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…
Wunderkind Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, once declared that he and his colleagues would “move fast and break things.” That phrase, which seemed to legitimize recklessness, became an informal motto at the tech giant as well as for many other aspiring entrepreneurs. Frances Frei and Anne Morriss, cohosts of the…
*note: the title of this article was written by Guild’s internal GPT Automation of all kinds is transforming work—with as much as 30% of the work people do today potentially being done by a machine in the near future. And for even a casual reader of the news, it would…
Comcast NBCUniversal celebrates ten years of their award-winning Voices of the Civil Rights Movement platform by releasing ten never-before-seen video interviews on Black Experience on Xfinity (BEX), further expanding the collection of over 200 firsthand interviews featuring American civil rights champions such as award-winning Broadway actress, singer, and lifelong civil…
Washington has shown increasing levels of hostility toward Beijing. Leadership in European Union (EU) has adopted Washington’s tone, if a bit less strident. In the United States talk increasingly includes the phrase “de-couple from China.” The Europeans prefer the word “de-risk,” but it comes to the same thing. Independently and…
With so much conflict, division and crisis happening in the world today, it is easy to despair and think that the individual interventions that add up to progress in the fight against poverty and equality don’t matter. They do. Amidst the doom and gloom narratives that dominate our daily lives,…
I first met Sherri Turpin, CEO at ZVRS and Purple Communications, over two years ago, in August 2021, when I interviewed her about video relay services (VRS) for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities. I followed up with her six months later for another discussion on the topic. Turpin is yet…
Women in Iceland are striking Tuesday to bring attention to the gender pay gap and to protest against gender inequality in the country. Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has told local media she plans to participate. By global standards, Iceland is faring remarkably well in promoting women’s equality and has…
Amazon has recently empowered managers to fire employees that won’t return to the office for at least three days a week. Amazon let its workforce know that they would be expected to be in office 60% of the time, about six months ago. “Collaborating and inventing is easier and more…
The credibility, image, and reputation of organizations and the people who run them can be at stake when they can’t immediately replace leaders who leave unexpectedly. The Republican-led House of Representatives is a case in point. A recent CNN poll found 74% of Americans disapprove of Republican leaders in Congress…
Whether it's starting her own tech company or taking on her first tech role as a professional, a woman entering the tech industry can face unique challenges in this traditionally male-dominated field. Not being heard or taken seriously paired with a lack of other women to connect with or look…
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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