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…
America’s most elite colleges serve as gateways to positions of wealth and power. The twelve most prestigious private schools (the Ivy League plus the University of Chicago, Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Duke University), represent just 0.8% of college students. However, graduates of the so-called “Ivy-Plus” universities…
The use of electronic headsets deploying camera and display systems to improve vision for the close to one billion people around the world living with sight loss that cannot be corrected with regular glasses has been a long-held aspiration within the field of assistive technology. Early variants of such technology…
You may be familiar with Peter Drucker’s assertion that management is doing things right and leadership is doing the right things. According to Drucker’s view, you might say that a manager makes sure you climb a ladder efficiently while a leader makes sure your ladder is leaning against the right…
As educators, policymakers, and the media fret that the unprecedented levels of federal investment in our nation’s schools during the pandemic haven’t had the impact that they had hoped on helping students rebound, some have asked how policy can help schools rethink and reinvent schooling rather than stick with the…
Three of four college professors my freshman year were not only the best in their fields for American Government, but they were campus-wide favorites. Rigorous and demanding, they pushed us to learn and defend, to challenge and argue, and it was never unpleasant. They did not proselytize, as it should…
In March 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 shut down, actress and comedian Jill-Michele Meleán felt like her entire life had shut down too. “I’m in the entertainment and fitness business so there was no work, no stage to escape to,” says Meleán who has performed around the world…
The Biden White House has floated a new student debt relief scheme. Lawyers and judges will decide if this new approach passes constitutional muster, a determination that will almost certainly take until after the 2024 election. But while the legal gears turn — slowly as ever — the political-economic implications…
Organizing the safe evacuation of 297 vulnerable children from a state-run facility in the middle of a civil war was a major feat. A behind-the-scenes account. By Adam Piore For UNICEF’s team in Sudan, a triumph of humanity and kindness over conflict For child protection specialists, the stakes could hardly…
Late last week, Chance Miller at 9to5 Mac posted a report about the state of California announcing support for digital identification cards. The app, available on iOS and Android, called mDL is billed by the Department of Motor Vehicles as helping people “offers a quick and secure identity-check at airports,…
On a recent media call discussing second quarter earnings, retailer Target admitted that backlash from their Pride collection this year contributed to lower sales than expected. One group of consumers were angry because certain items in the Pride collection were designed for the transgender community. Some of them harassed store…
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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