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The Role of Companies Today and Every Day

During times like these, when we question everything, we can look at the role of companies through a lens of a larger aperture. Newman’s Own gives all their profits to...

Earth Day: We Didn’t Come This Far to Only Come This Far

On April 22, 1970, the inaugural Earth Day started an annual trend of marches, rallies, and various acts of environmental solidarity. From a truly grassroots movement, this day has continued...

Notable, Quotable Chief Executives Put the Pandemic into Words

Take a break from your day to scan how chief executives of the world’s largest companies are experiencing the pandemic. The wordsmiths below made us at times laugh, dread, empathize,...

Telecommunications Providers: Take a Bow. Everyone Else: Take Notes.

Many of the timeless tropes of Passover and Easter that millions of people celebrated last week parallel those of Coronavirus today. The ritualistic washing – in Easter, the feet; in...

A Joint Letter: What is the Courageous Opportunity for Companies in this Crisis?

The word ‘crisis’, when written in Chinese characters, consists of two brushstrokes: one for danger, the other for opportunity. The global community is in the middle of an unprecedented cataclysm...

#SERESResponsables, A More Human Enterprise

A health emergency such as the one we are experiencing will surely leave us with a different world from the one we know, which will strip away what is accessory...

When Immediate Financial Goals Clash with Long-Term Purpose, What Gives?

When the going is relatively smooth, examples abound of noble causes, good behavior, higher purpose, and laudable values. Such was the case of the last 10 years of relative health,...

Navigating Covid-19 in the Short-Term, Driving Value for the Long-Term

Until late last year, I had enjoyed a 15-year career on both the buy side and sell side of Wall Street. Today I work with an organization whose mission is...

Purpose-Driven Leadership During a Crisis

While each company is addressing its urgent needs in different ways–from health and safety precautions to tech platforms to the balance sheet–several encouraging trends are emerging. If ever there was...

Buy-Backs: Pitchforks, Then A Rethink

We’re going to want to reach for the pitchforks as we watch baggage-charging, space-squeezing airlines get a chunk of taxpayers’ money as part of the Covid-19 stimulus package, with very...