First-Hand Perspectives From the People Running the Work
Featured briefing
I've seen firsthand that framing veteran employment as an act of charity fundamentally misunderstands its true potential. It's not just doing good; it's smart business, delivering tangible ROI for companies willing to see beyond the surface.
May 18, 2026
It became clear early in my career that the conventional, siloed approach to nonprofit functions was a significant barrier to true impact and sustainable growth. I've often seen organizations underperform precisely because they treat fundraising, marketing, and program delivery as entirely separate entities.
May 18, 2026
We have most of the technologies we need to decarbonize industrial process heat. We do not have the procurement structures that get them bought.
April 25, 2026
The most successful product teams I work with publish roadmaps that look almost embarrassingly mundane. There is a reason.
April 11, 2026
Most product-led companies hit a quiet wall between $8M and $12M ARR. The pattern is so consistent it deserves its own playbook.
April 11, 2026
Contributors
Curated from leaders across technology, healthcare, finance, nonprofits, marketing, and climate.
Technology
Founder & CEO at Northwind Labs. Building the operating system for product-led growth.
Founder & CEO, Northwind Labs · Austin, TX
Healthcare
Chief Medical Officer at Meridian Health. 20+ years rebuilding care delivery from the inside.
Chief Medical Officer, Meridian Health · Boston, MA
Finance
President at Arcwell Capital. Cross-border payments, embedded finance, and the slow death of the correspondent banking model.
President, Arcwell Capital · New York, NY
Nonprofit
C-Suite Nonprofit Executive Leader | Spearheading Fundraising, Marketing, and Strategic Growth.
Chief Development Officer (CDO), Hire Heroes USA · Tampa, Florida, United States
Marketing
Chief Marketing Officer at Olive & Stone. Brand strategy for consumer companies that want to last more than five years.
Chief Marketing Officer, Olive & Stone · Los Angeles, CA
Sustainability
CEO at Cedar & Current. Climate infrastructure for industries the energy transition keeps overlooking.
Chief Executive Officer, Cedar & Current · Stockholm, Sweden
April 8, 2026
Dr. Maya Okafor
We have spent ten years treating physician burnout as a wellness issue. The evidence says it is an operational one.
April 5, 2026
David Lindqvist
The corporate net-zero commitment is easy. The first eighteen months are easy. Year three is where almost everyone gets stuck.
March 13, 2026
Dr. Maya Okafor
After a decade of value-based care experiments, the conventional wisdom is that the model has underperformed. The reality is more specific and more fixable.
March 1, 2026
Rohan Mehta
Treasury teams spend a remarkable amount of time on three questions that no longer deserve the attention they receive.
February 27, 2026
David Lindqvist
The public conversation about heat pumps is almost entirely about homes. The bigger and more urgent opportunity is industrial.
February 26, 2026
Dr. Maya Okafor
When two hospitals merge, the quality dashboard rarely improves in the first three years. The reason is not what most boards assume.
February 13, 2026
Naomi Tanaka
Every consumer company spending forty percent of revenue on Meta and Google has, somewhere along the way, made the decision to not build a brand. Some of them made it on purpose. Most did not.