In this Design Nation interview, Clark Goolsby, Chief Creative Officer at Chase Design Group, shares how he started his design career at Chase and is a leader at this agency that focuses on innovative brand-building. He believes the biggest challenges facing his industry today are the shift in consumer behaviors brought on by the pandemic, navigating the intersection of art and business, and sustainability.
Read MoreAs a result of an unexpected increased use of video conferencing during the pandemic and shifting cultural norms, it has become much more acceptable for men to dabble in cosmetics. Summer Journalism Fellow Charlotte Ehlers traces the evolution of men’s makeup from the Ancient Egyptians to the present day and then analyzes consumer behavior that is influencing the steadily growing men’s makeup market. Finally, she predicts that the market in the future will continue to be more open to skincare, grooming, and lean more towards ‘unisex’ or natural makeup.
Read MoreSummer Journalism Fellow Anastasiia Tokar interviews Lake Buckley, Creative Director of SpecialGuest, a communication and arts agency and production studio. Buckley discusses the role that design and film industries play when persuading people to take action on social justice and her story as a creative. She also touches upon the craft that goes into her work with clientele such as Facebook, Google, and National Geographic.
Read MoreDespite the promise of objectivity in AI algorithms used in hiring, the technologies that are meant to prevent bias and increase diversity in the workforce are actually introducing more of it. In this research-based approach, Business Today writer Antonio Simental analyzes how this systematic issue stems from flawed datasets.
Read MoreSo you’ve just landed an internship – congratulations! What are the steps you can take to succeed in your role? While this piece is relevant for remote internships during the summer of 2020, the advice can be widely applied to any internship. Business Today explains how students and recent graduates can define their goals for the summer, get to to know the people around them, communicate with their managers, attend as many social and career events as they can, and connect with fellow interns.
Read MoreIn this episode, Business Today shares advice from Beau Thomas, Managing Director at private equity firm Audax Group, on how to navigate the job market during a financial crisis. As someone who graduated in 2009 into a financial crisis himself, Beau describes what the job search looked like for an undergraduate junior or senior during his time. To provide hope for students in the present who are stressed out about losses in their internship or job opportunities, Beau explains that folks who are smart, hungry, and driven, whether they start out at their preferred job or not, will always find the pathway to be successful. He also shares with current undergraduates how to make the most out of the current pandemic.
Read MoreIn part II of Grace Hong’s podcast with Miri Rodriguez, Head of the Global Internship Program at Microsoft, Miri explains how to connect with potential mentors on LinkedIn by showing up with grace, reaching out with the intention to gain insight and relate via compassionate empathy, and coming out of a space of learning. She also explains a storyboarding exercise, where she challenges others to describe their brand story using colors or paint, but not words, in only six panels.
Read MoreRodrick Miller, CEO of Invest Puerto Rico, explains Puerto Rico’s unique juxtaposition between the U.S., Latin America’s, and the Caribbean’s financial markets, the size and value of its pharmaceutical industry, and what makes it stand out in terms of resilience in small businesses, startups, and Knowledge Services.
Read MoreAubrey Blanche, Director of Equitable Design and Impact at Culture Amp and startup investor and advisor, discusses the importance of eliminating the word “meritocracy” from the tech industry in order to tackle assumptions about diversity. As founder and CEO of The MathPath (Math Nerd + Empath), she also explains how she combines data and empathy to help execs build work environments that thrive in representation.
Read MoreAlex Kennedy, Global Head and Director of Partnership Strategy and Operations at Twitter, emphasizes the necessity of unconscious bias training, Twitter’s role in reflecting their online user constituency through employee representation at all levels, breaking up the homogenous “tech/innovator/creator” set, and how companies can be intentional about diversity by supporting their workforce as they enter and ascend the ranks.
Read MoreHireVue CEO Kevin Parker discusses the benefits and challenges with harnessing the power of AI and other technologies to facilitate and democratize the hiring process, from carefully incorporating aspects of organizational psychology to bolstering internal mobility in HR, and highlights the company’s focus on the candidate experience.
Read MoreIn our first-ever podcast, Business Today and Miri Rodriguez, Head of the Global Internship Program at Microsoft, discuss strategies for how students can tell their story as they navigate career during coronavirus, including tips on brushing up your resume and LinkedIn.
Read MoreDrawing on his extensive experience working with startups, founders, and consumer technology investments, Amit Mukherjee, partner at New Enterprise Associates, explains the importance of storytelling for founders. He also discusses the duopoly between Facebook and Google regarding the ad space and the paradox of choice for Consumer Packaged Goods.
Read MorePablo Lapuerta, the Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, focuses heavily on genetics and drug development. He discusses the messaging that the pharmaceutical industry needs to do in order to help the public understand the extensive processes behind bringing new drugs to market, improvements that could be made in the FDA’s drug approval process, and a novel drug that he and Lexicon have developed to treat Type I diabetes.
Read MoreReflecting on his experiences growing up in an agricultural family and studying renewable energy in grad school, Nick Halla shares his thoughts on the success and expansion of the Impossible Burger, how consumers can push the food industry to become more environmentally friendly, and Impossible Foods’s mission to help people around the world access better food with lower environmental impact.
Read MoreBusiness Today speaks with CEO Edward Felsenthal of TIME Magazine about his journey from law to digital media marketing and the evolution of journalism in the context of social media and the Information Age.
Read MoreChef Dominique Ansel speaks about the experiences which inspired him to open his own pastry shop, the challenges and successes behind his viral creation, the Cronut®, and the values and philosophy driving the Dominique Ansel Bakery global brand.
Read MoreAs the founder of Tigress Ventures, a management consulting firm connecting women with the proper expertise and resources to succeed in startup ventures, Ita Ekpoudom was addressing gender inequality in the C-Suite long before the discussion entered the spotlight. In a conversation with Business Today, Ekpoudom explains why women must become an investment - not just a token - that companies sincerely care about.
Read MoreDebi Chirichella is executive vice president, chief financial officer and director of global operations for Hearst Magazines, one of the world's largest publishers of monthly magazines, with 25 U.S. titles and close to 300 international editions.
Read MoreBusiness Today speaks with Pat Wang, CEO of Healthfirst, which currently collaborates with more than 37,000 providers to provide health services to over 1.36 million New Yorkers. Wang elaborates on her efforts to bring medical access to lower-income and minority communities and the importance of improving medical records databases for accuracy.
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