Mike Flynt, 59-Year-Old Linebacker: ‘Do You Let Your Regrets Define You?’ Summary Mike Flynt, who was dismissed from his college football team in 1971, returned to Sul Ross University at age 59 and became the oldest contributing player in NCAA history. Motivated by long-held regret and a desire to mentor younger players, Flynt made the […]
Compete With Hunger, Not Hours Summary Patrick Lencioni argues that competitiveness should be driven by employee hunger, ownership and passion — not by counting hours. He critiques long-hours prescriptions (like the 9-9-6 model) and restrictions such as strict “right to disconnect” rules that focus on time rather than motivation. Lencioni says leaders should create cultures […]
Congratulations to the 2025 Learning in Practice Award finalists! Summary Chief Learning Officer (CLO) has announced the finalists for the 2025 Learning in Practice Awards. Winners (gold, silver or bronze) will be revealed during a virtual ceremony on 16 October, when the CLO of the Year for 2025 will also be announced. Established in 2003, […]
Embracing the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Talent Summary This commentary highlights student-run security operations centres (SOCs) as a practical, scalable way to tackle the global cybersecurity workforce shortage. Using the Louisiana State University (LSU) whole-of-state student-run SOC as the main example, the piece explains how public–private partnerships (LSU, TekStream, Splunk, AWS) deliver 24/7 coverage, hands-on […]
Scammers Are Using Grok to Spread Malicious Links on X Summary Bad actors on X (formerly Twitter) have discovered a technique labelled “grokking” to bypass X’s ban on links in promoted posts. Scammers place malicious URLs in the small “From” caption of video cards, then prompt X’s AI assistant Grok via comments (for example: “@grok […]
Peyton Murphy’s Long Game: Inside the Career of a Trial Lawyer Who Won’t Back Down Summary Peyton Murphy, raised in South Louisiana, trained at LSU (BA 1988) and Tulane School of Law (JD 1991). After clerking for a state district judge and working in insurance defence, he founded Murphy Law Firm in Baton Rouge in […]
What if Real Leadership Isn’t About Doing More, But About Going Deeper? Summary Dr Avra Lyraki argues that effective leadership is less about doing ever more and more about leading from depth. Drawing on decades of coaching C-suite executives across startups and multinationals, she distils leadership into four guiding practices: Reflect, Communicate, Connect, Excel. These […]
Productivity and Employee Well-being – Two Sides of the Same Coin (Part 1) Summary Leo Bottary argues that the practices used by top CEO peer forums — hiring the right people, building psychological safety, and practising servant leadership — can be applied across organisations to boost both productivity and employee well-being. His Peernovation approach adapts […]
How Leaders Can Leverage “The Curiosity Curve” to Spark Innovation, Engagement, and Trust Summary Dr Debra Clary argues that curiosity is not a nicety but a learnable leadership capability that drives innovation, engagement and trust. From her early experience as a Frito-Lay delivery driver to leading teams in Fortune 50 firms, she observed that people […]
CEO Confidential: 10 items for the CEO agenda Summary This CEOWORLD briefing pulls together ten high‑impact items every CEO should have on their Q3 2025 agenda. It covers macroeconomic surprises (US strength vs. Germany’s contraction), disruptive trade moves (a 39% US duty on Swiss goods), fast‑moving AI developments and regulation (EU AI Act live; GPT‑5 […]
