5 Conflict Resolution Strategies for Healthy Relationships
Actor Stephen Moyer said, “Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.” For this reason, it is vital to recognize and understand the different styles of conflict management and how to put those conflict resolution strategies into action. It can become the difference between being successful […]
Why Every Revolution Requires Revolutionary Leadership
Consider that just a short quin-centenary ago, the world was introduced to the printing press — a novel invention that drastically changed accessibility to knowledge for the ordinary individual. Five hundred years later, we are experiencing the effects of another profound change that rivals the printing press’s seismic shift — the digital revolution. A revolution that […]
Workplace Adaptability: Winning The Future Talent War
It is becoming painfully apparent that we’re on the cusp of a new reality that necessitates workplace adaptability. We are actively living with five unprecedented crises simultaneously facing us: a global pandemic, an economic calamity, the racial and social justice crisis, the dilemmas of an all-digital, work-anywhere environment, and an ever-growing leadership chasm. And, I […]
The Bee and Turtle Effect Allowed Elon Musk to Pioneer Space
Elon Musk is such a unique and talented entrepreneur for countless reasons. But I think that one of his most striking qualities is that he has an acute sense of maximizing his day’s output while exercising tremendous patience toward his stunningly-high goals. That is a concept I refer to as the Bee and Turtle Effect. His disdain […]
THE GLOBAL DILEMMA OF FINDING THE RIGHT APPROACH TO EXITING LOCKDOWN
Countries all over the world have taken steps to “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus pandemic through restrictive lockdown measures over the last two months. At one point, those measures ensnared 3.9 billion citizens globally. With infection rates easing, attention has turned to address the question of how to restore life across over a hundred nations to […]
How Lowe’s Created the First Interconnected Shopping Experience
Lowe’s built a seamless shopping experience between 2005-2010 that almost became the Holy Grail of retail. Now, the Home Depot is spending billions to try and replicate what Lowe’s attempted a decade ago
Why You Should Hire Your Weakness As Soon As You Can
Becoming an entrepreneur is one of the most exciting professional journeys that we can undertake. I can speak from experience as both an entrepreneur and advisor. And, I believe one of the best entrepreneur tips can be summed up in one three-word sentence: hire your weakness. I’ve seen the sheer thrill on many entrepreneurs’ faces […]
Why Stakeholders Depend on Crisis Management Response – An Event Crisis Memo for Boeing’s Former CEO
Like most of us who follow business news, before one of the worst crisis management responses in history, I marveled at Boeing. They held the status as the global leader in aircraft manufacturing. I felt comfortable in my opinion that because the aircraft manufacturing landscape was a duopoly, Boeing safely ensconced as #1 (Europe’s Airbus […]
We Company is Shifting the Failed Startups Narrative
One of the most prominent business stories I witnessed last year was the precipitous fall of the WeWork company (known We Co. or We Company). While the company has not entered bankruptcy, it came dangerously close in the days after its scuttled initial public offering. What used to be a company that dominated headlines as one of […]
Is Applied Intelligence the Future of Data?
Cloud-based supercomputing, self-driving cars, hyper-personalization of customer experiences, and autonomous drones are all evidence of the dramatic changes taking place all around us. We are in the midst of what many have dubbed the “Fourth Industrial Revolution,” by the end of which we may be challenging our notions of what it means to be human. […]