CEO Advisory

When life gave us a lemon, we didn’t make lemonade; we made a lemonade factory. Back in 2009, our 14-year-old daughter was denied a life-changing school trip to Cambodia to volunteer with disadvantaged rural families. We decided to embrace the opportunity and travelled to Cambodia as a family, volunteering to...

Accidents can change the trajectory of your life in a fraction of a second. One moment, you are living your best life or working towards one. Next, you are dealing with physical and psychological pain, piling medical bills, and a loss of livelihood if an accident keeps you off work...

Two years ago, I began writing about "Creating a True Health Ecosystem for Human Flourishing." Since that time, I have continued to explore the concept of an ecosystem built solely for the Care of Health —a comprehensive approach to human flourishing that extends far beyond traditional medical care. Today, global...

Think of the last time you crashed your car. Not a nice experience, was it? Broken glass everywhere, that sinking feeling of despair, nosy onlookers craning their necks and then the inevitable exchanging of details with the clown who just bashed into your baby. Hopefully, you made that grudge purchase...

Leaders want to be successful, and success is directly correlated with their teams’ effectiveness and output, so a perennial problem lives in the minds of leaders and managers, “how to keep teams engaged and productive?” Engaged with the company and its mission, and productive in making continuous progress toward that...

Anil Kumar Yadav Yanamala is a distinguished Senior Data Protection Specialist and thought leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and data protection. With years of expertise in public-sector data security, Anil has built a reputation as a forward-thinking advocate for responsible AI development. He is not only a skilled consultant but...

Recently, I was teaching for the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Thought-Leadership Writing Incubator, and I selected a participant for a live story-framing exercise. This exercise typically demonstrates that The Story Framing System works across topics, but this time, it was particularly challenging. The participant had an ambitious goal: He wanted to...

Everyone’s talking about AI, and some folks are wringing their hands, wondering if it’ll spell the end of human creativity. Here’s a spoiler: It won’t. AI isn’t about elbowing out human imagination — it’s here to give it room to breathe. By taking on those time-sucking, mind-numbing tasks, AI frees...

What all leaders know: Your talent is key to your company success. But did you know that up to 1 in 4 of all adults have a disability at any given time? Some are permanent, some temporary. Some are life-long, some acquired later in life. Some are physical, some cognitive,...

Diwali, also known as Deepavali, is one of the most cherished and widely celebrated festivals in Hindu culture, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil, the arrival of prosperity, and the dawning of enlightenment. Rooted in the revered Hindu epic, “the Ramayana”, originally written by one of the greatest Hindu...