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Banking in Ancient Times: Functions and Practices In ancient times, bankers performed a wide range of services. They tested and exchanged coins, accepted deposits of money and valuables, facilitated loans, and conducted other essential financial tasks. While some bankers specialized […]

The Journey Within: Discovering a Deeper Reality Questioning the Outer World The world around us feels real. We can see, touch, hear, and experience it with our senses. Many live fully in this visible world, satisfied with what they know […]

The atmosphere at COTRUGLI was buzzing with positive energy last weekend, from December 2 to December 3, 2023, as the EMBA 19 ZG and EMBA 14 BG students reached a significant milestone in their MBA journey. Saturday and Sunday marked […]

.The Role of Professional Bankers in Ancient Rome Professional bankers formed a distinct social group in Roman society. Most of them belonged to the equites, a wealthy class just below the senators. In Rome, one of their main business locations […]

Discovering Purpose: A Deeper Inquiry into Life’s Meaning Walk into the boardrooms of most companies and ask the board members what the purpose of their organization is. You are likely to receive as many different answers as there are people […]

Understanding Life Purpose: Beyond Creation and Consumption Everything we create in this material world—objects, products, and processes—is made for a purpose. From hammers to homes, each item serves a function. Even art fulfills a purpose: to shock, send a message, […]

Elite Financiers of Ancient Rome: Patricians and Partnerships Last week’s blog explored the world of Roman bankers and professional money dealers. This week, we turn our attention to the financial activities of Rome’s elite. The Patricians The patricians—Rome’s landowning elite—dominated […]

Banking in Ancient Rome The ancient Romans, heavily influenced by Greek civilization, quickly adopted the concept of banking, which originally came from the Near East. Like the Greeks, the Romans initially tied banking to religious temples, such as the Temple […]

You may think you woke up this morning—but are you really awake? Not from physical sleep, but from the mental sleep that often clouds our awareness during waking hours. This type of sleep masks itself as normal living but keeps […]

In a time of tectonic change, leaders face a critical challenge: how to build systems that are both resilient and trustworthy. Insights from “The Great Remobilization” Professor Terence Tse, lecturer at COTRUGLI Business School, explores this challenge in his latest […]