As I type, Microsoft Copilot suggests ways to continue, restructure, or even rewrite this very sentence. On the surface, it feels like a small thing, no more remarkable than Gmail finishing an email or Google predicting a search—but small things can h…
A few years ago, we had a bottleneck within our organization at Super.com, the membership program focused on saving, earning, and credit building. Every new idea depended on our engineers, and our internal requests were piling up faster than we could …
While executives spend billions on meditation apps, yoga retreats, and wellness programs, American stress levels continue to skyrocket. A recent study of 90 workplace wellness interventions found most (with one exception detailed below*) had no positi…
There was a time when leaders followed a linear path. Pick a lane, specialize, climb the ladder, and stay the course for decades. But that norm is unraveling. Global complexity demands leaders who are adaptive, integrative, and, above all, multifacete…
Who discovered the lightbulb? If you answered “Thomas Edison,” you’re not alone—and you’re also not quite right.
Despite conventional wisdom that associates great inventions with lone geniuses, breakthrough inventions are te…
Managing a team with clashing personalities can be one of the toughest challenges for any leader, but it’s entirely possible to navigate interpersonal conflict and build cohesion among team members with different points of view. Here, experts in…
A client once confessed, “At least half of every training dollar we spend is wasted—we just don’t know which half.”
This is a sobering reality. In 2024, research from the Association of Talent Development found that the average organization sp…
The number of immigrant workers in the United States is declining. According to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center, more than 1.2 million immigrants left the labor force from January to June 2025. Per the report, 51.9 m…
Your first 90 days as an executive set the tone for your reputation, relationships, and results. During this period, the board, C-suite, and peers are silently asking themselves, Did we make the right choice?
Harvard Business School research on “t…
The C-suite executive’s dilemma has never been clearer: there is an analysis gap between recognizing that creativity is an essential skill versus designing space and time for individuals and teams to to build a creative capacity.
While 2023 r…
