Five years after Congress created the Opportunity Zone (OZ) program as a way to channel investment dollars into needy areas, Congress is set to amend the program so that it functions more in line with its original intent.

This could b...

Spare a moment to consider semiconductors, so omnipresent in modern day life that they've become an afterthought.

But they shouldn't be. As the tiny workhorses that supply computing power, semiconductors have been spreading outsid...

We've been addicted to cheap stuff for so long, you have to be a certain age to remember when we weren't.

Emerging from the pandemic, though, tectonic shifts in the world economy are signaling the end of that era. Globalized suppl...

With Covid-19 easing, managers should expect to find many of their employees with a considerably different mindset.

Some workers are burned out after more than a year of unprecedented and often short-staffed assignments. Others are re...

If you don't understand climate change, you're going to stand out in the business world. And not in a good way. Climate change is affecting everything from running an office, to managing supply chains, to investing. If you want to contribute to c...

Lower medical costs, better outcomes, more satisfied Medicare recipients and stronger profits. Sound like an impossible dream of healthcare reform? Turns out it's all happening now under a new wave of policies embraced by both the Biden and Tru...

It can happen in an instant. One day your dad is living on his own, independent and mostly healthy despite advancing age. The next he's in bed with a broken something, dependent on his grown children and forced to move into a long-term care fac...

The coming recession will be a real and abrupt reckoning for workers of a certain age and attitude.

Rising inflation and a sharp downturn in the markets all but guarantee layoffs are looming in many sectors. The days of expecting emp...

On a recent visit to a school district, I was startled to find a procurement office with folding tables stacked with hundreds of paper purchasing orders that needed to be manually reviewed and approved.

What major industry still opera...

In a crisis, any help is better than none. That's why the Biden administration's proposal to boost the cornerstone federal funding program for low-income college students is a very welcome step.

The increase in the Pell Grant woul...

Conventional wisdom says retirement should be a time of rest and relaxation. Yet there's a reason so many seniors mentally regress quickly after they stop working. If we're not mentally active, our brains tend to atrophy, inviting a greater c...

In late May, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told a Dutch television show that cryptocurrencies are "worth nothing." She's not alone in her sentiments. Since volatility shook the digital currency market earlier in the mont...

When Covid-19 first hit, our company went entirely remote. We soon saw 10% drops in productivity.

Two months after the initial nationwide lockdowns, while most other companies kept working from home, we returned to the office. We've b...

Just as it seemed that global supply chain disruptions were easing, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has now destabilised conditions for private equity-owned companies around the globe. I'm sorry to say this, but the environment is likely going t...

Cyberattack warnings have become so frequent that it's easy to tune them out. Your company has loaded up on security tools and run its Red Team drills. You're confident you've done all you can.

Executives at Microsoft and the ch...

When I first entered the workforce two decades ago, it wasn't uncommon for financial analysts to be asked to cut large checks needing to be mailed immediately, without much explanation about what they were for and why they were so urgent.

Imagine having to decide between calling a loved one and buying food or medicine for yourself or a family member.

While this doesn't seem like a decision that anyone in the United States should have to make, this scenario unfolds ev...

As a startup owner, you are forgiven if you feel powerless in addressing supply chain issues, lacking the financial clout and deep supplier networks enjoyed by the Walmarts and Procter & Gambles of the world.

In reality, though, b...

I recently had to install a new printer, and my first thought was to read the manual. My teenage son, of a generation born with phones in their hands, turned to YouTube instead. Guess who ended up installing that printer?

There's a...

High school students and their parents devote an extraordinary amount of time and energy to the college search process. But then an odd thing happens once a student is accepted. Families tend to exhale - "All done!" - and mostly put college o...