Bizu Patisserie is a chain of French and International culinary restaurants with a fine selection of retail products in the Philippines. Bizu Catering Studio brings the Bizu experience to special events of consumers and corporate clients. It’s managing director, Audrey Tanco-Uy, a Mansmith Young Market Masters Award (YMMA) winner of 2017, shares how the Bizu brand influences their customer engagement. […]
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Kathleen Yu is one of the 2017 Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA) winners. A UP Communication Research graduate (2014), she shares how she began her company Rumarocket in sales talent prediction, the innovation ecosystem that supported her and how she uses big data analytical approaches to people management to advance business objectives. Q1: You created an artificial intelligence (A.I.) […]
2016 started as a year of bashing! I got bashed by the Aldub fans when I wrote about “The Eat Bulaga Plateau and How They Can Get Out of It (https://josiahgo.com/the-eat-bulaga-plateau-and-how-they-can-get-out-of-it/). I showed my business feature editor in Inquirer (where my articles are cross posted every Friday) how a fandom attacked me and my editor advised me that they got […]
John Patrick Cua is Executive Director of Nielsen Philippines and looks after the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry Group. He joined Nielsen in 2013 after 16 years with Procter & Gamble with 7 years based in the US and Singapore where he held regional and global roles related to Governance, Project Management and more recently leading and starting-up Business Intelligence solutions […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) under the new president Rodrigo Duterte and Secretary Ramon Lopez defined its overall mission as alleviating poverty and uplifting the quality of life of all Filipinos. This will be done through sustainable economic growth that generates more income opportunities through employment and entrepreneurship. Secretary Lopez, a champion of SMEs for the last eleven […]
My top article in 2016 is a blog exclusive feature on Philippines’ youngest U.S. dollar billionaire Edgar “Injap” Sia where he shared with me his graduation speech delivered at the University of San Agustin. This article was, in turn, shared by the readers reinforcing the increasing acceptance of entrepreneurs as rock stars and modern day heroes. Injap also topped my […]
Harvard and IMD-trained Ric Abadesco is senior consultant of Corporate Achievers Institute (Coach). He was formerly SVP of San Miguel Corporation and Organizational Effectiveness and Total Quality Manager of Exxon Chemical (USA). He shares his insights about the importance of creating a company vision. Q1 : Why should a company create a vision? A: A company needs a vision: 1) […]
Not long ago, I asked my businessmen-friends why they think companies like Philippine Air Lines (PAL) did not create their own low cost carrier (LCC) before the entry of Cebu Pacific Air. Or even Mercury Drug before the entry of The Generics Pharmacy (now TGP). Or banks before the entry of Bayad Center catering initially to the unbanked customers. Was […]
This is continuation of our annual consumer trends and prediction series for 2016 that started early 2016, where we shared some items from a list of 50 consumer trends. The list includes ten themes (How we LIVE, How we WORK, How we LOOK, How we RELATE to OTHERS, How we DRINK & EAT, How we PLAY, How we BUY OR […]
Willis Towers Watson is the leading human capital and benefits consultancy firm in the Philippines. Mr. James Matti, the Head of the Philippine Consulting Office, who is also President of Towers Watson Insurance Brokers Philippines, Inc., shares updates on motivating people and understanding rewards. Q1: How has the role of money in motivating employees changed over the years? Based on […]