Prior to the pandemic, hospitals were marching toward solutions that paid homage to the heads-and-beds model, with its tight margins. They were investing in specialists to bring elective surgeries in-house. They were becoming more efficient on th...

Let's face it: The private sector isn't getting the job done when it comes to cybersecurity. How many more Colonial Pipeline- and JBS-type incidents really need to occur to drive that point home?

The crescendo is building for a na...

Lore has it that a woman once approached Pablo Picasso at the height of his fame and asked if he would sketch her portrait. He dashed off a few strokes and handed her the drawing. She asked how much she owed him.

"$10,000," Picasso is...

We aren't all making semiconductors, innovating HR with new startups, or running e-commerce shops. But no matter what industry you're in, it's been transformed by technology.

Digital transformations live or die based on a leader's ab...

It's no secret that if you look at the senior ranks of many corporations, including the C-suite and the board of directors, there are more white men than there are women or people of color.

The numbers bear this out. A 2019 study by...

Leaks of customer data, corrupt practices by foreign agents, IT breaches. These are just some of the biggest risks that companies face with their third-party relationships. Despite the known dangers, few get it right when it comes to budgeting fo...

Climate change may not have hit your home yet with a wildfire, windstorm, or flooding, but it's still barreling toward millions of people with an increasingly urgent threat: a homeowner's insurance crisis.

Annual insurance bills a...

The war for talent appears to be getting fiercer by the day as the U.S. economy stirs back to life in the wake of the pandemic.

Supermarkets are handing out bonuses in their desperation to hire and retain frontline staff; franchise ow...

As M&A activity gets hotter, private equity firms face a growing challenge: how to squeeze out the value they need from deals.

North American deals hit their second-highest level this century in the first quarter of 2021, adding t...

As Americans across the country are flooded with news reports of assaults and hate speech directed at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, individual protesters are taking a stand, and so too are...

If you think the white-hot housing market is a supernova that's destined to burn out, here's some advice: Put on your heat-deflecting space suit.

The factors that led to the housing boom and sellers market are still very much with...

America is facing its worst housing shortage in 50 years. Don't expect an improvement any time soon.

With a nationwide shortage of 3.8 million single-family homes, it is a fantastic time to be a home seller, but a frightening and fr...

Though some are portraying Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' July 20 plan to blast off into space as an impulsive publicity stunt, much more is at issue here than just the richest person on Earth moving on to conquer new worlds.

Bezos' B...

Each month, with great fanfare, investors await the release of the Consumer Price Index, the headline metric that politicians and pundits cite as they opine about inflation.

After more than a year of Covid-19 lockdowns, the hiring floodgates are about to open -- and managers should be prepared.

Since March 2020, employment has been a seller's market. Very few people have been able to switch jobs. With a p...

We're almost at the finish line, but not quite. Throughout the Covid-19 crisis, it's been a long, tough haul.

Many managers face a real dilemma as we enter this period of uncertainty: How hard should I push my team and the organiz...

Lately, I've been hearing an increasing number of "I quit" anecdotes from friends working as administrative staff at universities. I worked in this space until recently, so I feel little surprise. But I do feel sympathy because most of them...

The predicted demise of traditional brick-and-mortar retailers has become common wisdom as the Amazon juggernaut rolls on and the pandemic supercharged the move to online shopping.

It's true that the traditional retail model has bee...

Headlines for President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure bill are mainly about roads and bridges, but the most pressing public health need is buried underground and out of sight.

America's network of drinking water plants, wast...

It's a great time to be a software developer, data analyst or cybersecurity professional. Not so much if you're one of the many employers in the tech sector and beyond facing intense competition in a growing struggle to attract and retain IT...