The pharmaceutical industry has long struggled with sky-high costs, lengthy development timelines, and an overwhelming failure rate in drug discovery. Now, a wave of AI-driven startups is aiming to change that. By adopting an AI-first business model, these companies are using computational power to accelerate the identification of life-saving therapeutics....

Having been in the creativity and innovation business for over four decades, I am often asked if AI is destroying our ability to be creative. My resounding answer to that question is: “No.” AI is not destroying our creativity. If anything, AI is a powerful tool that enhances our creative...

What is the number one reason startups fail?  If you said running out of money or bad timing you wouldn’t be wrong. The question may be simple. But the market, business and personal drivers entailed in the fate of startups are notoriously complex. But when I’m asked to predict a...

In 2016, I had a conversation with an employee—let’s call her Mariam—who had just attended a town hall where the CEO delivered an important message: “We need to change our ways of working because we are losing market share.” When I asked Mariam if she remembered what the CEO had...

Twenty-five years ago, 14 women of vision founded Marian Middle School because nothing existed in St. Louis to support young girls falling through the education system's cracks. Recognizing the potential in all young girls, Marian’s foundresses reimagined an innovative educational model to empower young girls facing poverty to flourish. Their...

There has been a business case for inclusion for quite some time. But after the 2020 protests after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, along with the many Asian hate tragedies, there was a new focus on inequities and injustice leading to a new business case...

In recent months, several Republican-led red states have embraced a controversial push to mandate in‐office work for government employees. Given the Republican leadership of these states, the evidence suggests this move prioritizes partisan political agendas over evidence-based decision-making, especially given its alignment with the Trump administration’s federal RTO mandate. Rather...

The U.S. dollar (USD) is the world’s reserve currency, providing continuous stability as a benchmark for all corners of the globe to look to, even in times of instability. But, whenever there is economic turmoil, especially in the states, economists and investors still must ask “what if?”. What if the...

The first time I discovered a company that defied conventional business wisdom, it wasn’t a flashy tech startup or a corporate giant — it was a family-owned wine maker in rural Australia. At the time I was working at a Big 4 accounting firm and they were my client during...