How to Spot a Toxic Leader—Before Hiring Them(HBR)

Leaders with toxic interpersonal behaviors often make excellent first impressions, which means they’re surprisingly difficult to identify in traditional interviews. As a result, organizations can hire technically impressive leaders who ultimately damage team performance, culture, and retention. Six steps can help hiring managers better evaluate candidates’ interpersonal capabilities during the recruiting process to spot warning signs […]
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Is AI Really Leveling The Playing Field, Or Making Big Tech Even More Powerful? (Forbes)

The debate continues over whether AI will democratize technology or concentrate power among tech giants. While powerful algorithms are controlled by a few corporations, the cost of AI has plummeted, making it significantly more accessible. Small businesses are now adopting AI at an unprecedented rate, often outpacing larger firms in everyday applications like marketing and […]
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The hardest leadership skill to master(FC)

This year, my youngest child is heading out for her freshman year of college. Like many parents, I spent years structuring, guiding, and supporting her path. There were schedules to manage, decisions to help shape, and moments that required me to step in. And now, almost suddenly, the job is changing. She does not need […]
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Are underwater data centers sustainable for AI infrastructure?(FC)

The artificial intelligence boom is driving unprecedented demand for data centers, raising concerns about their growing energy consumption, water use, and carbon footprint. These challenges are making companies look beyond traditional land-based data centers. Some developers are now exploring the ocean as a new location for AI infrastructure in the hope that underwater data centers could improve energy use and cooling efficiency while using less […]
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Why Leadership Begins With Attention, Not Action(Forbes)

Leadership consultant Mette Norgaard argues that effective leadership in today’s reactive environment demands “aliveness”—the capacity to remain fully present amidst pressure, rather than succumbing to speed and distraction. Her book, “Leading with Aliveness,” posits that true leadership involves moving people forward, a feat impossible when leaders are armored by reactivity. Norgaard emphasizes reclaiming attention from […]
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Why AI can’t replace the creative struggle(FC)

This spring, I sat at my desk to start my second novel. Instead, I got writer’s block. It’s a quaint affliction nowadays. Large-language models (LLMs) will generate five viable paths for a character in 10 seconds, making this torment feel almost elective. A few days later, a friend, who’s also a fiction writer, recommended a […]
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Microsoft and LinkedIn just analyzed the future of work and AI. It all points to one key skill set(FC)

Algorithms can now write code, draft legal contracts, and generate entire marketing campaigns in seconds. As artificial intelligence automates increasingly complex work, it’s easy to assume technical expertise will become the defining trait of great leadership.   The evidence points in the opposite direction. Recent data from Microsoft and LinkedIn reveals a fascinating reality. While AI is automating execution, leaders are aggressively prioritizing soft skills […]
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Reimagining Healthcare And Agriculture On The Continent Using AI(Forbes)

Nearly four kilometers beneath the surface of the earth, inside South Africa’s Mponeng Gold Mine, where broadband connectivity is unreliable and working conditions are demanding, an artificial intelligence (AI)system recently accomplished something few medical technologies had managed before.  Within 45 seconds, it analyzed a miner’s chest X-ray for signs of tuberculosis and occupational lung diseases, […]
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Integrating Emotional Intelligence And Artificial Intelligence(Forbes)

​Leadership excellence isn’t something you inherit. It’s forged in the unmeasured intervals—the quiet beats after an AI suggestion appears, when a leader must choose between blind adoption or skepticism; the boardroom where the spreadsheet declares one reality while the people in the room insist on another. That’s the true labor of leading in the age […]
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Women And Wealth: A Legacy That Lasts(Forbes)

Across generations, wealth is becoming about more than what is left behind; it is about how it is carried forward. or many women, wealth is valued not simply for what it represents, but for what it enables— supporting family, uplifting the community, and creating opportunities for the next generation. That vision is clear and the commitment is […]
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