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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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Revenue Rises And Disney+ Adds 7 Million Subscribers
Disney may have faced more questions than any other major media conglomerate for its quarterly earnings report, with activist investor Nelson Peltz quietly planning his next move and Wall Street concerns touching nearly every part of the business, from the money-losing streaming arm to its long prosperous but now struggling…
Orka Co-Founders Ben Sun, Xinke Liu Talk Next Generation Hearing Aids In New Interview
Back in late January, I wrote about the Orka One, an AirPods-esque hearing aid developed by Ben Sun and his team at Orka. Sun, Orka’s co-founder and chief executive who previously worked at Apple on MacBook keyboards and trackpads, told me his company’s origin story traces back to 2017, when…
Wealth Of China’s 100 Richest On Forbes List Edges Down To $895 Billion
Nongfu Spring’s Zhong Shanshan retains No. 1 spot for third year in a row SINGAPORE (November 9, 2023) – The collective net worth of tycoons on the 2023 Forbes list of China’s 100 Richest edged down to US$895 billion from $907.1 billion last year. The complete list can be found…
A Governance Watchlist For Asset Managers And Activists
The Big Three’s engagement practices are arguably ineffective. I suggest that asset managers focus their engagement on the 245 firms in the S&P 1500 that have not beaten US treasuries over the last 10 years. Three threads In this piece, I want to integrate three threads that I have been…
Strategies For Maximizing Holiday Profits And Preventing Costly Returns
For many retailers, the holiday season will determine whether or not their year is a success. While forecasters are predicting a strong online holiday shopping season, nothing is ever guaranteed. Without the proper preparation to ensure success, retailers can encounter various obstacles, from marketing efforts falling short to costly returns…
Community Health Workers On The Front Lines In The Fight Against Polio
UNICEF-supported Community Health Workers play a key role as Pakistan strives for a polio-free future for every child. For a young mother, becoming a polio vaccinator sparked a transformation Reshma* was 28 years old when her husband passed away. Married young, she had never worked outside the family home in…
Across America, Women Made History On Election Day
Voters in several states headed to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots on hot-button issues and usher in a new slate of political leaders ahead of 2024. Across the country, a handful of those elected made history with their wins. Women, in particular, seized quite a few historic firsts.…
Apple And The EPA Take On The Future Of Environmental Policy
People of color are more likely to die of environmental causes, and more than half of the people who live close to hazardous waste are people of color. A 2017 article by Vann R. Newkirk II for The Atlantic stated environmental racism is the "new Jim Crow." Black/African-American people have…
Data Supports Claudia Goldin’s Theory On Flexible Work And The Pay Gap
Claudia Goldin this year became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics as an individual (rather than as part of a group of academics). The week she received the award, Goldin also published a working paper, entitled “Why Women Won.” The paper, encompassing many of the themes…
18 Big Challenges Leaders Switching Careers Need To Overcome
Career changes can be daunting, especially if you’re already a seasoned leader in one industry and are now making a midcareer leap into another. As many senior leaders who make a switch find, reconciling one’s extensive background with the unfamiliar territory of a new-to-you field can feel disorienting and, sometimes,…
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