We used to call them philanthropists or just “generally good people,” but Ronn Torossian said there is another name entering the common lexicon for successful businesspeople who become social activists – the “social entrepreneur.”
360-degree feedback is the leadership-development discipline that measures effectiveness across direct reports, peers, supervisors, and self-assessment. Developed across the 1990s by the Center for Creative Leadership, Lominger (now Korn Ferry), and parallel organizational-psychology researchers, the methodology remains standard Fortune 500 infrastructure in 2026. The frameworks, the providers, and the five principles that determine whether it works.
Negotiation tactics for executives, founders, and communications leaders in 2026 — preparation density (now AI-amplified through Claude), anchor positioning, BATNA development, time pressure asymmetry, public attention discipline. ExxonMobil's 1999 merger, PepsiCo serial acquisition, partnership and JV negotiation, crisis and litigation, compensation, cross-border.
Like "Kleenex" for "tissues", many people have replaced the word "search" with "Google". In fact, Googlehas become an active verb for many, who will tell you that they have "Googled something" or are even "Googling it" right now. I've even heard parents tell their children, repeatedly asking them why something is the way it is, that they should ask Google, because Google has the answers.
When Mark Fields ascended to Ford CEO in April 2014, three PR problems waited: Lincoln brand clarity, the China market, and internal morale. Twelve years on, the retrospective read on what actually played out — and the lesson every Detroit Three CEO transition since has repeated.
Toyota Connected ingests telemetry from millions of vehicles to power real-time traffic maps, disaster route planning, sensor fusion, and edge computing. How Toyota uses big data at production scale across the connected Toyota and Lexus fleet.
Starbucks runs more philanthropy than most consumer brands its size. The Starbucks Foundation has distributed over $200M since 1997. Ethos Water has invested $24M+ in clean-water programs. The College Achievement Plan has produced 20,000+ graduates. Here is the current architecture, program by program — and why the model works.
If you run a business, you’re concerned with keeping your employees as focused, efficient, and productive as possible. The design of your office space can play a bigger in role in this than you may realize. Old design approaches had rows of cubicles, with workers all toiling away at their desks. When employees spend day after day in a maze of little cubicles, it’s easy to become demoralized. It also leads to wasting time looking for coworkers, trying to find a meeting room, or being distracted by the people chatting in the adjacent cubicle.
The 2014 hidden-camera investigation that exposed unsanitary in-room glassware practices at four major U.S. hotel chains remains one of the most-cited hospitality crisis communications case studies. The four responses, what they signaled, the six-stage modern response framework, and what changes when AI engines now retain crisis narratives for 12-18 months.
How are companies boosting employee engagement? Facebook for example, is famous for its attempts to create a relaxing work space for their employees.