The self-storage industry is booming, but is it sustainable? Our industry - I run a self-storage company - has been showing up in the financial press's headlines lately as investors and operators grow with Americans' desires to store their poss...

The wealthy have access to investments unavailable to the rest of us. But at least one type - direct investments - is now within reach.

Direct investments enable investors to take stakes in non-public companies whose shares don'...

When approaching the sports collectibles market as a potential investment strategy, it is imperative to enter with eyes wide open and invest only what yo...

Cascading artificial intelligence advancements present an array of security traps for unsuspecting companies. The consequences of a successful attack are likely to be much more severe than an old-style phishing or hacking attack.

Gone...

Generative artificial intelligence has been among the most impressive breakthroughs in years. But for corporate security chiefs, it's causing angst.

That's because for all its genius, generative AI - which can create human-leve...

Members of America's college Class of 2027 will soon begin four critical years of their lives. I'm a university president who's about to preside over my 11th incoming class, and there are a few things I think every first-year student should...

We can begin to solve America's nursing shortage in very short order with innovative educational and apprenticeship approaches that let young healthcare workers move up the skill ladder more quickly.

Hospitals across the country are...

A promotional rate on a credit card is appealing to anyone. But if you're trying to pay off debt, benefiting from no interest for 12 to 18 months can give you time to get your financial house in order.

Credit card debt is at an all-...

Here's a big idea to address America's worsening housing affordability crisis: Let more Americans own their home without buying the land underneath it.

If that sounds crazy, it shouldn't. It's been a widely used and successfu...

It is higher education's responsibility to ensure their students are ready to be productive in the work environment.

Companies that want to develop talent look for a range of hard and soft skills in prospective employees. But thereâ...

One unexpected outcome of the recent set of U.S. bank runs is that it may help the banking industry in its fierce battle with upstart fintech competitors.

On the surface, the brick-and-mortar banking business has seldom looked more vu...

High-net-worth families have long understood the value of alternative investments. Now there's a growing sense that the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is the next big opportunity, even as it comes with major risks. Many just don't kn...

Performance reviews have an image problem. Currently, "performance review" is right up there with "root canal" and "tax audit" as things that people dread. But with a little bit of retooling, managers can turn performance reviews into...

The best CEOs know that stagnation is death. That's why a company's ability to adapt and change is key. But just as important is respecting company culture. Both need to be in sync for long-term success.

Failure to walk this fine...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a landmark tax law case this fall, highlighting again the ever-changing extreme complexity of federal tax law. The case underscores an unfortunate reality: Businesspeople need a tax mitigation plan just a...

In a post-pandemic world of uncertainty, we can be sure of one thing: There is no shortage of people in need - and the numbers keep rising.

But nonprofits across the nation are facing serious funding shortfalls that threaten their a...

Doctors are mired in administrative tasks.

One of every five dollars of U.S. gross domestic product, or $4 trillion, ends up in the health-care industry. And a quarter of that is spent on administration, with half of the $1 trillion d...

The layoff wave that rocked the tech industry has begun to recede, but with tech capital markets still locked down, layoffs, shutdowns and other tough changes are still in the offing for many companies.

Senior and middle managers gene...

The headlong rush into generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) comes with an undeniable threat of privacy intrusion that threatens to upend the public's embrace of this powerful productivity tool.

Failing to vigorously address priva...

Workers are coming back to the office - at least some of them. But the American office building is undergoing a dramatic change. And figuring out what to do with the resulting glut of excess office space will be one of the most creative challen...