Executive Briefing

Every January, goal-setting feels electric. New calendars. Fresh motivation. Big intentions. And then… life happens. By February or March, most goals don’t fail because we lack desire. They fail because we lack systems, self-trust, and patience with the process. I’ve learned this the hard way across music, business, health, and...

What if the most powerful salesman in the world was promoting a mixture of tariffs, tantrums, and tactical narcissism instead of philosophy, innovation, or democracy? A single, ridiculous question is being posed to the global marketplace in a time when planning passes for spontaneity and forethought is replaced by "X" storms: Which poison...

The New York Stock Exchange recently announced that NYSE Texas has reached a milestone of 100 dual listings, representing over $2 trillion in market capitalization. This definitely demonstrates strong initial traction and buy-in from multiple major Texas-based companies.  More than 200 companies listed on Nasdaq are headquartered in Texas, representing...

In 2023, Coutts, a British bank and part of the NatWest group, closed the bank account of Nigel Farage, a prominent UK political figure and now leader of Reform UK. While initially arguing that the closure was for commercial reasons, it subsequently emerged that Farage’s political views were an important factor in the bank wanting to remove him...

Most leaders say they value curiosity. Most organizations say they reward it. The data—and lived experience—suggest otherwise. In executive teams across industries, curiosity is often praised in theory and penalized in practice. Leaders encourage people to “think differently,” yet when decisions need to be made quickly, questions are treated as friction....

In an Oregon forest, a single honey mushroom colony stretches across nearly four square miles. Weighing an estimated 35,000 tons and surviving for thousands of years, it is one of the largest and oldest living organisms on Earth. Its longevity offers a powerful lesson for modern leaders: the most durable and adaptive organizational...

There are two weeks left before we close the books on 2025, and that still may be enough time for some last-minute tax planning. Barring a late collapse, the stock market is poised to have enjoyed its third consecutive year of strong performance. The S&P 500 is up roughly 16% year-to-date at the time of this writing....

For years, Harvard Business School Professor and best-selling author Amy Edmondson’s research on psychological safety has given leaders a powerful lens for understanding team performance. Edmondson’s well-known 2×2 model, which shows psychological safety and accountability not as opposing forces, but as necessary partners, clearly illustrates where high performance lives: the Learning Zone. She characterizes it...

A New Era for Global Investment Migration: New Zealand has redefined its approach to attracting global capital through the introduction of the Active Investor Plus (AIP) Visa—a sophisticated residency-by-investment framework tailored for high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) and global investors. Introduced in 2025, the AIP Visa modernizes and replaces the earlier Investor Visa categories, streamlining access for...

Most elite universities still believe their greatest asset is their name. In conversations with ultra-high-net-worth families around the world, a different reality is emerging. “My time is my most valuable capital,” one next-generation heir told us. “I need education that multiplies it — not just certifies it.” That sentence captures a...