So far on ExchangeGain TV, we’ve interviewed bestselling authors, CEOs, a presentation coach to the C-Suite with Broadway directing credits, a venture capitalist and inventor, a massively successful Fortune 250 CIO, a teacher whose TED Talk went viral… and we’re just getting started! What do all of these fascinating people have in common? […] Read more… Read More»
I think it’s an entirely fair question to ask, “What of value can a middle-aged white guy possibly add to the conversation of women’s careers?” As a matter of fact, I asked that very question when we were deciding whom to invite to write for this series. I have opinions, sure, but do I […] Read more… Read More»
Do you toss and turn every Thursday night, unable to get more than a fitful sleep, and wake up in a cold sweat every Friday? If so, you’re deep in the first stage of #followfriday. We’ve all been there. I sure was, for close to two years. I feel for you. We all do. It’s […] Read more… Read More»
Remember George Carlin’s 7 Dirty Words comedy skit? It’s brilliant. Irreverent. It’s funny because it’s true. But it’s incomplete. At least in a business context, there is one word that’s worse than all the rest – yes, even worse than the one you’re thinking of right now. The first time I was CEO, I […] Read more… Read More»
Editor’s note: The following post was written by Anonymous. Ted merely facilitated the means to get the story out so that we all can learn from the person’s experience. You can see another article written by this same author HERE. Collaboration is a great idea. In a collaborative environment good ideas and projects have the opportunity […] Read more… Read More»
Ah, Labor Day: in America the official end of summer – well, if you’re a school kid living up North, anyway. But as we stoke the fires for this year’s family barbecues, I hope you take a moment with me to consider something from a century ago almost to the day; something I never thought […] Read more… Read More»
There’s something we here at ExchangeGain discuss frequently when we meet offline. It’s an insight I first learned from my co-founder, Shawn Murphy: one of many things he’s taught me in the past several years. The lesson may be simplistic, but there’s nothing simple-minded about it. It’s vitally important to anyone’s happiness, and […] Read more… Read More»
This week I have a fascinating and (I think) rare situation that is more-or-less the opposite of the dilemma we’d expect: What happens when an employee does not represent his employment online? What happens when a company hires someone who already has a well-established social media presence? An acquaintance, whom we’ll call Bob, shared his […] Read more… Read More»
“Those companies that don’t change, this is a warning: those companies are dinosaurs.” So says today’s guest, Frank Wander, author of Transforming IT Culture and himself a multiply-successful Fortune 250 CIO before becoming the CEO of the IT Excellence Institute. As I told Frank in our interview, I really wish he’d just named his book […] Read more… Read More»
Ever hear the expression “What got us here won’t get us where we need to go next?” I keep thinking about our companies’ leaders, and that saying nags at me. Maybe it’s time for some brand-new leadership, something radically different from the same-old-same-old we’ve groomed and promoted for generations now. I know, I know: “Ted, […] Read more… Read More»
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