I recently struck up a conversation with a hedge fund manager who told me his firm was focused heavily on mobility. I naively assumed he'd been betting on the rise of autonomous vehicles.

"No," he said. "They're just not ready for p...

While the debate over returning full-time to the office rages, one thing is worth further consideration: The five-day commute may be harmful to your people and the planet.

There's certainly value to being in the office, particularly a...

Every company thinks it's different. Unfortunately, despite their best efforts, many find themselves stuck in a sea of sameness.

Witness how many media firms jumped into streaming strategies, how many automakers started building ele...

To the list of threats facing American businesses, add this one: populism.

Increasingly, civil-led protests and actions are disrupting business operations. If leaders don't give them as much attention as economic risks such as highe...

CMOs were long the punching bags of the C-Suite. Woody Allen once said, "Humorists always sit at the children's table." And for many years, it seemed that marketers were seated right there beside them.

Then came the pandemic. An...

Despite the best efforts and fervent hopes of managers and chief executives everywhere, the Great Resignation isn't over.

According to PWC's Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2022 study, at any given moment, 20 percent of wo...

There's broad consensus among the CEOs I've spoken with recently: They agree they need to drive short-term performance, even as they continue their long-term transformation efforts.

Performance is crucial. Inefficiencies have buil...

Think of the recent panic over ChatGPT as the latest round of "Marketing Mayhem." That's the chaotic state that takes over marketing departments and agency partners whenever a new toy presents itself with heightened promises and cultural FO...

Every week, we seem to be hit with a new story of a CEO who's fallen from grace: Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos, Adam Neumann of WeWork, or Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX. Of course, the news ignores the other chief executives who are doing a reasonabl...

When J.P. Morgan spent $175 million to buy student financial aid firm Frank, it thought it was getting access to millions of young customers. It turns out that wasn't the case, according to the bank's subsequent lawsuit accusing Frank of fabr...

In January, Shopify decided it was in drastic need of a meeting cleanse. A bot was used to wipe calendars company-wide of any recurring meeting with three or more people. Total time savings: 320,000 hours, the equivalent of hiring 150 new people....

A senior executive texted me a couple hours before writing this article and encapsulated the present angst in corporate America.

"How do I resist going to the dark side during these cost-cutting convos?" she asked. It seemed like it...

Most organizations have recognized the benefits of hybrid and remote workplaces.

Is it finally time to hire a Chief Remote Officer - someone to manage the personnel, technological, psychological and social complexities?

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Many CEOs have once again spent earnings season focused on the past-and often on the defensive.

Yet the best ones use moments like these to go on the offensive. They see them as opportunities to change the discussion from the past t...

If you asked me about hiring in IT last year, and again today, my answers would have been vastly different.

This year, job markets are in flux and it's confusing for hiring managers and candidates alike. We hear about the massive l...

Every business partner I speak to these days, from multinational CEOs to Silicon Valley venture capitalists, agrees: The road to success is bumpier than it's been in decades.

We've emerged burned out and dazed from the pandemic in...

COVID and a tight labor market have dramatically changed the hiring and retention game-as a result, the biggest problem for recruiters now is failure to be honest about the company and what they're looking for in candidates. Opaqueness doesnâ...

I was recently talking to a private equity firm that had lost a number of portfolio executives ranging from technical leaders to CEOs. The story was similar to what I'd been hearing elsewhere: Roughly 70 percent of the firms I've spoken with...

If there's one thing the pandemic taught us, it's that a strong supply chain is central to corporate success. As transport costs rocketed, container ships lined up at ports, and customer satisfaction suffered, CEOs kicked themselves for not h...

Every chief financial officer worth their salt should be taking charge of supply chain integration as a core responsibility. Pushing change from the top helps break down silos to ensure supply chain resilience becomes part of a company's DNA. <...