Coldstreams Travel and Global Thinking
Working on a global perspective
During the pandemic, high-net-worth individuals have sought citizenship in other countries, hoping to diversify options in not only investment, but lifestyle Source: Pandemic Fuels Demand …
Many countries attract investment from high-net-worth individuals by offering residency and/or citizenship for those making direct investments into the country.
What leads firms to expand internationally? Obviously, seeking new opportunities. But the reasons can come from such things as seeing orders coming from foreign locations, or internally, from internationally savvy staff whose special knowledge helps identify opportunities and can assist in building international business solutions.
I continue to read a 1,000-page college text on international business – about one third of the way through that. Am also reading “Cheese, Wine …
Did you know that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was once a U.S. citizen?
Did you know that Sen. Ted Cruz was once a Canadian citizen?
Did you know that Barack Obama, who was born in Hawaii and is a U.S. citizen also held citizenship in Kenya and Indonesia in his youth (as dual citizen with the U.S.)?
Fascinating stuff that blew my mind. These examples and more point to the critical importance of having international experience and “global thinking” capability.