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James Patterson knows a thing or two about blowing things up. Before becoming one of the world's best-selling authors, selling more than 425 million books, he was CEO of J. Walter Thompson, one of Madison Avenue's largest advertising firms. While there, he did more than just run a campaign. He disrupted the advertising industry with blatant campaigns like the burger brawl between Burger King and McDonald's. Then one day, at the height of his career, he was commuting into Manhattan and watching people go in the opposite direction. In his mind, he was going in the wrong direction. So he…
Nowadays, most of us have multiple agents running in parallel on our computers. Some people are fixing dozens of broken tests. You won't get bored or frustrated. Continue making adjustments across multiple workers until the test passes again and again. Another agent was experimenting with the backend build process all night. In the morning, while I was sleeping, the time was automatically reduced by 8 minutes. Third, I'm trying to export a financial model to Excel using the correct formulas. Export to Excel, upload to Google Sheets, export to CSV, compare calculated values, fail, adjust, then try again. Over and…
Editor's Note On June 18th, classical minds Chris McChesney and Scott Thele spoke. 4 Discipline of execution spend 90 minutes A group of CEOs and a live working session built around addressing the execution challenges that will define 2026.. All registrants will receive the 2026 Execution Handbook, a pre-work tool designed to work collaboratively with your leadership team, prior to the event. Please bring your true situation. Make a plan and go. Why not join us > Try this before you read another word about running. Before comparing notes, ask each member of the leadership team individually what the single…
Editor's Note On June 18th, classical minds Chris McChesney and Scott Thele spoke. 4 Discipline of execution spend 90 minutes A group of CEOs and a live working session built around addressing the execution challenges that will define 2026.. All registrants will receive the 2026 Execution Handbook, a pre-work tool designed to work collaboratively with your leadership team, prior to the event. Please bring your true situation. Make a plan and go. Why not join us > Try this before you read another word about running. Before comparing notes, ask each member of the leadership team individually what the single…
Samir Kanuga may officially serve as CFO of HelmsBriscoe, a global leader in hotel site selection and meetings procurement, but finance is only part of the story. A longtime pilot and flight instructor, Kanuga approaches leadership through the lens of aviation—balancing growth with risk management, precision with adaptability and strategy with trust. In this episode of Secrets of Rockstar CFOs, he joins Jack McCullough to discuss lessons learned from manufacturing and family-owned businesses, leading through uncertainty during the pandemic, the importance of “walking the floor” and why transparency remains one of the most important traits for finance leaders today. Listen…
If cash only appears at board meetings once a quarter, it's already too late. As the founder and CEO of Managed Services Group, a security provider specializing in regulated midmarket businesses, I've spent years building a discipline I call “Liquidity as Strategy,” leveraging not only the finance function but also compliance frameworks. Why I aim for 9-12 months of runway. I think about cash the same way I think about cybersecurity. It's insurance and leverage. Yes, there is an opportunity cost to holding more cash, but so is being forced to raise capital, reduce pricing discipline, and delay decision-making when…
Will SpaceX change the fiduciary role of corporate directors? – Corporate Directors Skip to content Given the restrictive governance structure SpaceX is pursuing, the board may consider asking some of the following questions at its next meeting. Privacy protection. We have enhanced our privacy policy to better protect you. This policy includes the use of cookies to give you the best online experience and provide essential functionality of our services. By clicking “Close” or continuing to use our website, you agree to our Privacy Policy. Click here for our privacy policy. accept Privacy and Cookie Policy …
For CFO Christopher Smith, the role goes beyond financial acumen. “As CFO, I strongly believe that living my values and maintaining my integrity are my most important priorities,” he says. “There's a reason for that. Trust is the currency of investment.” Mr. Smith is the CFO of CleanChoice Energy, a renewable energy company based in Washington, DC. In conversation with CFO leadership, we discuss defining success beyond the balance sheet and developing the next generation of leaders. How have your past experiences shaped the way you approach your role as CFO? For the past 25 years, I have held senior…
Few events disrupt organizations, large or small, more than a change in leadership. Some degree of confusion is inevitable. It is the message a leader sends in a given moment and the experiences surrounding it that determine how severe the disruption will be. But too often, organizations are carefully controlled by familiar orthodoxies, polished, over-edited statements stripped of details that rational stakeholders would want to know, leaving them stiff and empty. That strategy itself is certain to fail. What follows the statement is often much more important. The tone, honesty, and clarity of subsequent communications will determine whether employees, franchisees,…
Private credit was promised to fill the void left by banks' withdrawal from lending to small and medium-sized enterprises. Its growth has been dramatic, with the market expanding from $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion, and private credit management companies raising nearly $1.3 trillion over the past decade. In 2023 alone, these managers raised $135.7 billion. This is more than double the annual total from a decade ago. The need was real as we found that mid-sized companies with less-than-perfect financial conditions were closing their banks. Banks accounted for just 29% of corporate loans, down from 48% in 2015. For medium-sized…