A senior executive texted me a couple hours before writing this article and encapsulated the present angst in corporate America.

"How do I resist going to the dark side during these cost-cutting convos?" she asked. It seemed like it...

Most organizations have recognized the benefits of hybrid and remote workplaces.

Is it finally time to hire a Chief Remote Officer - someone to manage the personnel, technological, psychological and social complexities?

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As the business world continues to move on from Covid-19, a range of trends and assumptions widespread during the height of the pandemic are being reassessed. Among them is the notion that "job-hopping" by younger workers is natural or even l...

If I asked you to think of the most tech-savvy industries, real estate is not likely to be one of them. Buying or selling a property still requires painful amounts of paperwork, mysterious fees, and other bureaucratic tasks. Commercial real estat...

Artificial or not, what's most important is that intelligence be useful. Which is why there's a better name for what businesses need right now: Useful Intelligence or what I call UI, or a tool that filters out bad or even dangerous informatio...

Many CEOs have once again spent earnings season focused on the past-and often on the defensive.

Yet the best ones use moments like these to go on the offensive. They see them as opportunities to change the discussion from the past t...

The key to boosting employee motivation and spurring innovation at a critical time is hidden in plain sight - tucked into wallets, hanging around necks or attached to a belt lanyard.

It's time for the humble employee badge to have...

The global pandemic may finally be fading in the rear-view mirror, but its disruptive impact on global supply chains was an early indicator of our new normal.

Rising geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty and climate change will...

Mention "hackathon" and the image that might come to mind is of a bunch of computer geeks competing to devise some brilliant yet obscure programming solution.

There's some truth to that, but the hackathon has come a long way from...

Love knows no boundaries, and that can be bad for business because office romances happen.

They best be managed properly.

As more and more remote workers return to the office, companies will need to deal with relationships...

Nearly 3,000 four-year colleges and universities enroll students in America. Only about 25 of them have an admittance rate of 10% or less, which means that we're effectively letting the 1% dominate the conversation around higher education - a...

Small business owners these days have a lot on their minds - and too much on their plates. Sky-high borrowing costs, corrosive inflation, a slowing economy and tighter credit conditions are keeping them on edge.

Along with your entr...

If you asked me about hiring in IT last year, and again today, my answers would have been vastly different.

This year, job markets are in flux and it's confusing for hiring managers and candidates alike. We hear about the massive l...

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...