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…
Recently, I had double jaw surgery, and am in recovery. I don't need any major accommodations, but I have an "Ugly Betty" thing going on with braces, elastics, and glasses. Recovery-wise, I am close to graduating from purées to soft food. Even then, I will have to eat with a…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new blood test, developed by the company Thermo Fisher, to identify pregnant women at high risk of developing preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a dangerous pregnancy complication that includes high blood pressure, signs of kidney damage and other indications of organ damage that…
When building your personal brand to develop in your career as an industry thought leader, social media is one of the most important mediums to accomplish this objective, granted the multitude of platforms and engaged users spanning almost every industry you can think of. If you are currently expanding your…
I had the pleasure of interviewing the Founder and CEO of VentureFuel, founded in 2014, by serial entrepreneur, Fred Schonenberg, who has had prior success in building an advertising company. In the early days of VentureFuel, his company was primarily acting like an outsourced CRO helping promising start-ups scale-up, and…
Corporate executives can be lulled into a false sense of security about their readiness to respond to a crisis by assuming their company needs only one crisis management plan. Big mistake. That is because, like a suit, one plan will not be a good fit for every crisis a company…
Twitter is now "X." The name change was accompanied by a logo swap—replacing the iconic blue bird with a minimalistic design of the letter X—and an expressed ambition by its unconventional billionaire owner, Elon Musk, to be more than just a text-based platform but an everything app comparable to China's…
In today's world, sustainability has become a pressing global issue, and organizations increasingly recognize the importance of incorporating sustainable practices into their operations. Corporate leaders are playing tug-of-war with anti-ESG (environmental, social, and governance) warriors. In the face of the ESG backlash, companies’ reactions vary. Some are going quiet about…
What happens when you bring a handful of impact investing experts together for a discussion on the potential for family offices in this contentious space? The short answer is a very long list of insights - but here are five that stood out. Many are looking towards the family office…
As temperatures soar into the triple digits for days and weeks on end this summer, breaking historic records, a new study found that women are at much greater risk from the extreme heat, health-wise and economically – and drain economies in the process. Extreme heat also limits economic opportunities for…
Watching Twitter-X go through a super-nova-style implosion, complete with large layoffs, rebranding, a major exodus of advertisers and advertising revenue, a new CEO and the suggestion of a new, profoundly different business model, is both painful, and instructive. Add-on the emergence of a diverse pack of new entrants into what…
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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