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Professor Shuji Nakamura’s Nobel Prize-winning invention was the achievement of years of solitary, dedicated research. By Jessica Gang.

At first, Regina Merson thought mask-wearing would cripple her cosmetics startup. But it turns out that Latina women wear lipstick even in a pandemic. By Amy Koch.

Professor Tensie Whelan, Director of the Center for Sustainable Business at NYU’s Stern School of Business, talks about the need to reshape corporate leadership for the future.

Western Union CEO Hikmet Ersek on the power of human connection and how it is driving the company forward. By Brunswick’s Dave Carlson and Patrick Rutherford.

To “cancel” or forgive? What is privilege, and can we recognize our own? How can a company demonstrate allyship? Nicole Reboe explores the answers with Kenji Yoshino, an anti-discrimination and civil rights expert.

When your company is under attack, leaders need to correct the record.

The YBCA’s nimble response to the pandemic is reflected in a work installed outside its walls last year for safe viewing: “The Monument of Living Memory,” 2020, by Caleb Duarte and Stela Ones. Says YBCA…

On COVID, renowned economist Alex Tabarrok takes no pleasure in saying he told us so.

Cody Keenan, President Obama’s former chief speechwriter, says navigating corporate communications teams can be more challenging than working in the White House.

The veteran director has strong thoughts about the responsibilities of board membership. Brunswick’s Jayne Rosefield and Kevin Helliker report.

“Other stakeholders”—are they all equal? Alight CEO Stephan Scholl argues for one constituency in particular, in a conversation with Brunswick’s Siobhan Gorman.

Leaders of many kinds fascinate David Rubenstein, author, TV host, private equity pioneer.