Lincoln: Turnaround CEO
Monday is President’s Day, a holiday inspired by two presidents: one who for all practical purposes founded the country and another who saved it. It’s hard to imagine America without George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. Vistage Chair and Speaker Greg Bustin has shared numerous lessons from history with Vistage Groups across the US. In his recent blog […]
Best Blogs
General BusinessVistage Research and Insights: Webinars and articles for the C-Level and those who aspire to it. (Available to all, not just Members).Chief Executive Magazine: Great, short articles for CEOs.“No Mercy, No Malice”: Many want to be thought leaders; few are. Dr. Scott Galloway is. Thoughtful (no malice), researched commentary but without filters (no mercy).Take […]
…and AI Fear
While many share Mr. Galloway’s optimism about DeepSeek as set forth in the above post, the power and cost effectiveness of DeepSeek is not without risk. Vistage speaker and IT security expert Mike Foster warns that “While their technical achievements are remarkable, government agencies worldwide and many companies are restricting or banning using DeepSeek AI, citing privacy […]
AI Hope…
Just after the inauguration, tech giants were touting a $ 500 billion American AI initiation. Soon thereafter, a Chinese startup DeepSeek, unveiled AI capacity trained for only $5 million and as good or better than the OpenAI’s ChatGPT which cost $100 million to train. (If you’re looking for analogy, Henry Ford’s assembly line drove down costs so […]
Econ Recon:
Upside and Down: The January employment report is out and at first glance the economy turned in a decent result as far as jobs are concerned, but economist Brian Wesbury notes that while “The job market continued to expand at a moderate pace in January, but there were major revisions to prior reports that have a heavy […]
Sweat is Not Enough
The core of the American Dream has been that anyone can succeed if they simply work hard enough. For decades, companies like McDonald’s pictured above were emblematic of the American Dream with many going from flipping burgers to owning businesses. Maybe, hard work is no longer enough. An executive summary of a new book suggests […]
The Art of the Turnaround – 27 B.C.
No matter how much you know about your company and industry, when you find yourself in a turnaround situation, the rules you thought you knew often no longer seem to work. As much as we might like for business to be a science with fixed laws and predictable outcomes, it often is not, especially in times […]
The Man Who Made the Beatles
Ed Sullivan with the BeatlesFebruary 9, 1964 The Super Bowl is one of the most highly watched television events of the year and yesterday’s was no exception. But 61 years ago, another team stepped in front of the camera and change music and lives forever: the Beatles. Boomers will remember the night that the lads from […]
Lombardi on Leadership
Vince Lombardi took a team with one of the worst records in the game and led it to five NFL Championships in seven years and two Super Bowls in 1966 and 1967? Like any turnaround, it required leadership and creative ability to work with what you have. Vistage Chair and Speaker Greg Bustin offers an excellent […]
Best Blogs
General BusinessVistage Research and Insights: Webinars and articles for the C-Level and those who aspire to it. (Available to all, not just Members).Chief Executive Magazine: Great, short articles for CEOs.“No Mercy, No Malice”: Many want to be thought leaders; few are. Dr. Scott Galloway is. Thoughtful (no malice), researched commentary but without filters (no mercy).Take 5 […]
