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...

You say you want results, but are you willing to do what it takes? Leaders love to talk about vision, purpose, and inspiration—but at the end of the day, there’s one thing that separates winners from dreamers: execution. If you’re wondering why things never seem to change—why your team is still struggling, why your projects stall,...

March is Asset Management Awareness Month. For many organizations, their supply chain is their greatest asset, and AI is the next evolution in supply chain management. Let’s imagine you’re a teacher, and today you’re administering a test. You close the doors. You keep noise to an absolute minimum. You turn...