When self-proclaimed white nationalists spray painted over a mural of Arthur Ashe in Richmond, Va., in the fall of 2021, it wasn't just another act of vandalism. It was an American-born form of terrorism that needs to be put down before it spre...

Southern California's recent severe floods are flashing a warning for local and state governments to reexamine their flood mitigation preparedness plans. The uncertainty and flooding risks from a more extreme weather future are driving some gov...

Memorabilia collections, by their nature, are specialized and unique. When considering your estate planning, it's important to think about what you requi...

The layoffs just keep stacking up, raising fears that we're on the brink of a recession. Google-parent Alphabet let 12,000 people go, mere days after Microsoft and Amazon announced that they were slashing 10,000 and 18,000 jobs, respectively. T...

Every business partner I speak to these days, from multinational CEOs to Silicon Valley venture capitalists, agrees: The road to success is bumpier than it's been in decades.

We've emerged burned out and dazed from the pandemic in...

Free speech on college campus has emerged as a new front in the culture wars. But despite what you may have heard, most university students and faculty are supportive of free speech and the robust exchange of ideas on university campuses. Accordi...

There's nothing like the anticipation of a new hire, and the expectation of infusing fresh experience, talent and drive into your workforce. Too often, however, those expectations go unmet. The data has long made it clear that external hires co...

Take in the skyline of any major U.S. city and you'll be looking at a fair number of hidden time bombs.

These are the thousands of buildings with ground leases that are getting close to the end of their term, leaving unprepared buil...

I have genuine respect for Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, but I think they are flat-out wrong to insist that workers return to the office full time.

This is bad for employees, and it's bad for business....

When a Russian missile slammed into the busy Amstor shopping mall in Ukraine on June 27th, hundreds of relatives of the dead and missing were left in a state of agonizing uncertainty over the fate of their loved ones.

This type of tra...

Artificial intelligence is being hailed as a panacea that will help accountants work more efficiently and profitably and commit fewer errors. But the reality is much more complicated. At the same time, our profession's seemingly blind acceptance...

Colleges need to rethink how we prepare students for successful careers. The current approach is to provide some minimal support to students towards the end of their undergraduate years. Once students graduate, colleges and universities tradition...

The Federal Reserve's unusually sharp interest rate hikes since early last year have cast a cloud over most real estate markets and left investors struggling to find opportunities that beat inflation without incurring substantially more risk. T...

Planning for retirement is a daunting challenge for anyone, but physician-practice owners face some distinct hurdles unmatched by most other careers.

Between medical school, residency, and fellowships, physicians don't realize their f...

Compared to other industries, healthcare's billing and collections process is a tough climb. I call it the Mount Everest of invoicing, and you don't learn how to climb it in medical school. Your goal should be healing, not versing yourself in...

COVID and a tight labor market have dramatically changed the hiring and retention game-as a result, the biggest problem for recruiters now is failure to be honest about the company and what they're looking for in candidates. Opaqueness doesnâ...

Higher education is an expensive proposition in the United States, particularly for low- and moderate-income students and their families. We could argue about the cause of the affordability problem and cast blame in various directions, but let'...

I was recently talking to a private equity firm that had lost a number of portfolio executives ranging from technical leaders to CEOs. The story was similar to what I'd been hearing elsewhere: Roughly 70 percent of the firms I've spoken with...

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...

Any corporate board member knows how to read a balance sheet or analyze an income statement. But how many can explain the nuances of cloud computing or the difference between a database and a data lake? Despite tech's growing centrality to ever...