Exceptional leaders often excel as skilled storytellers, and for good reason. Once a company hits a certain level of organizational complexity, one of the most important tasks the CEO has is to craft intellectually coherent and captivating narratives about the firm, its purpose, and its performance. Failure in this task means undermining the very existence of the company; a sin…
Young people are determined to do something about climate change. UNICEF intends to help them succeed — and spark a global movement. A look at some promising youth-led projects already underway. With the launch of The Green Rising, UNICEF and partners have put an ambitious plan in motion: to mobilize…
For decades, identifying the next big consumer trends and products was an imprecise art dominated by guesswork. Companies would spend millions on market research, only to be caught off guard by sudden shifts in public taste. It was like throwing darts blindfolded. But artificial intelligence has transformed trend forecasting from…
Viral pandemics, wind-swept fires, droughts, floods and roiling hurricanes will keep wreaking their havoc on what the brilliant, bestselling author and economist, Jeremy Rifkin, calls a rewilding earth. “We long thought that we could force the natural world to adapt to our species,” Rifkin writes. “We now face the ignominious…
In early June, I wrote a story about a connected dog collar called the Halo Collar. The $699 “internet of things” device uses Wi-Fi and GPS technologies in creating a virtual fence around a person’s dogs. Halo Collar co-founder Ken Ehrman, alongside brother Michael, wanted to build a product that…
Dominik Szot, Founder/CEO of MIA. Leadership coach, global entrepreneur, agile leadership mentor, focused on leaders' legacy. As leaders get closer to achieving some difficult goal, another, even more demanding one appears right behind it. In such a situation, happiness often starts to link to results. The more difficult it is,…
CEO & Founder of Elite High Performance, Top Leadership Mindset Coach. How do you scale a business? As a high-performance leadership mindset coach, I have had the privilege of working with numerous scaling tech entrepreneurs who face unique challenges in their journey from startup to successful business. Business expansion strategies…
Paulina Velasco Hitting its one-year mark earlier in August, the US CHIPS and Science Act has already attracted $166 billion in semiconductors and electronics investment, according to the US Government. A major pillar of Washington’s reindustrialization drive, the CHIPS Act is designed to ramp up US competitiveness and supply chain…
Are you dreading returning to work after a pleasant and relaxing holiday? The end of your holidays might be one of the worst parts of it because of the anxiety of what awaits in the office. You might be already experiencing and anticipating a post-vacation depression. Intuitively, research shows that…
Yusuf Sidani’s mother was delighted when he decided to study a Bachelor’s in Business Administration at the American University of Beirut (AUB). Years before, she had attended AUB, earning a bachelor’s in psychology, and she hoped that Yusuf and his sisters would do the same. Little did she know that…
In a fascinating recent interview with The Times, Rory Stewart, sometime soldier, diplomat, academic and Conservative minister, made this telling observation: “You can’t be an MP and continue to think of yourself as Alexander the Great.” The comment is all the more interesting because earlier in the piece the interviewer…
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about…
A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…
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