Since a few years a group of futurist are looking at the potential next megatrends for the future. Already a few years ago American scientists published a report entitled “Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds.” Sincevthen the researchers have continued their work and these are some of  the conclusions so far.  The studies of our …

Recently we launched KGH’s new online flagship program, European Customs Law Accredited Training Program (ECLAT), the most inclusive, innovative training program of its kind.ECLAT facilitates your development of a fully skilled workforce that meets the EU’s Competence Framework, UCC Competence demands and Authorized Economic Operator requirements mitigating the risk of non-compliance. Also, it serves …

China’s smartphone masses splurge billions of dollars in an e-commerce bonanza on “Double 11”, billed as the world’s biggest one-day online shopping festival, also known as “Single’s Day”. Last year $17.8 billion was taken in gross merchandise value over the full 24 hours on “Single’s Day”, up 32 percent from 2015 and roughly equal …

If the United Nations gave out MVP trophies for entire countries, Sweden would win hands-down. According to a new report called the “Good Country Index,” which ranked 163 countries by their contributions to the global community, Sweden takes the top spot overall. In individual categories, the tiny Nordic scored first in measures of Prosperity …

Tonight Swden won the first leg against Italy 1-0 at the Friends Arena in 2017 World Cup CUP Qualifing Play Play Off for a place in the Championship in Russia next summer.  The only goal coming when Jakob Johansson drilled home from 20 yards, via a Daniele de Rossi deflection.Sweden was the better team …

I am back in Brasilia for the last workshop of AEO Brazil Project. This is the 4th year of the project and we are this time having a discussion on how risk management, AEO and PCA can work together to improve all parts of the Federal Revenue Agency (Receita Federal) business.  I am very …

This post is about rules for travelling or really about rules for travellers. There are naturally many rules around travelling, especially if tou travel by air. However I am not refereing to all those official rules but instead some of the things that a traveller should think about when travelling.  I am an experienced …

Kofi Annan served for 10 years as secretary-general of the United Nations. In the time since, he has dedicated himself to the fight against tax evasion and the looting of Africa. It’s a tough battle against multinational corporations and greedy leaders.  Mr. Annan, why is Africa so poor? Kofi Annan: Africa isn’t poor. It’s …

Today my club Malmö FF officially became Swedish Champions in soccer winning the Lennart Johansson trophy for the 20th time, more than any other Swedish club.  The trophy was handed over by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who started his career in Malmö FF, at our stadium tonight.  It was a magic moment. Our third title in …

‪Tonight we are watching, Top of the Lake (II): China Girl with brilliant Elisabeth Moss.‬ The first season of this BBC original series was excellent.  Amazing actors, crazy charachters, strange story – but mesmerizing.  Now we are really looking forward to the second season. 

Bourlouris-sur-mer in Saint Raphael, France is our retreat, our paradise. We go here to relax, enjoy, think and reload our batteries. I love the place. We have so many friends here and the land, people, food, wine is amazing.  At the foot of the red Esteral mountains and 50 meters from the Mediterranean Sea …

Dubai is one of my favourite places. I and my team have worked in Dubai, UAE and the region the last five years and earlier this year we opened our first office – out of a total of 40 – outside Europe here in Dubai.  We are in Dubai, UAE and GCC for a …

We in KGH had a fantastic week at the Global Trade Development Week in Dubai, where we launched our new innovative compliance management and monitoring tool AEO360. Thanks to KW Group, the KGH Team, clients & our partners.  Opening session of GTDW. Delivering a speech on WTO TFA and Compliance Management. Opening panel of …

Today in Dubai at the Global Trade and Development Week we in KGH presents our new AEO and Trusted Trader Support tool, AEO360. As the father of AEO this is a proud moment for me. AEO360 takes the AEO instrument, that today is fundamental for world trade, to a new level. There are AEO …

White House has nominated and aim to appoint Kirstjen Nielsen as new Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after John F. Kelly.  Nielsen, who worked for the Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) under George W Bush, has extensive professional experience in the areas of homeland security policy and strategy, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure and …

Just a month ago, it was revealed that Facebook has more than two billion active monthly users. That means that in any given month, more than 25% of Earth’s population logs in to their Facebook account at least once. This kind of scale is almost impossible to grasp. Here’s one attempt to put it in …

Before the Brexit referendum there were not that many articles about the consequences of leaving a Customs Union. One of the few articles that on beforehand pointed out some of the challenge ahead after a port-Brexit scenario, was written by my good friend Dr. Andrew Grainger. However if there was a lack of articles …

Every year, Swedcham carries out a survey among Swedish companies in Brazil in order to better understand the business climate and the direction of the business in general. This year 70 companies representing 18 different market sectors participated and answered to the 41 questions on topics such as market barriers, CSR and business forecasts. …

Last year I after more than 15 years I decided to reshape my personal blog website. It was time. I tested the new format during a period of four months. I have then done an evaluation. The test was very good. In four months the blog had not only recovered the number of users …

You have to understand your employees. The Leadership Insiders network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in business contribute answers to timely questions about careers and leadership. Today’s answer to the question: What quality does every great leader have in common? is written by Ray Carvey, executive vice president …