The boards that I see thriving are those that treat curiosity as a fiduciary responsibility. That means asking uncomfortable questions.

Our firm, FP Transitions, keeps a database on thousands of advisory firms, looking at data such as valuations. Our recent look into this data revealed a powerful truth: The most valuable firms are ...

As an immigrant who started my career as the only woman of color in a company of 2,000 engineers, I was afraid to speak up because I had compared myself to others who were more educated, more ...

At a London conference on value creation, experts argued that innovation succeeds only when systems, people, and leadership are ready to carry it. The 8th Global Conference on Creating Value took ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about 21st century leadership, Agile, innovation & narrative. The value-creating enterprise was the theme of my last ...

A periodic feature by Cornerstone Research, in which our affiliated experts, senior advisors, and professionals, talk about their research and findings. We interview Professor Stuart C. Gilson of the ...

Business: Mitsui Fudosan is a Japan-based company engaged in the real estate business. It has five business segments. First, there's the leasing unit, which is engaged in the leasing of office ...

When we think about agriculture, we often focus on the end product: cotton for a t-shirt, hay destined to feed animals through the winter, or hamburgers for our summer barbecues. However, after we ...

If you think you have a money problem, I’m here to tell you that it’s never actually a money problem. After decades of helping people build wealth and becoming a multimillionaire by age 26, I’ve ...

Corporate executives, the management consultants who advise them, and the financial industry executives who help corporations finance their capital investments tend to believe that whenever their ...