In a packed auditorium at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, toward the end of Steve Jobs’s penultimate keynote before he stepped down as CEO, he said, “It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough—it’s technology married wit…
Ishiba supports the Bank of Japan’s exit from its unorthodox ultra-loose policies,
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I may never retire. I love working, and I’ve found that I’m not alone in dreading the idea of solely filling my later years with bingo and boredom. Nonetheless, I don’t see myself clocking in 9-to-5, either. With the current workforce nearing retireme…
Investors often see a strategic review as a prelude to a sale
When Selena Gomez conceived of Rare Beauty, she was hoping to build a beauty brand that would bring visibility to mental health issues. Gomez had already been open about her own diagnosis and experience with bipolar disorder. The brand launched in 202…
Despite misconceptions and stereotypes—ranging from what librarians Gretchen Keer and Andrew Carlos have described as the “middle-aged, bun-wearing, comfortably shod, shushing librarian” to the “sexy librarian . . . and the hipster or tattooed librari…
Executive leaders are often required to make tough (and unpopular) strategic decisions. As a result, many may use manipulation—sometimes unintentionally—to influence their peers and bring them short-term gains. Unsurprisingly, there are many seri…
Powell Jobs and Harris stand to become one of the most powerful best friend pairs in the world.
Your organization is full of people making decisions in pursuit of purpose. To invest or divest, to increase prices or not, to introduce a product, or to pull another. Their decisions collectively determine the success or failure of the organization.&…
