Leadership
The Investor’s Brain: How 5 Life Stages of Cognitive Development Shape Your Financial Future
New research reveals 5 phases of brain development, offering a revolutionary framework for understanding financial decision-making, risk, and leadership.
Defying Gravity: The “Wicked” Formula for High-Yield Strategic Alliances
A pop culture friendship offers a powerful metaphor for high-yield strategic alliances, contrarian investing, and navigating market perception in finance.
The Social Entrepreneur Who Built a Billion-Dollar Market Big Pharma Ignored: Lessons from Sharon Camp
Sharon Camp, a reproductive health pioneer, offers a masterclass in social entrepreneurship, market creation, and disruptive innovation for today’s leaders.
The Summers-Epstein Probe: A High-Stakes Test of Integrity for Harvard and Global Finance
Harvard’s new probe into Larry Summers’ Epstein emails is a critical lesson in reputational risk, governance, and the evolving standards of accountability.
The Unraveling of an Legacy: Lawrence Summers, Epstein, and the High Price of Association in Modern Finance
Lawrence Summers’ ties to Jeffrey Epstein offer a stark lesson on reputation risk, governance, and the high price of association in modern finance.
Beyond the Balance Sheet: The ROI of Mental Health First Aid in the Financial Sector
Investing in mental health first aid is not a cost but a high-yield strategy for the finance sector, boosting ROI, managing risk, and ensuring sustainability.
The Great Recalibration: Why the Chief Sustainability Officer Is Pivoting from PR to P&L
The Chief Sustainability Officer role is pivoting from a public-facing, PR-focused position to a strategic, operational, and financially-driven C-suite role.
A Hangover of Uncertainty: Why Diageo’s Messy CEO Succession is Spooking the Market
Diageo’s prolonged and messy CEO search has unsettled investors, raising questions about its corporate governance at a time of significant market challenges.
The Trading Floor Playbook: What Sports Psychology Reveals About High-Stakes Investing and Corporate Success
Discover how the psychological forces that unite sports teams and fans offer a powerful playbook for success in finance, investing, and business leadership.
Sequoia’s Crossroads: When Free Speech, Corporate Culture, and High-Stakes Finance Collide
Sequoia’s COO resigned after the firm failed to act on a partner’s controversial posts, sparking a debate on free speech and corporate responsibility.
The Ultimate Risk Analyst: What Investors Can Learn from War Photographer Lynsey Addario
A war photographer’s work offers profound lessons on risk, ESG, and the value of “ground truth” for investors and business leaders in a complex global economy.
The Fosse Market: What a Nobel Prize-Winning Novel Reveals About Our ‘Strange’ Economy
Nobel laureate Jon Fosse’s latest novel provides a powerful metaphor for the strange, trance-like state of the modern economy and financial markets.