In 2025 so far, 40% of VC exit value stems from AI, according to PitchBook
It’s all happening in AI (and, yes, that’s a Simon and Garfunkel reference). And if that’s an exaggeration, it barely feels like one: In Q3, AI amounted to 39.5% of deal…
The Nordic approach to business builds empowerment, team spirit and engagement. But can you copy it?
Is there something in the region’s glacial waters that firms in other parts of the world can learn from? Erkko Autio, professor and chair in technology venturing and entrepreneurship at Imperial…
How an M&A-driven day nursery became one of Europe’s top employers
In 2008, new parent Clare Roberts was struggling to find a suitable nursery, so she opened her own, Kids Planet. Right from the start, she knew that an engaged team…
Wells Fargo was reeling from scandal. Jamie Dimon protégé Charlie Scharf bet his career on saving the 173-year-old bank
At the time, Wells had been laboring under a regulatory crackdown unleashed by the cataclysm that blackened the formerly burnished Wells name, the heavily publicized scandal revealing that the bank…
How the world’s largest call center operator is blending artificial intelligence with emotional intelligence
The €10.2 billion ($12 billion) revenue company, widely known as TP, has managed to keep its 500,000 people happy in the AI age by maintaining a human-centric culture even as…
Patagonia CEO says climate denialists are delusional: ‘If you step out of a window from the third floor talking about how gravity doesn’t exist, you’re still going to hit the ground’
In this week’s episode of Leadership Next, Kristin Stoller and I talk to Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert about his strategy for sustainable growth. Among the takeaways:Be Aspirational. Nobody wants to…
How pharma giant AbbVie holds leaders accountable for culture
The logic is sound for a business that relies on the skill and ideas of its people to find and develop new drug candidates, which is vital for long-term growth…
Leading across borders: How Hilton adapted a winning culture to 50 European countries
Part of this is widespread success as an employer comes from a comprehensive set of structured employee benefits and support programs. Team members anywhere in the world have access to…
Inside DHL Express’ university for supervisors
DHL Express Europe CEO Mike Parra talks like a riled-up coach on the verge of a championship, with the kind of motivational cadence you’d expect from Brené Brown, only more…
How Cisco uses AI agents and nudges to cut bureaucracy and free employees’ time
While many employees are worried that AI will take their jobs, not all businesses see it in cost-cutting terms. “If you look at this only through the lens of how do…
