• Resilience Expert Valorie Burton: On the Power of Self-Talk

  “At the core of resilience is how you think,” says author and life strategist Valorie Burton. “That’s the thing we can control the most. You want to know: Is what you’re saying to yourself helping you or hurting you? A huge piece of resilience is what you say to yourself, and changing it if what […]

• A Futurist’s Predictions about the Coming World of Work

  In times as uncertain as these, there’s something calming about speaking with a futurist—someone who, as Lisa Bodell describes it, knows how to marry strategic planning with scenario planning about possible, probable and preferable futures. So, here are three things Bodell, award-winning author and CEO of futurethink, are possible outcomes we will see in the […]

• The Q&A: Empowering Women at Facebook

  From L to R: Elisabeth Michaels, Strategy & Operations Manager; Sun Yen Cumby, Supply Chain Manager; Jocelyn Chen, Strategic Sourcing Manager, Contract Manufacturing; and Ruth Bram, Game Producer. Not pictured: Michelle Tanaka, Technical Program Manager. Q: You are part of a volunteer group dedicated to empowering women at Facebook. Please tell us about that. We […]

• The Q&A on Communicating and Leading in a Crisis

  With Silicon Valley Bank’s Michelle Draper Q: Nothing prepared any of us for a global pandemic followed by all the social unrest. But what have you found to be some of the most effective communication strategies in this crisis? We’re a human business and we have to communicate in a human way. SVB has five […]