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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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Can Labour Revolutionize UK Politics as the Tories wilt?
Last Thursday the UK held three by-elections, notably one in Uxbridge to replace the disgraced former prime minister Boris Johnson. While the Tories held this seat (and lost two others to Labour and the Lib Dems), it was reassuring that the ‘ interplanetary space warrior’ candidate ‘Count Binface’ won more…
Gloria And Emilio Estefan’s Broadway Musical ‘On Your Feet!’ Brings A New Level Of Diversity To The Road
The musical On Your Feet! tells the inspiring story of the life and music of Gloria and Emilio Estefan. The duo, who first met in 1975, were groundbreakers. Despite all the obstacles they faced and the constant “no” they heard at every turn, the couple brought their unique Latin sound…
You Can’t Put The Hybrid Work Genie Back Into The Bottle
In the grand theater of business, a new act is taking center stage – the emergence of hybrid work. Let's begin by acknowledging a simple fact – the genie of hybrid work has left the bottle, and there's no coaxing it back in. As Mark Ralls, CEO of ActivTrak, a…
The Obstacles To More School Vouchers In Pennsylvania
In a recent Broad and Liberty (”thought-provoking and shareable ideas for free thinkers in Greater Philadelphia and beyond”) post, Guy Ciarrocchi argues that opponents of the Pennsylvania’s newest school voucher proposal are simply afraid that it will work. Ciarrocchi is a fellow with the right-tilted Commonwealth Foundation, which has long…
Companies and Industries That Be Slow to Adopt
The latest wave of artificial intelligence, the chatbots connected to large language models such as ChatGPT, offer great potential productivity gains, but some organizations will avoid their use or take up the tool very, very slowly. Implementation will be very slow in sectors with high stakes, litigiousness, high unionization, and…
17 Comms Pros Share Lessons Learned From Media Outreach Mistakes
No one likes to dwell on past mistakes made in their professional lives, but recognizing and reflecting on missteps taken early on in one’s career leads to learning and growth, especially in media-facing industries such as public relations. In a field where expertise is acquired through hands-on experience, the valuable…
How Nonprofit Leaders Can Communicate The Importance Of Donor Support
Between grants, bequests, donations and corporate gifts, nonprofits rely on a variety of funding to operate. While much of the focus tends to be placed on larger funding sources, regular donations from individual donors also offer crucial support to an organization’s mission. Given the significance of individual donors’ support, taking…
Meta Shares New Accessibility Improvements In Latest Quest Headset Release Notes
Menlo Park-based Meta this week updated its release notes for its Quest mixed reality headsets to include a slew of enhancements, including two notable ones geared towards greater accessibility for disabled people. “Wondering what’s new with Meta Quest? Check out our release notes to learn about the latest new features…
Charles D. King, CEO Of MACRO Studios, Ushers Renaissance Of Diverse Storytelling
Charles D. King, film producer extraordinaire, brings the thunder and lightning in developing and elevating groundbreaking Black films in Hollywood. However, while growing up in Decatur, Georgia, King did not aspire to become one of Tinseltown's few African American power players. Still, his upper-middle-class upbringing unknowingly set the foundation for…
Are Charter Schools Dramatically Outperforming Public Schools? A New Report Says Look More Carefully
Over the past two months, headlines have declared that charter schools are outperforming traditional public schools, based on a new study from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), but a critique from the Network for Public Education suggests that the results are being overblown. CREDO is housed at…
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