M&A is surging, but as many CEOs are learning the hard way, announcing a deal and then making it work can be two very different things.

Deals that look great on spreadsheets can still hit severe obstacles when companies struggle t...

On a recent weekend in Madison, Wisconsin, cars on the street had the look of a bygone era. I saw surviving Saturns, Oldsmobile minivans, even that funky old greenhouse on wheels, the AMC Pacer.  

Turns out, cars in the rest of t...

Crypto winter has arrived-and it's chilly out there for the thousands of employees being laid off in response to the sector's worst downturn in several years.

I should know. My cryptocurrency company is one of the many that had...

Companies that adopt digital-first systems across operations, sales, marketing, and more can realize significant cost savings - cutting down on labor needs, leveraging data and business intelligence tools, and even reducing time to market. But,...

Conventional wisdom holds that it's a scary time to be in the automotive aftermarket business. The message that's implied is that you need to transform your business now or you'll have missed the runaway the EV bonanza forever.

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Market volatility and inflation are forcing companies to slash spending. In uncertain times like these, there's a tendency toward across-the-board cuts, so every department shares in the pain. But if you plan to include cybersecurity in your cu...

High school students today face the prospect of graduating into a world that immediately weighs them down with student debt and out-of-control product prices. Fortunately, there's a growing trend in American secondary education that can help them...

It's been a good run. Business consumers of software have enjoyed stable or even falling prices amid an explosion in productivity and choice. Plentiful capital, intense competition, and a strong pace of innovation over two decades deterred tech...

When seeking a new job or a promotion, conventional wisdom suggests you position yourself as a specialist in your field. However, there is little conventional about today's job market, as career paths become less linear and increasingly flexible....

Across the country, legislators are piling on regulations and restrictions that make it harder to build and maintain affordable housing at a time of desperate need.

In Dover-Foxcroft, a small town in Maine, a drafted moratorium on ma...

As cybersecurity threats surge in frequency and sophistication, most MSPs have incident response plans in place. But not all plans are sufficient - something that quickly becomes clear when attackers succeed in breaching their defenses.

The war in Ukraine may be thousands of miles away, but it feels unnervingly close to home for many American workers.

Relentless news coverage of bombed hospitals, burning homes, and dazed refugees can leave company employees, who are...

But peek under the hood, and all is not nearly as bad as it seems. You can navigate these financial speed bumps with less pain by taking a buyer beware approach - and scrutinizing your auto loan as closely as you research your new vehicle.

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Think big. Find and reward talent. Earn credibility.

Those are the three hardest-earned lessons I've learned after more than two decades of work as a chief operating officer and top leader of several different organizations in vario...

If you've filled up on gas, bought a plane ticket or checked your grocery bill, you know that the fastest inflation in 40 years is biting hard.

Those soaring prices mean tougher decisions at check-out. For those of us who are alread...

Talk about unintended consequences: The trade war that was supposed to punish China for unfair business practices is fueling an economic boom south of the US border in Mexico.

When tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum were announced...

Nearly one of every 10 Americans lives in a medical desert-a place without ready access to emergency care, pharmacies, or sometimes even primary care doctors. It's time for business to acknowledge the problem, and, better yet, get to work fix...

As I think back on the roller coaster we've been on over the past two years, one thing is very clear - the one-size-fits-all approach to staff wellness is a thing of the past. And if your company hasn't updated its benefits since the pandemic, yo...

The Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade and the ensuing response from certain states have launched a national battle to protect the right to an abortion. Among others, a new front has emerged: the right to reproductive privacy.

The need for rules is more urgent than ever. Segments of the crypto economy are becoming too big to fail, putting investors and whole financial systems at risk. The $40 billion of the TerraUSD and its linked Luna token provided a taste of this, w...