Executive Agenda

Lobby turnstiles click louder these days, flashing green for arrivals that never materialize. Corporate chiefs extend mandatory office schedules, federal administrators tighten attendance rules, and every week memos promise a revival. The reality feels quieter. People show up just long enough to appease the scanner, then vanish back to environments...

Micron Technology (MU): A Strategic Bet on AI-Driven Memory Demand and Supply Chain Resilience The Semiconductor Landscape in Transition: The semiconductor industry is undergoing a profound transformation as artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes global computing demand. At the epicenter of this shift lies Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), whose leadership in high-performance memory...

Your senior leadership team consists of high achievers with proven track records. They are experienced professionals who are strategic, capable, and influential in their respective fields.  And yet, your staff meetings seem to go round and round without progress, and people are frustrated. But it’s not about egos. It’s not...

Cloud costs now rank second only to payroll on most tech P&Ls and the volatility is increasing quarter by quarter. Your 2026 budget requires a fundamental reset. Last year's cloud assumptions will leave your margins exposed in this new economic reality. To start, AI workloads are fundamentally altering the financial...

Quantum computing is moving out of the lab and into real-world applications, with major institutions like JPMorgan Chase already demonstrating breakthroughs in cryptographic security. As this technology matures, it threatens to upend current encryption methods while opening new possibilities across finance, pharmaceuticals, logistics, and beyond. Though viable systems may still...

We often think of leadership as a constant drive to do more - more tasks, more meetings, more responsibilities, more goals to chase. But over the years, working with leaders across industries - from high-velocity startups to multinational corporations navigating major transitions - I’ve come to believe something different. Real...

Third-generation leader:  Michael Rosenberg now heads Hawke & Co, a family run outdoor brand rooted in the Rosenberg family legacy.  The company was originally founded as Rosebro (rosenberg brothers)  1958 in Brooklyn and has remained in the family ever since.  In 1972, Michael’s father, David Rosenberg played a key role in...

Why Outsourcing Customer Support Can Make or Break Growth A few years ago, I was advising a subscription software company that hit a wall with customer support. Tickets were piling up, first response times had stretched past 48 hours, and the team was drowning. They brought in an outsourcing firm,...

In many organizations, business conversations are transactional, goal-oriented, and often impersonal. Yet, one of the most overlooked drivers of success in any business is hospitality—the conscious choice to treat every interaction as an opportunity to uplift, encourage, and build others. Hospitality is not limited to the service sector; it belongs...

From Quarterbacks to Moguls: 15 Wealthiest NFL Players of All Time: When we talk about the National Football League (NFL), images of roaring crowds, electrifying touchdowns, and billion-dollar TV deals immediately come to mind. But behind the spectacle lies another, equally fascinating story: the staggering fortunes amassed by some of the...