It’s up to each business leader to decide whether to play offense or defense — whether to take accountability or be held to account. — This piece was originally published on ChiefExecutive.net. For the last 20 years (or more), “legacy” businesses have been struggling to keep up with the rate of technological change. First, they said it wouldn’t happen. Then they said it was a fad. Then they asked their leaders why they couldn’t be…

This year, it isn’t just our society’s weaknesses that are on full display, but our corporate systems’, too. And as it turns out, many companies are not ready for their close-up. We had to do something. Trust in our institutions is on the decline. 66% of people do not have…

If companies want to make the world a better place, they should start by looking inward. The events of the last 400 years keep proving that injustice is all around us, and it always has been — we just tend not to tackle it until someone else has made it…

We went from everyone having a podcast to everyone having a live stream. Here’s how to stand out. — As CEO of Kindred, we’ve been pulling some of our event’s content plans forward so we can engage our community of business, nonprofit, and cultural leaders in important — and urgent — conversations at a time when it’s needed the most. In doing so, I’ve spent a lot of (too…

It’s becoming very clear that we are living in a persistent state of chaos. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything we can do about it. Most American businesses are trying to figure out how to just survive the next few weeks, if not days. But there are many American…

How “Free Hugs” activist Ken Nwadike Jr. learned how to stop others from fighting and start collaborating with brands to accelerate a movement. — Kindred is honored to have activist and content creator Ken E. Nwadike Jr., as a participant at Kindred 2020 (May 11–14, San Diego Convention Center). One of the reasons activists do what they do is to draw attention. Ken E. Nwadike Jr., the founder of the Free Hugs Project, has…

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Some personal news… — “The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” - Dan Millman, Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives I started Deep Focus in 2002 (as a very naive 26 year-old) to change the course of…