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Ditch Your Growth Obsession And Focus On Profit
The era of relentless corporate expansion has ended, exposed by rising interest rates and technological disruption—a shift that’s undermined the growth-at-all-costs mentality that shaped corporate America over the last decade. Survival now demands that companies ruthlessly prioritize profitability, strategic focus and sustainable financial management over blind expansion, changing the rules for successful CEOs.
Your website isn't dead - but AI is changing what it needs to win
AI is rapidly reshaping how people discover and evaluate companies online, fundamentally altering the rules for what makes a website succeed. To stand out in this new era, organisations must begin to gear their strategy toward the AI models that will recognise and recommend them.
Back to Basics: Why Startup Success Demands Fundamentals Over Frenzy
Today’s startup founders are navigating a perfect storm. Factoring inflation, tariff tensions becoming routine, venture funding tightening, and layoffs spreading across industries, the pressure is palpable. Meanwhile, the AI boom dominates headlines, often overshadowing deeper strategic discussions. To grow and thrive in current times, businesses must now more than ever proactively understand the changing policy and regulatory landscape.
AI Regulation: What's Next for the U.S.
Artificial intelligence has exploded into the world of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC), with more firms than ever investing in AI technologies, hoping to gain a competitive edge. But as the mad grab for AI bonafide accelerates, the industry must grab this opportunity to adopt universal standards for the good of the industry and the world we serve.
Trying Times Require Financial Discipline, Operational Innovation
As the stock market plummets and the U.S. seemingly careens into what could be a recession, the affordability crisis that's been plaguing critical sectors like healthcare, housing, food, and education is only getting worse. Nonprofits with miss...
How AI will reshape work in civil engineering, related professions
The proliferation of artificial intelligence is reshaping how the architecture, engineering, and construction sector operates as firms grapple with the rapidly evolving capabilities of these systems. Finding an appropriate blend of humanity and m...
Why Are So Many Firms Going Employee-Owned?
The proliferation of artificial intelligence is reshaping how the architecture, engineering, and construction sector operates as firms grapple with the rapidly evolving capabilities of these systems. Finding an appropriate blend of humanity and m...
Florida lawmakers move to weaken condo owner protections
Florida condo owners face renewed challenges with a proposed bill in the Florida Legislature threatening to roll back recent protections, as a back-and-forth battle between the developers' lobby, condo associations and owners appears to be help...
A revolution is happening in the heartland - are you paying attention?
While the East and West coasts are busy chasing the latest overhyped trends, the real economic game-changers are emerging where you might least expect it - right in the middle of the country - in America's heartland.
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The IRS is in the eye of the DOGE hurricane; here's what's at stake
The IRS has been marinating in controversy for the past four years with the Biden administration attempting to hire 80,...
Let DOGE Finish Its Job Before the Trump Tax Cuts
The Trump tax cuts need to be renewed, but not until Elon Musk’s DOGE team finishes its review of government spending. If President Trump wants to build a lasting high-integrity budgeting system, it’s got to be done right, and that means figuring out what the government actually needs to spend before setting out a tax plan to take care of the revenue side.
Why American Public Schools Are In Ruins -Literally
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced it was reducing its workforce by about hal...
Entrepreneurs Must Think Bigger to 'Build Where the Billions Are'
Entrepreneurs chasing small, niche markets are overlooking an incredible opportunity in the form of billions of dollars in green technology funding just waiting to be claimed. But to benefit from these funding streams, today's innovators-and...
Going Nuclear: Why AI Will Lead the Next Energy Transition
As policies and regulations are adjusted to reflect a new presidential administration, the U.S. needs to unleash its full energy potential by embracing nuclear power. With opinions and regulations historically slow to adjust, the impetus for nucl...
Data Thefts: Indecent Exposure to Risk
A Pennsylvania healthcare system agreed to pay $65 million to patients who had th...
Want An Effective Management Strategy For Hybrid Workplaces?
It looks like mandatory hybrid office-remote plans are increasingly the preferred policy for companies and their employees across North America. That could spell operational trouble as traditional management structures collide with a fragmented, in-again out-again workforce, potentially hampering productivity and slowing response times.