Interconnectedness: A Practical Guide for Today’s Leaders and Managers Issue 200, February 20, 2025 Welcome to the 200th issue of 2040’s Ideas and Innovations Newsletter. We thank you for your readership for nearly four years and your feedback that the…
The Role of Purpose and Meaning in Personal and Professional Success Issue 199, February 13, 2025 We believe it is an opportune moment to review how purpose is a cornerstone of both individual and organizational success. Strategy, tactics and organizational…
The Power of Virtuous Change: Why Most Organizations Fail at Transformation Issue 198, February 6, 2025 Not all change is good. Not all change is for the right reasons. Change for change’s sake is not a viable proposition. Change must…
Mastering the Art of Decision-Making in Uncertain Times: Part Two: A Practical Guide Issue 197, January 30, 2025 Last week we explored how to understand how we make decisions in uncertain times. We said that uncertainty has become a certainty,…
Mastering the Art of Decision-Making: Part One Issue 196, January 23, 2025 Uncertainty has become a defining characteristic of both our personal and professional lives in today’s rapidly changing unpredictable world. Stated simply, uncertainty is a certainty. From navigating disruptive…
The Power of Principled Resilience: Navigating Change with Purpose and Adaptability Issue 195, January 16, 2025 Change is inevitable. In fact, only change endures, from technological advancements, market shifts, societal transformations, and even personal disruptions. The challenge is not to…
Managing Ethical Dilemmas: A Human-Centric Approach to AI Adoption Issue 194, January 9, 2025 It has become clear that the acceleration of AI applications has the potential to upend life as we have known it. It is impossible to deny…
What Resonated with Our Readers in 2024 Inform Your 2025 Personal and Professional Playbook with Ideas + Innovations Issue 193, January 2, 2025 As we ring in a new year, bound to be fraught with interesting business challenges, we’re taking…
AI Mindshifts: The Death of Brands Issue 192, December 26, 2024 Let’s take a moment over the holidays to fantasize about the future. It’s a future that is all about you – that is to say, your favorite future. We…
Is Critical Thinking at Risk of Extinction? Issue 191, December 19, 2024 We are tackling a topic that is a recurring theme in everything we write, including our book, The Truth About Transformation. Critical thinking is becoming an endangered skill…