Genexa CMO Emily Culp Shares Why Encouraging Failure Creates Opportunities For Innovation Over the past decade, society has become more health-conscious, not just with food but also with medicine. As a result, people care more about what they are putting in their bodies. The global complementary and alternative medicine market was valued at $82.27 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach…
How A Step Back Can Catapult Your Career. Pop culture plays a significant role in how language evolves, turning slang words and phrases into everyday sayings recognized by dictionary.com. As a result, slang terminology has the power to define a generation and even spark creative marketing campaigns. For example, although the term struggle bus was first recorded in the early…
Ketanji Brown Jackson Marks Her Own History Tearfully, Poetically, Powerfully By Erin Spencer Sairam Thursday afternoon, Kamala Harris, the first Black woman to serve as Vice President, presided over the vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court of the United States. After a 53-47 vote, with three Republicans joining all 50 Democrats,…
For the last few decades, Grammy award-winning singer Kelly Rowland has built a career of longevity marked by music that empowers women to be their very best selves. Whether it was creating women empowerment anthems with former bandmates of Destiny’s Child or using her platform as a solo artist to advocate for them through timeless music, the musician is a…
Things I’ve Learned From Being a Woman in A Male-Dominated Industry By Morgan Browne Morgan Browne is the President and Co-Founder of Oakwyn Realty, one of Vancouver’s fastest-growing brokerage firms. Why do women place a cap on their success? Is it by our own doing, or is it a product of the social constraints and gender biases of male-dominated industries? When…
Communication is a critical component of effective leadership. It’s been reported that companies with 100 employees lose on average $420,000 per year because of poor internal communications. Part of effective communication is making people feel appreciated and valued. 360 listening, a term coined by Melissa Daimler in her HBR article, means that leaders listen to what the person is saying and how they’re saying…
Female Entrepreneurs That Are Changing the World Male entrepreneurs used to account for the majority of the business world. However, the number of female entrepreneurs throughout the world has increased in recent years. These outstanding women have many incredible success stories to share with the world; to show that you don’t have to be a man to leave your mark.…
Our industry in Africa, especially Nigeria, is still untapped. We have so many stories that need to be told and I want to continue to tell those stories.” ~ Kemi Adetiba, Director and Producer Summary: Kemi Adetiba is a music director from Lagos state who directed one of the most sought after Nigerian movies in 2016, ‘The Wedding Party’. Kemi started…
When Debra Perelman was tapped for the top job at Revlon in 2018, becoming the 90-year-old beauty giant’s first ever female CEO, she faced some significant challenges – and saw huge opportunities. The iconic, global beauty company had been leveraging its almost century-old heritage and settled into a “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mindset. The company filled its…
When Melinda French Gates graduated from her all-girls’ Catholic school in Dallas, she embodied a great sense of self. She had been nurtured and mentored by women and teachers, those who told her, “You can do this; you can do anything,” when she expressed an interest in computer science. She was confident and at peace with the woman she was becoming. It…
