Tag: innovation
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Yale CEO Summit June 2023: The Intersection of AI and Leadership
I’ve admired Jeff Sonnenfeld for more than a decade since I studied his book Firing Back and wrote a review. Having attended Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld’s Yale CEO Summit twice before, in 2014 and 2016 and finding the learnings there invaluable, I followed the news and insights from this year’s event with great interest, especially because…
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you.com: A Game-Changing AI-powered Search Engine
I’m thrilled to finally be able to share with you a project that I have been associated with and excited about since its inception. My friends Richard Socher and Bryan McCann, co-founders of you.com, launched this transformative venture publicly on November 9, 2021. I am proud to have been a part of this journey from…
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The Creator’s Code by Amy Wilkinson (book review)
Having played key roles in driving innovation and success in digital businesses at The Wall Street Journal as their chief product & technology officer and at The New York Times as CTO, I’ve always been intrigued by what sets successful creators apart. It was in this pursuit of knowledge that I read my friend Amy…
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Reflections on the Yale CEO Summit 2016: Disruption and Leadership in Focus
Yesterday, I attended the Yale CEO Summit for the second time. The summit, held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, brought together some of the world’s most influential leaders across various sectors. The theme of this year’s summit was “Delight and Despair Over Disruption, Part II: The Post-Election Story.” This Summit, hosted by…
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Reflecting on the Yale CEO Summit 2014: A Confluence of Global Leadership and Local Sensitivities
I recently attended the Yale CEO Summit, a gathering of some of the world’s most influential leaders across various sectors. The summit, held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on December 17 & 18, was centered around the theme: “The Global CEO and Local Sensitivities: Leading at Once as Diplomat, Patriot, Entrepreneur, Financier,…
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Technology, Innovation and Business Decisions
Nowadays, it is becoming fashionable to belittle technology. I hear people say things like “technologies should not drive business decisions“, “define your requirements without worrying about technology and ask technology [people] to deliver them“. May sound logical at first, but is it? Consider this imaginary conversation between Bill, a technologist and Plato, a Platonist businessperson.…
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