CEO Agenda

The employer-employee relationship has undergone a dramatic turn during the pandemic. Organizations are struggling to retain top talent, which is largely triggered by the Great Resignation as top candidates want to work on their own terms. While employees are aspiring to work for a purpose-led organization, and want to add...

You know that data drives business. But is quantitative or qualitative data better for your needs? The short answer is that each type can be valuable depending on your situation. Every modern business runs on data. You and your team members probably leverage data all the time to help make...

In my psychotherapy practice in Los Angeles, I see an overwhelming number of clients who are seeking to bring forth positive and wholesome actions and behaviors in this world. They desire to improve themselves, their relationships, and their businesses. They want to see a better world emerge from these troubling...

Across many sectors and industries, leaders are realizing that they have to get better at collaboration, and many are plunging in. But it’s easy to get implementation wrong and fall into what might be called “collaboration traps.” For example, some leaders treat collaboration as a magic cure-all, as if all...

To many people, gaming is kids sitting in front of a computer. But that is only the tip of the iceberg. In fact, games allow deeper connections with our world and create greater cultural understanding. Esports is changing our world in four ways: virtual experience economy, virtual status symbols, shoppable...

We all have two choices. React to the world and all of its circumstances, or choose the conscious path of responding. In every moment of every day, we are allowed to decide which path we take. The one where we are the victim of things we don’t like or agree...

Now and then, I come across stories or images that connect to a common theme. When it happens so impactfully to me in such a short period, as it did recently, I often take it as a sign that I should do my part to extend its reach. In this...

The world of art and businesses are closely related, in many ways. First, some of the most important paintings are held by powerful CEOs on the planet. But buying art should also be used to make the workplace more interesting. In fact, a study from the University of Exeter has...

Business intelligence, or BI, has become a buzzword across industries, encompassing the various processes, tools, and methodologies that enable companies to collect data, analyze it, and get better answers to key questions. Business intelligence is a data-driven process of understanding your business so you can make better decisions based on...

A few months ago, in a moment I thought justified indignation, I went entirely off the clichéd reservation over what is now a generally accepted trespass on my privacy.  Something that portends to further suffocate my notion of an acceptable social construct.  Although — forgive the immodesty — I am...