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64.8% of Vietnamese workers plan to change jobs in the next six months. 77% of employers in the region say they can't find talent. Most founders react to this by doubling down on the wrong things. Higher salaries. More perks. Demanding loyalty in job ads. But here's what I watched a room full of entrepreneurs realize during a four-hour workshop in Ho Chi Minh City: loyalty isn't a value you can screen for. It's a result of things you build. And most companies haven't built th

EO Vietnam Members With EO Global Board & Regional Leaders A Night of Connection Last night we hosted the EO Global Board for dinner at Aiii , a restaurant owned by our member Vinh Nguyen . We met the chef, walked through course after course of fusion food, and simply spent time together. It was one of those evenings that reminds you why you joined EO in the first place. I’ll be honest. It’s easy to put Global Board members on a pedestal. These are people elected to help lea

At senior levels, competence is assumed. What's being evaluated is consistency. The gap between how you believe you show up and how others actually experience you is where leadership brands get built, whether you design them or not.

The story of how an EO Vietnam member, Raul, proved that the greatest challenge isn't reaching the finish line, it's believing you can. The Dangerous Question Every entrepreneur I know lives with a familiar companion. It doesn't show up on the balance sheet or in the investor deck. It sits quietly in the back of every meeting, every decision, every late night when the office is empty and the questions get louder. Doubt. Raul Riveros knows that companion well. For thirty years

A Founder Friendly Breakdown Of What Happened And What To Do Next On November 12, seventy entrepreneurs and business leaders packed into the Hilton Saigon for RISE II: The Era of AI in Business. The room felt more like a private founder forum than a public event. Everyone was there for one reason: to figure out how to actually use AI to win in the next three to five years, not someday in the distant future. What followed was three hours of high energy learning, real talk, and

A recent MIT study revealed that 95% of businesses spending billions on AI are getting exactly zero return on investment. Zero. Not because the technology doesn't work, but because most companies are stuck in the experimentation phase

Here’s the hard truth: most AI programs fail. And they don’t fail because the technology isn’t good enough. They fail because of us, the founders and leaders who haven’t put the right structures, alignment, and data foundations in place.

The recent Leadership Summit was truly a remarkable gathering of minds and vision. With over 100 members from 17 regional chapters coming together, the event served as a powerful platform for collaboration and strategic planning.