CEO Agenda

The effects of COVID-19's spread across the globe have been wide-ranging and indiscriminate. Companies are losing revenue and filing for bankruptcy. Millions of people have lost their jobs while millions of others report for duty on the front lines in hospitals, grocery stores, and other essential businesses. Workers who can operate from home...

It’s not news that in times of crisis, we think and act differently. When our lives and well-being are challenged—as they have been during the COVID-19 pandemic—we’re not concerned with petty rules or receiving credit for our actions. The cause becomes prepotent. Team welfare trumps self-interest. We are more willing...

Covid-19 is posing content teams a double-headed challenge. The first is how to make the best of the current circumstances and carry on operating even amid the obvious limitations of lockdown. The second is how to plan for the mid-term future, given the likelihood of significant changes to the working...

The coronavirus pandemic has taken all of us by surprise and we found ourselves scrambling for supplies with no stockpile of ventilator equipment and an inadequate PPE supply to fall back on. To make things more difficult, the clinical severity of coronavirus is changing daily. While it’s still too early...

Well before COVID-19 there were significant biases and challenges that disrupted work fairness for women. Women were, and remain, more likely to have their time stolen. And guarding it is not as easy as it sounds. The expectation, often tacit, that women’s time should be spent creating value for others...

To onlookers, business success may appear to be made from a secret ingredient however in reality, there is no hidden formula.  All successful businesses start somewhere, and every founder will have experienced trial and error when looking to expand, increase profits, and market to new audiences. It is these mistakes...

As co-founder and CEO of KaviAR Tech, an augmented reality startup headquartered in Paris, I have always been fascinated by the possibilities of this technology on business, society and life. I joined a training school for French Army technicians at the age of 16. I got married, had my first...

The relationship between companies and their employees has been forever changed by the Covid-19 virus. It’s hard to believe, but it’s true. Since late January, Americans have been shifting from their traditional roles and workplaces toward their home offices. They’re using telecommuting technology and learning new capabilities daily. There’s a...

The journey of an entrepreneur after a startup failure can be compared to the experience of losing a loved one. The resultant grief of such a loss is discussed in the famous  paper titled the “Five stages of grief” by Kubler- Ross. These five stages are identified as denial, anger,...

The closest parallel to today’s COVID-19 pandemic might be the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, which is a time few living people can remember. Consequently, modern executives are now expected to make unprecedented management decisions without any direct experience or information. Still, that doesn’t mean they can’t evaluate what has worked...