by Jim Schleckser | Jul 20, 2026 | Business
You don’t need billion-dollar R&D labs to innovate. A steady trickle of creativity—just 5 to 10%—can give your business the edge. When we think about innovation, it’s easy to picture moonshot projects—like self-driving cars, groundbreaking medicines,...
by Jim Schleckser | Jul 12, 2026 | Business
The hidden costs of being public—and why private ownership is often the better bet If you ask most CEOs who have worked in both settings, they’ll tell you: managing a private company is much more attractive than running a public one. I’ve experienced both, and there’s...
by Jim Schleckser | May 18, 2026 | Business
Leveraging a “Lever-Up, Cash Out” Strategy Let’s be honest—your business might be thriving. But you? You’re struggling to sleep because all your resources are tied to the company’s success. This overreliance on wealth is common: a founder...
by Jim Schleckser | May 10, 2026 | Business
Smart Leaders know that with Business Growth, so do the Odds of Mistakes. As a CEO, your primary responsibility is to drive business growth. That’s what you’re supposed to do. But here’s the paradox: as your business expands in size and complexity, so does the chance...
by Jim Schleckser | Mar 22, 2026 | Business
When Your Need for Data and Certainty Slows Everyone Else Down Let me start with a warning: Be careful how you say the word infomaniac. But in all seriousness, “infomaniac” is one of the most common traps I see innovative, well-meaning CEOs fall into....
by Jim Schleckser | Mar 15, 2026 | Business
Why Everything Stalls When Every Decision Runs Through You—and How to Fix It I’ve spent a lot of time with CEOs trying to figure out why their organizations aren’t moving as fast as they should. Revenue’s flat, innovation’s stalled, and decisions drag on for weeks....
