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…
The world of family office management, with various complexities, challenges, and idiosyncrasies, might seem galaxies away from the comedic science fiction series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams. However, the zany universe Adams created contains concepts surprisingly relevant to the next generation of wealth owners, their management,…
Maximizing profit and growth should be top priority for businesses, along with client care. But profit cannot be achieved in your business without making sales. Sales are the lifeblood of a business, and without revenue, your business crumbles. Many business owners fall into the trap of thinking that a lack…
“When you're green, you’re growing. When you're ripe, you rot,” the late McDonald’s leader Ray Kroc liked to say. Maybe being too “ripe” rather than a little “green” explains why some people feel stalled in their careers and teams don’t make progress as expected. In a recent conversation, Eduardo Briceño,…
The search for survivors continues in Morocco after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake. The United Nations is in close contact with authorities to support assessment and response. Families in several cities in Morocco rushed out of their homes and into the streets after a powerful earthquake — the biggest to hit…
As a female founder, it’s no secret that you’re less likely to get the institutional support male founders so often receive. In fact, less than 3% of venture capital funds went to female-founded startups in 2020. Female founders have also been found to be 63% less likely than their male…
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Billie Eilish sings, in Everything I Wanted: I had a dream I got everything I wanted Not what you'd think And if I'm being honest It might've been a nightmare To anyone who might care Thought I could fly So I stepped off the Golden Nobody cried Nobody even noticed…
The Higher Education Act of 1965 has been transformative. It determines Pell Grants and Stafford loan details, and provides funds for student research, program initiatives, scholarship programs, international education, and accreditation of institutions and programs, as well as oversight of teacher preparation programs. It was supposed to be renewed every…
The next recession will not be a disaster. I expect a recession to begin early in 2024, or possibly late this year, and that frightens many people. But recessions do not hurt most people, though they certainly can be very harmful to some. Employment in Recessions Unemployment rises during recessions,…
Think about what a health system must deliver to us, as consumers. We want a system that can give us what we need when we need it, without delays or hassles. But these services are also so much more personal than most other services we consume. This is our health…
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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