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What CEOs can learn from Disney's proxy fight with activist investor Norman Peltz
Disney remains locked in an ongoing struggle with activist investor Nelson Peltz, rejecting his bid for board seats and...
How Far Out Can You Reliably Forecast For Business Decisions?
How far out into the future can business forecasts and projections be reliable - or anything much above worthless? It's a question every entrepreneur and CEO of a young and growing company has asked themselves.
The answer to the...
Crafting An AI-Ready Workforce: The Urgent Need For Ethical Leadership
To no one's surprise, an unbridled AI-led future is not likely to be the laissez-faire utopia Marc Andreesen and his hordes of so-called "techno optimists" make it out to be. Creating an ethical AI future will require ethical executives wil...
The OpenAI Power Struggle Has Implications Beyond OpenAI
With Sam Altman returning to OpenAI the week-long saga that nearly ruptured the world's most powerful AI company is, for now at least, over. But the drama highlights a new power dynamic in corporate America where the "hard" power of executi...
Fear Itself: CEOs Boldly Leading During Uncertainty Are Tomorrow's Winners
Warning signals of a pending recession keep flashing, but the employment statistics keep saying no. The economy's path forward feels remarkably uncertain and has real upside. For example, highly credible experts forecast AI-turbocharged g...
Lessons For CEOs And Boards From Meta's Turnaround
Just a year ago, analysts and investors following Meta were wondering if they were witnessing the beginning of the end for what was once one of tech's brightest stars. The company, one of the 30 most profitable companies in the world, had spent...
Carbon neutrality is harder than you think, but it's worth it
For years now, corporations have been flooding headlines with their ambitious pledges to achieve carbon neutrality. Companies like Amazon, Walmart, and even BP, have vowed to do more to reduce their carbon footprint. But like a well-intentioned n...
Fending Off The Next Social Media Blitz
Recent white-hot controversies have made it clear that companies can't simply explain their way out of a values conflict with their own customers and employees. That means they need to anchor their public identity in their core beliefs and prin...
Tumultuous Times Are The Ideal Moments To Push Forward With New Business Initiatives
Executives at the helm of companies today are driving on noticeably rougher roads than in recent years.
An increasingly tense geopolitical environment means the stability required for global trade and commerce is no longer a given. Do...
What Inspires Your Employees and Customers? That's the Key to Retention
Most blame the pandemic for America's waning commitment to work. In reality, it was just an accelerant.
People began leaving their jobs in greater numbers more than a decade ago. The average monthly quit rate increased by a tenth of...
Directors: Are Your Companies Really Unique?
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...
Our Marketing Model Is Breaking -- Here's One Way To Fix It
Our once-stalwart marketing model is breaking. To understand why, look no further than Facebook's expected $10 billion ad sale revenue hit from Apple's changes to give users more control of their privacy.
It's not just Apple who...
District leaders: Act now to avoid financial disasters after COVID relief funding ends
Districts must plan to identify and mitigate impending budget gaps and build strategies for long-term financial health
Among all institutions impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, few faced challenges as profound and fast-moving as Ameri...