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Gabi Gantus is the CFO of Mytra, a startup aiming to reinvent warehousing and industrial productivity through automation and machinery that allows inventory to be moved in any direction from any cell in the system, up and down, automatically. “A lot of companies right now, everyone has warehousing. Everyone’s trying to move parts around, and if you go into any warehouse right now, it looks the same as it did about 75 years ago. Just forklifts moving boxes around,” she says. “We’re just trying to disrupt that because it’s an industry that desperately needs disrupting.” Gantus joins host Jack McCullough…

For Christian Fadel, it's important to think like his company's customers. He is the CFO of 8am, an Austin, Texas-based company that provides a business management platform to attorneys, accountants, and other professional services firms. “They are typically people with limited resources who need precise management of their clients' funds, and they expect the same from us,” he says. “I don't believe in layers of complexity for the sake of complexity. If we're not making it easier for our customers to do their jobs and manage their operations, we're missing the point. Customers don't have time to waste. They want…

Before you pick up the phone, they're already reading your feed. That's not a generalization. That's how decisions are made now. LinkedIn is where that impression lives, and for most CEOs, it's managed more like an obligation than a revenue-generating asset. In the nearly 25 years I've spent in communications and working with executives, that question has never changed.Help us with LinkedIn” What has changed is the reality on the other side of that question. Communications teams used to operate with a broad outline and create content that at least resembled the executives it represented. Today, with AI doing much…

Once CEOs identify trends, company board members should also listen. New research from the 3rd Oliver Wyman Forum CEO's Agenda Research shows that over the next two years, more CEOs will consider using mergers and acquisitions to accelerate their companies' growth. The report surveyed 415 CEOs representing approximately 10 percent of global market capitalization and revealed key insights into several areas where boards need to work closely with CEOs to keep their organizations competitive in one of the most volatile environments in recent years. According to the report, “CEOs are focused on acquisitions, with 94% of executives planning mergers and…

Research reveals CEOs are considering M&A – Is the board ready? – Corporate Director Skip to content As more CEOs consider mergers and acquisitions, here are some questions boards should consider. Once CEOs identify trends, company board members should also listen. New research from the 3rd Oliver Wyman Forum CEO's Agenda Research shows that over the next two years, more CEOs will consider using mergers and acquisitions to accelerate their companies' growth. The report surveyed 415 CEOs representing approximately 10 percent of global market capitalization and revealed key insights into several areas where boards need to work closely…

Last week, in a new business meeting with management, someone said, “We just need to get smarter about AI.” It meant what most teams meant: faster reporting, better answers, fewer meetings, and efficiency checklists. That's fine. That's not an advantage either. In the world of AI + data, “smart” has become commoditized and averaged out. When intelligence becomes rich, it stops being a differentiator and becomes practical. Just like with bandwidth, just having Wi-Fi doesn't mean you'll win. Your business wins by what you can do because you have it. So the question used to be, “Where can we automate?”…

The 2026 Director Thinking Survey and the latest Director Confidence Index survey results were both conducted by Ltd. corporate director and the Diligent Institute show that directors are moving towards more sustainable and forward-looking governance, although a gap between ambition and practice remains. Meanwhile, 84% of the more than 200 public company board members surveyed as part of the 2026 Board Mindset program said their boards have changed their approach to scenario planning over the past five years, expanding the scope and breadth of scenarios, increasing the amount of time they spend on scenarios, and bringing more voices into the…

Before boards can effectively oversee change, they need clear answers to the most fundamental questions, says CeCe Moken, a board member at Wells Fargo, Genpact and DailyPay who has led digital businesses from an operational perspective. “What problem are we solving for our customers? Even if it's an internal change like implementing a new enterprise system, our customers are our employees. So I always ask myself, with everything: What problem are we solving and how do we know if we can build a lasting advantage?”Cynthia “Cindy” Jamison, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Darden Restaurants and Chair of the…

In 2022, the President and the Secretary of the Treasury asked me to lead the IRS through the “largest technology-enabled transformation” in IRS history. The agency received significant new funding, debuted practical applications of genetic AI, and opened new possibilities for modernization. As a result, the IRS received numerous proposals from emerging AI solution vendors, but questions remained about how AI fits into our reforms. Because our funding came directly from taxpayer dollars, all AI projects had to make a measurable difference to the people we serve. While much of this research was still in its infancy during my tenure,…

While General Motors boasts more than a century of engineering triumph, modern factory miracles and earnest investment in electrification of its vehicles, it’s Tesla that commands the mindshare, share price and cultural imagination of customers and investors alike. The reason? Tesla didn’t just engineer a better automobile. It engineered a new market—and a new story. GM is a paragon of manufacturing, supply chain and product adaptation. It was arguably first to mass-produce affordable electrics in America (Chevy Volt, Bolt). Yet, GM’s EV market share lags far behind, its press remains “legacy” focused, and its share price gain over a decade…