July 04, 2024 3 things business leaders can learn from Bon Jovi’s 40-year longevity Bon Jovi’s latest studio album—the band’s 16th—entered the chart’s at No. 1 last month. This marketing exec says entrepreneurs can learn a lot about staying power from the band. BY Rafe Gomez In the four-part Hulu series Thank You, Goodnight, director Gotham … Continue reading 3 things business leaders can learn from Bon Jovi’s 40-year longevity
March 24, 2024 What you can learn about Elon Musk from the movie he helped produce almost 20 years ago The worldview of 2005’s ‘Thank You for Smoking’ offers a surprising glimpse of the Tesla CEO’s personal views today. BY Joe Berkowitz “Few people on this planet know what it is to be truly despised,” says … Continue reading What you can learn about Elon Musk from the movie he helped produce almost 20 years ago
Here’s how email marketers can embrace artificial intelligence, drive strategic changes and commit to continuous learning this year. Ryan Phelan on January 25, 2024 Welcome to 2024! A new year is like a new car — it comes with that amazing smell of promise unsullied by life events. So, let’s look at what we can … Continue reading 3 keys for email marketing in 2024: AI, change, learn
By James Scouller January 12, 2024 My younger executive coaching clients usually know nothing about the Apollo 13 rescue. Older clients know of it, but few know the details. Yet the story offers us fresh insights into what it takes to build high-performing teams. The BBC radio series, 13 Minutes To The Moon, created … Continue reading What leaders can learn from the Apollo 13 rescue
The language barrier between marketing operations and top executives is a problem for both sides. Here’s what you need to do. Ali Schwanke on December 27, 2023 The scenario is all too common: a marketing operations team, armed with detailed analytics and performance metrics, presents their latest campaign results. A busy CEO, however, now barraged … Continue reading How marketing ops can learn to speak C-suite
By Stephanie Mehta November 27, 2023 Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company. If you received this newsletter from … Continue reading Marques Brownlee isn’t your average YouTuber. Here’s what leaders can learn from his impressive rise
By Pete Weissman October 07, 2023 Some business leaders see a natural adversary in Shawn Fain, president of the striking United Auto Workers (UAW). But with labor winning the messaging war, I believe CEOs would be wise to study Fain’s command of the art of executive communications. As someone who’s advised CEOs on communications … Continue reading What CEOs can learn from UAW president Shawn Fain
By Yonason Goldson September 17, 2023 The revered poet Robert Frost made no secret of his likes and dislikes. Discerning readers have no trouble recognizing that he favored the road less traveled, that he did not love a wall, and that he regarded systems with suspicion bordering on contempt. Although he left this world … Continue reading What we can learn from ants about reframing anxiety
By Louis Venezia December 12, 2022 Most people hate hospitals. They hate the smell. They hate waiting in the emergency room to splint a broken finger. They hate visiting sick relatives. They hate gathering for the last moments of a loved one’s life. They hate being told what to do by a gaggle of … Continue reading Three things any leader can learn from the emergency room
By Jeff Beer December 17, 2022 It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Let’s wrap up 2022—and depending on how you feel about it, either put it in the bin or in a keepsake box—with the heroic effort of whittling down all the advertising that came out in the last 12 months (a … Continue reading The five best ads of 2022—and the worst one—and what you can learn from them
