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Zoom’s Return-To-Office Could Doom The Company
Exceptional leaders often excel as skilled storytellers, and for good reason. Once a company hits a certain level of organizational complexity, one of the most important tasks the CEO has is to craft intellectually coherent and captivating narratives about the firm, its purpose, and its performance. Failure in this task means undermining the very existence of the company; a sin…
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What Sets Ultra-Successful Entrepreneurs Apart From the Rest
It's a natural instinct for woodpeckers to drill holes in trees primarily to search for food, create nesting cavities and communicate with others through drumming. Just like our feathered woodland friend, having that innate ability to peck away often against the odds is an ability that sets billionaires apart from…
5 Trends That Will Redefine Executive Power and Leadership
Not long ago, the C-suite was like a structured chessboard of defined roles and ranks, but now it's more of a flexible matrix with blurred boundaries and dynamic rules. The traditional hierarchy is giving way to a more adaptive approach where collaboration, decentralised decision-making and AI-powered optimisation are valued above…
How to Build an AI-Driven Company Culture
In the early 1900s, as the automotive revolution reshaped industries, blacksmiths and carriage-makers struggled to adapt. More than a century later, we face a similar inflection point with AI. Just as horse-drawn carriages gave way to automobiles, entire industries are being redefined by algorithms today.The question isn't whether your company…
Why It’s Time to Bring the Lost Art of Conversation Back to Business
Conversations in my childhood home often unfolded in unexpected ways. My parents were American Sign Language teachers, and our family regularly hosted deaf international students. In our living room, people didn't sit around talking at each other. The absence of a shared spoken language forced them to collaborate with each…
10 Leadership Myths You Need to Stop Believing
Leadership advice is everywhere, but a lot of it is wrong. The most dangerous ideas aren't the ones that sound extreme or outdated. They're the ones that sound reasonable. The ones that show up in offsite decks, leadership books and self-serving LinkedIn posts that feel familiar enough to accept without…
How AI Agents Are Making Remote Work More Cohesive
Sometimes, remote work is inevitable. At my company, Jotform, our employees generally work from one of our six global offices. But even though I'm a big advocate of in-person collaboration, there are times when it's simply not possible. Maybe your car is in the shop, or you have a sick…
My Small Business Started on Facebook and Makes $500k a Year
This as-told-to story is based on a conversation with Amber Starling, the founder and owner of Good Witch Cleaning. The piece has been edited for length and clarity.Image Credit: Courtesy of Good Witch Cleaning. Amber Starling. When I arrived in the "Little Apple," or Manhattan, Kansas, I had five years…
How Podcasting Became My Most Powerful Branding Tool (And How to Start Yours)
When I launched my podcast last fall, I saw it as more than just another platform. It was a necessary piece of a larger puzzle — filling a critical gap in how I communicate my message around personal branding and authority-building with CEOs, entrepreneurs, authors and professionals.Let's face it: business…
Why Every Company Should Have a 90-Day Cash Flow Buffer
What would happen if your company's sales dropped significantly for an entire month? Or if prices suddenly increased by 20%? If those possibilities make you nervous, you're probably missing an important safety net — a 90-day cash flow buffer.All businesses should have enough money set aside to cover 90 days…
This Fun Family Ritual Revealed a Surprising Truth About AI
The first time I hosted a Prompt Party, I didn't call it that. I was just trying to keep my five-year-old busy on a rainy Friday evening.He wanted to make a video where our dog, Calvin, cooked up scrambled eggs with green onions. So we opened Sora, typed in a…
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