Better.Way.Blog.

The team at CDE Advisors is on a curiosity-driven hunt for better ways—for innovative approaches to long-standing challenges. Here, we share insights, musings, and other thoughts about hot topics in our field—and hopefully, we’ll find some better ways along the way.

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Pause in FCPA Enforcement: Crisis or Opportunity?

Hui dives deeper into the President’s recent Executive Order on FCPA enforcement. Read on to hear why she sees this as an opportunity, not a crisis.

Something’s been on our mind.

Part III of III. An introduction to us and some of our better ways.

I think over-reliance on benchmarking can be a trap. Yes, it can be helpful; and yes, it's nice to be able to understand what other people are doing. But sometimes, in the search for so-called best practices, we actually miss opportunities to find the better way.

Zach Coseglia | Co-Founder, CDE Advisors
I like to ask “why.” “Why are we doing this?” Everything flows from the “why.” When you really ask “why,” you get to your purpose.

Hui Chen | Co-Founder, CDE Advisors
We focus on performance, not fear. Culture drives performance. Data helps us measure performance. Ethics guides performance.

CDE Advisors

Better.Way.Blog.

Pause in FCPA Enforcement: Crisis or Opportunity?

Something’s been on our mind.

I think over-reliance on benchmarking can be a trap. Yes, it can be helpful; and yes, it's nice to be able to understand what other people are doing. But sometimes, in the search for so-called best practices, we actually miss opportunities to find the better way.

I like to ask “why.” “Why are we doing this?” Everything flows from the “why.” When you really ask “why,” you get to your purpose.

We focus on performance, not fear. Culture drives performance. Data helps us measure performance. Ethics guides performance.