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…
By all appearances, the current business environment may be considered one of the most challenging, as companies continue to face economic uncertainties, evolving workplace dynamics, a tight labor market and new employment regulations, especially testing the mettle of small and medium-sized businesses. While the impacts can be amplified in small…
By Benjamin Raizel The era of artificial intelligence is here, and companies from tech to trucking are racing to deploy AI throughout their operations. For transport and other large-scale industries, the new technology is helping operators tackle a wide range of long-standing challenges, from road hazards and resource depletion to…
Culture is the heart and soul of a company, shaping how individuals work together, how they communicate and how they tackle challenges. It influences everything, from productivity and creativity to employee satisfaction and retention.To unlock a team's true potential and create a strong culture, leaders must embrace the transformative power…
Menstruation, a natural physiological process experienced by more than 300 million women and girls worldwide every day, has long been plagued by stigmatization and cultural taboos. After decades during which market leaders only tweaked established products, social ventures have disrupted the market with radical innovations, like period underwear, menstrual cups,…
Innovation in education is not just found in new technological advancements. Sometimes, successful innovations stem from harnessing existing technologies to ignite the creative spark within students. With its Young Entrepreneur of the Year Challenge 2023, Invictus International School in Amritsar, India, provides a shining example of just this type of…
I've been fortunate to spend more than a decade of my career serving the small business industry. One thing that I've seen consistently over the years — whether it's a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Missouri, an ecommerce business based in Virginia or a hair salon in Texas — is that in…
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There is a disconnect between what the CEO thinks is happening and what is really going on within an organization. Corporate leadership may boast about their high employee retention rate. The C-suite executives pat themselves on their backs, as fewer workers voluntarily separate from the payroll, contending that they’re doing…
What do Wells Fargo, Apple, iHeartRadio and Northrup Grumman have in common? Outside of being household names, they've heavily restricted the internal use of AI tools like Bard and ChatGPT. Some call it reactionary or short-sighted. Others — especially risk-averse business leaders — are silently applauding and taking notes.So who's…
In a world where people already are losing jobs to AI, tech layoffs have reached an astounding 225,000 so far this year, and college admissions rates have shrunk to minuscule, our futures appear more at risk than ever. Autonomic is a technology-based behavioral change platform here to help us humans…
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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