Providing a product is not enough. You need to enable your customers to master it. Google’s Adwords certification was a game-changer for advertising careers. Why? Because...

GE Healthcare is making a big bet on outpatient care.  The legacy company has confirmed a partnership with healthtech operation Medtronic aimed at facilitating the shift...

Before the Roman Empire, there was the Roman Republic. And up until about the third century B.C., the Roman Republic was a fairly egalitarian place. The...

Which would you prefer: a handful of big-check investors or an army of small-check investors? Depending on your circumstances, you may not have a choice. In...

Inflation is as bad as it’s been since the early 80s. It’s not hard to see why. The pandemic caused major supply chain challenges as countries all...

Entrepreneurship can be an amazing vehicle for inner work. Being an entrepreneur means bringing something into the world—something that’s an expression of who you are. As...

From startups to giants, medtech manufacturers are outsourcing like crazy.  Before the ’08 financial crisis, medical device R&D spending averaged 15.5% of the top manufacturers’ annual...

Ever since Lawtrades took off, I’ve been sharing our deepest secrets.  That is, I’ve been tweeting the following four metrics on a monthly (sometimes quarterly) basis:...

The pandemic put major pressure on the healthcare industry. For the patients of tomorrow, that’s a good thing. Much of the pressure stemmed from the most...

Too often, coaches and therapists (CTs) open sessions by asking, “How was your week?” That question doesn’t set you up for the real work of coaching/therapy....

A lot of founders start companies because of problems they experience firsthand.  For example, a mechanical engineer was tired of dealing with leaky hotel plumbing and...

We don’t often see economic shifts like the ones we’ve had in early 2022. Throughout the pandemic, the Fed kept interest rates near zero, so liquidity...

Life may be a marathon, but innovation is a never-ending series of sprints.  As 2022 progresses, companies are sprinting into a much-changed, ever-changing world. Web3, NFTs,...

Ask not what your employees can do for you—ask what you can do for your employees. Traditionally, hiring has focused on: How will you, the candidate,...

Companies have long viewed remote work as the enemy of innovation. Traditionalists have said remote work can’t replicate the creative synergy that takes place in person....

Building software for enterprise customers is never easy.  Enterprises have complex needs, many different stakeholders, and they sometimes bring up requests that stem from unique settings,...

Though she stood at only 4’10”, Madeleine Albright was always the most commanding presence in the room (I know from experience). As an immigrant with political...

If you ask a startup founder how they’re doing, chances are, they’ll say, “Great!” Founder are incentivized to project an image of confidence and security. Succeeding...

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are so much more than buzzy digital art. Though you could be forgiven for thinking that’s all they are. After some spotty activity...

On their own, our brains can only handle so much. The cumulative burden of stress that the human brain manages—from work, life, and everything in between—is...