Executive Insights
for Future-Focused Leaders
Ideas. Exposure. Perspective.
Executive Insights brings together perspectives on leadership, AI, innovation ecosystems and the future of business across Asia. Drawing on executive immersions, company access and conversations with business leaders, we explore the strategic questions shaping industries, organisations and markets. Whether you're planning a board retreat, executive offsite or leadership immersion, our insights are designed to help leaders see what others don't.
China’s Humanoid Robot Boom Is Entering Its Reality-Check Phase. What Should Business Leaders Look For?
China’s humanoid robot boom is moving from impressive demonstrations to the harder test of commercial deployment. Here is what business leaders should look for as robotics companies move from prototypes to real-world applications.
China Executive Learning Journeys: What Should Leaders See First-Hand?
China offers no shortage of companies to visit. The harder question is what leadership teams should actually spend their time seeing, and what they should be trying to understand. We explore how to design a China executive learning journey around strategic questions rather than a list of famous companies.
5 Major Manufacturing Events in China Worth Building an Executive Learning Journey Around
China’s major manufacturing exhibitions offer a concentrated view of advances in automation, robotics, AI and industrial technology. Explore five major events in 2027 and how leadership teams can use them as anchors for a broader executive learning journey into China’s manufacturing ecosystem.
Smart Factory Visits in China: What Executives Can Learn from Advanced Manufacturing
Explore how smart factory visits in China can help manufacturing leaders benchmark industrial automation, AI, robotics and digital transformation — and turn factory access into actionable learning.
What Can Leaders Learn From China’s Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystem?
Explore what leadership teams can learn from China's advanced manufacturing ecosystem, from AI and robotics to smart factories, EVs and automation. Discover how executive learning journeys in Shenzhen and Guangzhou provide first-hand insight into the future of industry.
What CEOs Can Learn From Shenzhen's Manufacturing Ecosystem
Many executives visit Shenzhen expecting to see robots and automation. They leave talking about speed. Beyond technology, Shenzhen's manufacturing ecosystem offers lessons in organisational agility, ecosystem thinking, and how leaders can build organisations that learn and adapt faster.