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Zoom’s Return-To-Office Could Doom The Company
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…
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VentureFuel Brings A Fresh Approach To Corporate Innovation
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…
Here’s Why Business Leaders Need Multiple Crisis Management Plans
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’s Rebrand Is A Cautionary Lesson For Marketers. Here’s Why
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…
What Are You Waiting For? Help Your Company Hold The Line For ESG
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…
Sustainable & Impact Investing Considerations For Family Offices
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…
Women Are At Much Greater Risk From Extreme Heat, New Atlantic Council Study Finds
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…
Leadership Challenges Of Microblogging’s New Competitive Landscape
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…
Norway Endless Beauty And Endless AI Leadership
I am currently travelling and researching in Norway and its beauty is endless and breath-taking. Norway is a rather narrow country in northern Europe and shares the Scandinavian Peninsula with Sweden and Finland. Famous for its fjords, sea inlets between steep cliffs, it has many delightful tidbits of history that…
The Most Important Career Question To Ask—And Why Your Answer Matters
Like most people, you’re probably eager to make progress in your career. But sometimes, as you acquire more experience and take on additional responsibilities, you become so incredibly busy you lose track of why you’re working so hard in the first place. And given your efforts, you might wonder why…
Selling Employer Stock In 2023? Beware Of Steep IRS Tax Penalties
Those planning to liquidate a significant amount of employer stock this year will want to be aware of a little-discussed side effect of recent Fed rate hikes – steep tax penalties. Having lived through significant drawdowns in 2022, and received a nice market bounce year to date, many employees are…
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Creative Ways Startups Can Earn Funding in Tough Economic Times
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
I Asked AI to Create a Plan for a Fake Company — The Results Blew Me Away, But Not in the Way You Might Think
With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about…
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5 Crucial Challenges Startups Must Overcome
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…