Kati Suominen and Danielle Goldfarb: Trade in digital services is expanding faster than trade in goods, and Ottawa should reframe the trade debate accordingly
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pa…
What happens when you try to teach a machine how to think like you?
That’s the question I found myself grappling with when I partnered with a leading learning company to cocreate an AI-powered coaching platform. The idea was inspiring: a to…
We’re taught to think of raises as the holy grail of career and financial success. Annual performance reviews. Awkward remuneration conversations. Hoping (and sometimes praying) that your hard work gets noticed. If this is your earning strategy, you&#…
Amina AlTai is an executive coach, leadership trainer, and chronic illness advocate. She has partnered with companies such as Google, Snap, Outdoor Voices, Chief, and Roku, and been featured in goop, Forbes, Well+Good, NBC, CBS, and The New York Times…
Anyone who claims they haven’t felt the seductive pull of social plans interrupting their focus at work isn’t being completely honest.
It’s something we all succumb to, especially in the summer months when nearly half of employees admit to fe…
Technology is disrupting the consumer industry. How can executives embrace the digital change afoot and reimagine the sector?
Last month, my friend Amy, a mid-level marketing manager at a Fortune 500 company, had her entire junior analyst team “restructured.” Why officially? “Strategic realignment.” Reality? AI tools now handle what used to be three f…
Programs to help students discern their vocation or calling are gaining prominence in higher education.
According to a 2019 Bates/Gallup poll, 80% of college graduates want a sense of purpose from their work. In addition, a 2023 survey found that 5…
It has become popular to say that we want to have a diversity of opinion represented in workplaces. We want people to speak up when they disagree with an approach or have a unique viewpoint on how to address a complex problem.
While we say that in …
