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…
Chief HR Officer, Keck Medicine of USC. Adjunct Professor, USC Marshall School of Business. Keep up with me on my website. What is personality? It's a collective set of an individual's thoughts, actions and emotions based on a wide range of experiences and perspectives they've absorbed, processed and expressed. On…
Cash is queen in a business, and you need a cash management system. One of the most critical components of cash flow involves managing your accounts receivable. However, managing accounts receivables feels overwhelming, particularly for small businesses. Fortunately, there are tools and methods that companies can use to streamline the…
When we talk about achieving gender parity, we have to broaden our scope beyond the obvious gaps, like the pay gap, and consider a lesser known – but equally important – gap: the funding gap. Numbers don’t lie. Currently, only 2% of all VC funding goes to women-led startups, despite…
Meet Roshida, a Rohingya orphan in Bangladesh who narrowly escaped child marriage to find new hope through education at a learning center supported by Education Cannot Wait and UNICEF. By Kent Page There are 1 million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh today. Chased out of Myanmar by a military-led campaign…
“We propose that a 2 month, 10 man study of artificial intelligence be carried out during the summer of 1956 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.” One of the first uses of the term “artificial intelligence” came in this 1955 proposal for a summer research project. At that point,…
“There are young people who actually believe they have the world by the tail ... It may have something to do with living for the moment” - John Wright, Maru Public Opinion Here is an edited excerpt from this week’s CxO newsletter. To get this to your inbox, sign up…
Since the onset of the global pandemic that introduced supply chain disruptions like never seen before, the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) has ascended the C-suite ranks to a more dignified status, boasting a more elevated role as ‘trusted strategic advisor’, a coveted title sought out by CPOs (and supply chain…
Sharp-edged and clear, Vishen Lakhiani’s voice comes at you in rapid-fire staccato. The brilliant founder and CEO of Mindvalley, Vishen took the stage several times during their recent AI summit to share how he has transformed his work and saved 1.5 days of time per week with the smart use…
In the privacy-driven business environment, passwords are gradually becoming obsolete. Did you know that the first digital password debuted in the 1960s? Until then, passwords had remained the same over time, despite several improvements to digital identification and verification.Certainly, passwords are a holdover from the era before when cyber crime…
In light of the sexual misconduct cases against Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, the NFL has changed its personal conduct policy. According to the New York Times, the expanded policy now includes harsher punishments for sexual threats, coercion and patterns of sexual misconduct. Watson was accused of sexual misconduct and…
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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