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Corporate America stands at a crossroads. On one hand, they provide jobs and drive incredible innovation. On the other, their leaders engage in alarming excesses. For instance, executive pay has gone from 20 times the average worker’s pay in the 1970s to over 300 times as much today.  This issue...

Australia’s wealthiest individuals experienced a year of shifting fortunes in 2025, as a slowdown in mining was counterbalanced by significant gains in the tech sector. Despite the challenges faced by long-dominant mining magnates, the collective net worth of the country’s 50 richest climbed nearly 10% from the previous year, reaching...

In a bold move reminiscent of Steve Jobs’ approach to simplification, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has announced a major restructuring of the company’s AI product lineup. OpenAI plans to merge its diverse collection of models into a single unified system, streamlining its offerings and making AI more accessible. The decision...

Building strategic customer connections with Customer Advisory Boards   B2B technology companies that target enterprise companies benefit from having a customer advisory board (CAB) program. Yearly, the CAB brings together the C-Suite and hand-picked customers to validate strategies and hypotheses and understand the competitive landscape through the customer's point of view....

“Where do you see yourself in five or ten years?” It’s the age-old question asked of us by business leaders …and sometimes by our therapists. But wouldn’t it be nice if we could pose the same question to consumers and the overall economy? Unfortunately, no one can predict the economic...

Expedia Group closed out 2024 on a high note, with new Chief Financial Officer Scott Schenkel describing the company’s fourth-quarter and full-year financial results as a strong performance with a solid finish. Speaking to analysts on Thursday night, shortly after assuming his new role, he highlighted key growth drivers across...

S4 Capital CEO Martin Sorrell has been relentless in his critique of the Omnicom-IPG merger, treating it as an easy target for scrutiny. Since the deal was announced, he has consistently questioned Omnicom’s reasoning, repeatedly casting doubt on whether the acquisition makes financial sense. His latest remarks came at the...

Initial concerns over the sustainability of Malaysia’s data center expansion following DeepSeek’s emergence are now turning into optimism, according to an analysis by Juwai IQI Co-Founder and Group CEO Kashif Ansari. Ansari noted that DeepSeek had disrupted the AI landscape with a large language model that rivaled those of established...

BT Group plc has named Jon James as the new CEO of BT Business, reinforcing its commitment to the UK market. Alongside his appointment, he will also join the company’s Executive Committee. His tenure begins on March 3, 2025. Bringing nearly three decades of experience in the European telecommunications, media,...

What does leadership look like in 2025?  One of the most important elements in leadership is building a team of people that share and fully buy into a common cause. In politics, business, academia, and college sports, we are in an era where what is transactional supersedes what is aspirational...