparison, but the boss of toy company Mattel would like Barbie to be the next Iron Man. That's because Ynon Kreiz aspires to create a "Mattel universe", he tells me - emulating the success of the Marvel universe, which has spawned dozens of hit films for Disney from a cast of comic-book characters like Thor, Captain America and Guardians of the Galaxy. This is the strategy behind the Barbie movie, which comes out on 21 July. Kreiz began working on it when he became CEO of Mattel in 2018 and he remains executive producer. Continued here

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