Special Reports

As businesses become more digital-first, the need for composable ecosystems increases. These ecosystems must deliver quality, cost, and value to help improve business velocity and productivity. Understanding the different types of ecosystems and how to leverage each ecosystem to achieve its business goals is a good place to start. Digital...

He was ten and terminally ill. But he had a Steinway smile and an invitational attitude. His malady had left him totally blind.   "You should meet this kid," the CEO of the hospital announced as we were making hospital rounds in preparation for my keynote to the staff. She quietly...

I am often asked how I got to be a CEO. It seems like a simple question. And in a sense, it is. Most people who ask are looking for a simple answer. Most people who ask are hoping for a few things that I did, so that they can...

Rollercoaster markets. Regulatory uncertainty. Supply chain challenges. Inflation pressures. Recession fears. Employee turnover. The Great Resignation. Quiet quitting. “Return to office” reluctance. Work-life balance. A few of the issues that are loading today’s business marketplace with chaos.  Add to the mix people’s personal challenges brought on by racism, ageism, sexism,...

As a woman of color, I have been fortunate to have advocates in my network who have stepped up to help me drive my career path upward. Through building my network both internally and externally, I have met hundreds of Black and Brown women who are achieving incredible things in...

Understanding how your marketing efforts help drive business can help you find new customers and create trust and loyalty. In order to determine if your marketing is reaching the customers in your target market, you need to understand that specific customer set and how their actions affect your business. Knowing...

Last year, I reconnected with an annual practice I learned from Chris Brogan many years ago called My Three Words. Chris describes the practice as a simple idea: Choose three words (not 1, not 4) to help guide your daily choices and actions.  Your three words should come from a...

There are many ways to determine whether or not a particular university is worth your time. One way is to check out its rankings, international or national. University rankings have a lot of say so far as academic decision-making is concerned; there is a solid reason why. Not all of...

University life is often called the prime of one’s life experiences. Well, that may itself be a contentious statement, but there is a high element of truth in it anyway. Yes, undoubtedly, university life gives you a potent ground to explore dynamic experiences and glean from them the lessons to...

All of us have biases, they are part of being human, We develop attitudes toward people, groups, things, places, and experiences. These attitudes become biases when we show prejudice for specific individuals or groups based on incomplete or inaccurate information. What happens is we see superficial cues like race, color,...