In a time of burnout and disengagement, authentic joy — not forced positivity — may be the most overlooked driver of performance, innovation and inclusion.
After years of watching smart teams mistake sampling for safety, I no longer ask how many AI tests we ran, only which failures we have made impossible by design.
Gen X CEOs who win at personal branding are moving away from generic, AI-written visibility toward a strategic approach that prioritizes depth, intention, trust and quality over volume.
Panic mode can set off the impulse to fill silence with an onslaught of words, to explain, extrapolate and defend your brand when you're hit with a PR crisis.
Every decision you make as a founder moves capital. From small tools to big contracts, the winners evaluate every dollar with the same discipline investors apply to deals.
These days, "urgent" has become a default setting. As leaders, it's up to us to think more deeply about what's actually urgent versus what's important — and what's neither.
Everyone chases work-life balance, thinking it will reduce stress and improve their performance — but few question whether the idea itself is the real problem.
Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer, Co-Founder and CEO at Signos, spent years watching people do everything right and still lose the battle with their weight. His solution isn't a drug or a diet. It's your own data.