by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Jun 25, 2025
Culture Captures the Cost Savings In this week’s CEO Daily Brief, I spoke with labor strategy expert John Frehse about the growing pressure leaders face to choose between results and humanity. That pressure is a false choice. Culture isn’t a “nice-to-have”—it’s what...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Jun 23, 2025
This week, Jessica is joined by Megan Hansen, the Chief People Officer at Ontra – a legal tech company navigating the world of AI and private equity. Megan opens up about the paradoxes that define her role: balancing empathy with performance, innovation with...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Jun 18, 2025
What Becoming a Death Doula Has Taught Me About Change Management After five years volunteering in UC Davis’s No One Dies Alone program, I recently completed my end-of-life doula training to serve at Joshua’s House, a hospice for unhoused individuals nearing the end...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Jun 11, 2025
You Have a Leadership Problem Accountability gets tossed around in every leadership meeting, but most companies still get it wrong. It often shows up as performance reviews, stack rankings, or awkward check-ins—more about evaluation than empowerment. The result is...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Jun 10, 2025
This week, Jessica is joined by Nikesh Arora, the chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks. When he joined the company in 2018, Nikesh had no cybersecurity experience, but he explains how he brought a bold vision, nonlinear thinking, and a relentless belief in culture...
