If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong
Having a diverse and inclusive workplace is important for the success of the business. A look at the benefits of diversity in the workplace.
Travis Kalanick: ‘You Can Either Do What They Say or You Can Fight for What You Believe’
Uber’s leader paves the way for his company’s success through vision and tenacity.
Fast Times at Billionaire High
This New Jersey public school churns out one success story after another.
They’re Moving Fast and Breaking Things
Travis Kalanick calls himself a freedom fighter. He roams the world in search of evil and works tirelessly to vanquish his foes. Strong-willed and self-assured, he might as well be a superhero. For five years he has battled the notoriously insular taxi industry, vowing to bring quicker, more reliable car service to a populace hungry […]
Arianna Huffington Leads the Charge for Well-Being in the Workplace
To understand Arianna, you must first understand Elli. Born to a family that escaped to Greece from Russia during the revolution of 1917, Elli met her husband, a World War II concentration camp survivor, while recovering from tuberculosis in a sanatorium outside Athens. Before she left him, fed up with his chronic philandering, she brought […]
Leadin’ Ain’t Easy… Ben Horowitz Reveals What It Takes
He was in New York City laying the groundwork for an IPO when he got the call. His wife, Felicia—the mother of his three children—had recently undergone surgery for a hernia. And now his father-in-law was on the phone telling him that she had an allergic reaction to her medication. “She stopped breathing,” he said. […]
A Peek into the Life of Tim Cook, the Most Private CEO Ever
On paper, it made no sense—not for a guy like Tim Cook. An industrial engineer by training, he’s notoriously analytical. If given the choice, he’d gladly spend whole days sifting through spreadsheets, eyeballing the figures, searching for the trouble spots. Beneath the warm smile and the soft Southern drawl lies the heart of a fierce […]
Ray Kurzweil: The Exponential Mind
Ray Kurzweil is not big on small talk. At 3:30 on a glorious early summer afternoon, the kind that inspires idle daydreams, he strides into a glass-walled, fifth-floor conference room overlooking the leafy tech town of Waltham, Mass. Lowering himself into a chair, he looks at his watch and says, “How much time do you […]
6 Insights on How to Be a Change-Maker
Some of the world’s most promising innovators share their secrets to creating improvements to our world—to being change-makers. These are their tips: Lead the Way“A leader anticipates and prepares for change,” says the innovator behind the LifeStraw water filter, Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen. That means staying abreast of technology, responding to issues that may present problems […]
9 Visionaries Shaping the Future
The Future of Fashion Jenna Lyons / President, J. Crew She hates the word tastemaker. Hates it. And yet, she is, without question, one of the most influential arbiters of style in America today. In the 11 years since CEO Mickey Drexler gave her the freedom to chart a new course for the struggling fashion […]
2013 SUCCESS Achiever of the Year: Jeff Bezos
It was 11:52 p.m. on Dec. 22—the final frantic stretch of the 2012 holiday shopping season—when the one-day shipping order rolled into the company’s West Coast servers. Somebody somewhere wanted a pair of Roxy Hot Cocoa slippers delivered to Fayetteville, Ga. Amazon’s fulfillment centers were operating at breakneck speed. On Nov. 26, the Monday after […]
How Two Companies Handled Repairing Their Damaged Brand Image
However your brand’s image was damaged, here’s what you need to know about repairing it, with example from real-life situations.
