We Need to Tell 2,000 People Before the World Finds Out
Tragically losing our CEO led us to build something that will outlast all of us. It was a sunny Saturday morning. My wife, Julie, and I had just finished breakfast at home. The windows were open, letting in that soft hum of summer — birds, a breeze, kids’ laughter as families rode by on their […]
A Moment of Truth
I closed my successful PR firm of a decade to start over in the name of impact. The novelist Chimamanda Adichie was the first to warn me about the danger of a single story. In her 2010 TED Talk, she says, “We are more than a single story… If we hear only a single story […]
No One Looked at Me
Here’s what being the only woman at the table taught me about respect. I was in my early 30s when I became president of Syms Corp., a publicly traded company pioneering the off-price retail model. The term “glass ceiling” hadn’t even gone mainstream. I didn’t think of myself as a trailblazer. I thought of myself […]
Necessity: The Father of Invention
Sometimes the best ideas are born on the flipside of frustration. It was 3 a.m. in 2017 when everything shifted. I was half-asleep, shuffling into the kitchen in a T-shirt and shorts, trying to mix formula for my hungry baby boy. He’d been waking often from casein intolerance, and I was beyond exhausted. In the […]
The (New) Heartbeat of Our Business
One defining moment led me to add purpose to every purchase. It started in a conference room packed with entrepreneurs in Radio City Music Hall, New York. Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS, walked on stage. He talked about his one-for-one model: Buy a pair of shoes, and a child in need gets a pair too. […]
Real Leaders UNITE 2024 – Day 3: Shine
At UNITE, a Star is Born By Day 3, everyone had decided to stay at Kona Kai and form an independent nation of impact businesses. Just kidding, but what if, right? All jokes aside, Day 3 started with a surf session for the daring and a cacao ceremony for the contemplative. A cozy breakfast led […]
Real Leaders UNITE 2024 – Day 1: Fusion
Open Letter to Real Leaders UNITE Members and impact CEOs. UNITE 2024 Recap.
Real Leaders UNITE 2024 – Day 2: Explosion
Open Letter to Real Leaders UNITE Members and impact CEOs. UNITE 2024 Recap.
Real Leaders UNITE 2024 Recap
Open Letter to Real Leaders UNITE Members and impact CEOs. UNITE 2024 Recap.
Why Every Company Needs to Be a Media Company
Connecting with people on a human level through content is the only way companies will win inthe digital age. In the digital era, it’s no longer enough to merely have the lowest prices or best products. Everybusiness needs to create good content to remain relevant. Whether you’re selling shoes orsoftware, capturing the attention of your […]
