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The Work Remains Unfinished

Today, as we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, it’s worth sitting with an uncomfortable truth: things feel hard right now. Not just...

“What Matters Next” Selected for Thinkers50 2025 Best Management Books

Sometimes the most meaningful recognition comes not from what you’ve accomplished, but from confirmation that you’re addressing the right questions at exactly the right...

Strategic Disappointment: Leadership Lessons from Apple, Netflix & Microsoft [Fast Company Feature]

Leadership often requires making unpopular decisions that disappoint stakeholders in the short term. In my latest Fast Company article, I examine how strategic disappointment...

New Article in European Business Review: Why “Avoiding Politics” in Professional Settings Is a Misguided Request

In a recent guest article for European Business Review, I examine a paradox: the human impact of technology decisions in professional settings stands at...

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The “What Matters Next” Tools Intro Series: The Now-Next Continuum — Strategic Decision-Making Across Time

In a world where technology moves at breakneck speed and business cycles compress into quarters, leaders need strategic frameworks like the Now-Next Continuum to...

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The “What Matters Next” Tools Intro Series: The Questions-Insights-Foresights Model: A Framework for Future-Ready Decision-Making

In a world moving increasingly fast, leaders need powerful tools to navigate uncertainty and make responsible decisions. The Questions-Insights-Foresights Model is a systematic framework,...

Excerpt: “Future-Ready, not ‘Future-proof’,” from What Matters Next

The following is an excerpt from What Matters Next, a new book due out in January 2025 by Kate O’Neill. Future-Ready, not “Future-proof” I...

Humanizing Technology: The Pros & Cons

One of the perks of being a lifelong sociolinguistics nerd (full disclosure: there aren’t that many) is when I can take notice of the...

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The Economy Is People

The following is an excerpt from my latest book, A Future So Bright: How Strategic Optimism and Meaningful Innovation Can Restore Our Humanity and...

The Great Resignation and the human future of work

Much of the speculation about the so-called “Great Resignation” began after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that a record 4 million Americans had...

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The KO Insights Brighter Future Series: The Brighter Future of Education

In A Future So Bright, I wrote about the opportunity for a brighter future for education. It’s critical to ensuring we meet United Nations...

The Weirding of the Future of Money

You know things are weird in the financial world when there’s a stock for Pepe, when a joke Internet meme becomes a massive investment...

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