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…
AI has a branding and storytelling problem. That’s not to discount its rise in usage, discussion, possibilities. But if you ask ten people what it is you may and probably most likely will get ten different answers. That’s not a place you want to be as a marketer. It’s not…
For as long as many of us can remember, the four-degree was a symbol of prestige—accomplishment, pride and self-esteem. High-school graduates were encouraged to pursue a degree in order to be financially and psychologically secure. But since the pandemic, the tide has been changing. More business leaders are saying a…
According to a report from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the undergraduate population of business school students is 37% students of color. Moreover, 32% of MBA students are students of color, and 35% of doctoral students in business are students of color. However, only 26% of full-time…
Mark Cuban’s club starts the 2023-24 season with pressure to win — the right way. Six years into leading the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association, Cynt Marshall laughs when discussing how she got there. In February 2018, Marshall was occupied with another conversation when she felt vibrations from…
The state of Georgia will soon mail letters to its 120,000 high school seniors informing them which public colleges and universities in the state they’re eligible to be admitted to if they apply. The program, dubbed GEORGIA MATCH, is one of the largest state-run direct admissions initiatives in the nation,…
With affirmative action outlawed, and use of SATs in decline, selective colleges are paying ever more attention to essays. ChatGPT poses a challenge. By Emma Whitford, Forbes Staff Seventeen-year-old senior Ethan Rivera is finding the college application season at his Livingston, New Jersey high school stressful—and competitive. “It’s very hostile,”…
We talk a lot about the power of purpose for clarity or customer loyalty in the context of business. But in personal self-improvement, we often focus on diet and exercise. It turns out that purpose is a crucial factor that deserves just as much attention when it comes to individual…
The state of our economy presents a lot of challenges for both businesses and consumers, and many small businesses are looking for ways to drive more operational efficiencies to offset the impact of inflation and continue to grow. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one solution that both businesses and consumers are…
In Washington’s competition with Beijing, Joe Biden has recently scored some points. After the recent G-20 meetings in India, he flew to Vietnam and signed an agreement that will bring Hanoi closer to the American side. Not surprisingly, Vietnam is acting cautiously in this matter, but it is clearly a…
The United States is enduring record-high inflation, ever-increasing costs for everything from food to gas and the threat of a looming recession. Surprisingly, despite these and other worrisome economic and geopolitical events, Americans continue spending money on travel, dining out, attending music concerts and sporting events, engaging in revenge travel…
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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