CEO Agenda

We’ve all been forced to rapidly shift to support a work-from-home model. This has expanded and evolved the threat landscape in several ways. First, the rapid transition to remote work forced organizations to prioritize service availability over everything else, resulting in tradeoffs that might have created security gaps for hackers...

It’s hard to imagine a more chaotic time than our present moment. As leaders, we’re adapting to change at breakneck speed and asking the same of our teams. I study the brain science of success—specifically, how humans move through change—and one of the most important things we can do as...

Marketing is the engine that drives sales. It builds awareness, increases visibility, nurtures trust, fosters loyalty, and can position a brand as the obvious purchasing choice. Just one problem — it comes at a cost. As department-store magnate and marketing pioneer John Wanamaker so aptly noted, “Half the money I spend...

In recent years, business analytics platforms and advanced business intelligence dashboards have been transforming the way that companies manage their business through rich data, but the HR department has largely been left on the outside of this trend. A LinkedIn survey found earlier this year that even though there’s been...

A credit card offers you many conveniences and benefits. Card carriers have more purchasing power, wherein they can make purchases despite not carrying cash. Also, credit cards are known for their rewards programs, including cash back and travel miles. You can choose your preferred card based on your lifestyle; are...

When I talk about the future of work, people often ask me, “What kinds of jobs will be hot in the future?” While there’s no doubt that technology-related work will be in demand, technical skills won’t be enough to futureproof your career. Instead, our uniquely human skills—which AI and machines...

“During World War II, an amazing amount of innovation, including radar, reliable torpedoes, and code-breaking, helped end the war faster. This will be the same with the pandemic. I break the innovation into five categories: treatments, vaccines, testing, contact tracing, and policies for opening up. Without some advances in each...

While conducting focus groups with CEOs in the early part of the decade, I asked them to list the resources they typically rely upon to meet their personal and organizational growth needs.  Their unassisted responses ranged from reading books and participating in executive development programs to hiring coaches and consultants....

How do you keep up with the velocity of change? What is the secret sauce? Of course, there is never just one thing, but if there was one thing, I would suggest it is intense curiosity. The definition of curiosity in the Oxford English Dictionary is “a strong desire to...

Crises serve as nasty reminders of fundamental truths which are easy to forget in the best of times and wakeup calls in the worst of times.  One truth that is probably front of mind for you right now during the COVID crisis is, “It is not the strongest of the...