His ‘Richistan’ is a borderless country, with citizens spreading around the world – in the US, Mexico, the UK, France, Spain, Hong Kong, and India. “The UK has become an especially thriving Richistani outpost,” the author finds. The number of millionaires in the UK is expected to quadruple by 2020, from 3,76,000 to 1.7 million, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research, he cites.

“British concierge services are thriving, as they arrange for rich clients to rent their own tropical islands, charter 250-foot yachts and host birthday parties in Cyprus.” Meanwhile, British football clubs, and luxury automobiles are also keenly sought after.

As wealth becomes more global, Frank expects philanthropy too to grow. “Someday, the rich will move beyond the excesses of 500-foot yachts, $3,50,000 Rolls-Royces and alligator-skin jet potties. They will see that their money is not a gift but a responsibility.”

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How are the global leaders achieving breakthrough business results? Through different, creative, innovative, integrative, and futuristic thinking, says Pravin Rajpal in ‘5 Thinkings to Win’ ( www.ombooks.com ). “There is so much of benchmarking these days that more or less each company looks very similar. Benchmarking can bring you up to the best practices, but it may not move you beyond them,” explains Rajpal in the chapter on ‘different thinking.’ His prescription, therefore, is differentiation, as a competitive advantage. “Your points of differentiation may relate to the way your product or service is provided, priced or even delivered,” he explains. Writing on creative thinking, Rajpal describes creativity as an essential building block for innovation. “Creativity is much more than a few techniques – it is in fact the way of being. Creativity is to make, experiment, grow, take risk, break rules, design and have fun.” He sees the whole concept of business as creativity – ‘creating products, customer needs, and markets.’