Author: John E. Rich, Jr.

While major economic indicators are serving as caution tape for many organizations that are hesitant to make investments or take on risk right now, there is a very bright green light out there. There is also a fast-moving vehicle on the road: AI, and the frenetic adoption pace at which people now use it to find essential information. Organizations need to adapt to be seen and referenced by these tools.

When the next emergency comes, the most important question won’t be whether we have a plan; it will be whether we’ve already built the relationships that make the plan work

Every growing company hits a wall that has nothing to do with its market, its product or its strategy deck. It hits the limits of one person’s capacity — usually the founder’s — and stops.

For years, New England employers have identified one challenge that cuts across nearly every industry: Our region simply is not building enough homes to meet demand.

Picture two moments from an ordinary Tuesday: a tense budget meeting where a project you’ve spent months on gets picked apart in real time, and an hour later, your 4-year-old flat on the floor of the cereal aisle mid-tantrum. One feels professional; the other feels undignified.