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When Michael Polk left the executive suite of Newell Brands and eventually took on the CEO role at Implus, the transition brought more than a change of title. It brought a fundamentally different working environment, a younger team, and a new set of priorities and Polk has found much to appreciate in all three. Managing […]
Government technology discussions tend to swing between two extremes: uncritical enthusiasm about what AI will transform and pointed skepticism about whether agencies can implement anything at scale. Justin Fulcher, drawing on experience as both a technology founder and a senior government advisor, offers a more precise view. AI can genuinely improve government operations, Fulcher argues. […]
When David Neustein took over as Jazwares CEO on March 23, 2026, he inherited a company built over nearly three decades by one founder with a law degree and a willingness to learn manufacturing from scratch. That founder, Judd Zebersky, had formally stepped down three days earlier, on March 20, ending one of the longer […]
Wealth management is a field that prizes analytical rigor, discretion, and detailed attention to complex financial data. Those qualities, according to Justin Nelson, Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Private Bank, are precisely where neurodiverse employees often excel. Yet the sector’s conventional recruiting habits continue to filter out candidates whose abilities are best demonstrated through work […]
Inertia is the strongest force in the retail energy market. Studies across European markets consistently show that the majority of consumers have never switched electricity providers, even when they are aware that cheaper or greener alternatives are available. The reason is almost always friction: the switching process is perceived as complicated, time-consuming, and uncertain in […]
Infrastructure companies face a particular leadership development challenge: the skills that make someone an excellent technical worker — precision, procedural discipline, deep domain knowledge — are not the same skills that make someone an effective manager of people. The transition from individual contributor to leader is difficult in any industry, but in industrial settings it […]
Once Basel Holding acquires or invests in a business, the relationship with management moves from diligence to partnership — an ongoing collaboration focused on realizing the potential that justified the investment. Burak Basel has developed a specific approach to this ongoing management that distinguishes the firm from more passive holding structures. The approach centers on […]
Behavioral science has established clearly that sustained performance in demanding environments is less about motivation — which fluctuates naturally — than about habits, which provide a stable behavioral platform that functions even when motivation is low. Grit Marketing has built its training culture around this insight, investing in habit formation rather than motivational programming as […]
Justin Fulcher’s career path is unusual. He built and scaled a telemedicine company across Asia, then stepped into public service to work on defense acquisition reform and technology modernization. That trajectory gives his thinking about AI in government a practical grounding that pure-policy perspectives often lack. His core argument is that AI’s value in public […]
The payments industry is undergoing structural change at a pace that challenges even the most informed observers to keep their understanding current. New technologies, evolving regulatory frameworks, the continued digitization of business processes, and the changing expectations of both merchants and consumers are all reshaping what payments infrastructure needs to do and who is best […]
