CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
In just five minutes a day, Dr. Jessica Kriegel, Chief Strategy Officer of Workforce and Labor for Culture Partners, unpacks the latest research, trends and strategies shaping workplace culture, and driving business results. CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.
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You Paid the Tariffs. Who Gets the Refund?
<p>In today’s episode:</p> <p>Companies are finding unexpected ways to distribute tariff-related savings, from employee 401(k) contributions to support for suppliers. But who deserves the money back?</p> <p>If consumers paid higher prices because of tariffs, should businesses compensate their employees instead? </p> <p>A company’s headline-making decision can look like a win for workers while leaving a critical question unanswered: Who actually gets made whole?</p> <p>CEO Daily Brief is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom. Hosted by Dr. Jessica Kriegel, Chief Strategy Officer at Culture Partners. She is frequ...
The AI Bottleneck Nobody Is Talking About
<p>In today’s episode:</p> <p>Your company has a lake of data, but AI still struggles to deliver the answers you need. The missing piece could be a technical layer most business leaders have never heard of.</p> <p>Why do databases and dashboards fall short when you need deeper insights? The answer lies in how AI connects business information, relationships, and context.</p> <p>Before investing in more AI capabilities, ask whether your organization has built the foundation needed to turn raw data into useful intelligence.</p> <p>CEO Daily Brief is a 5-minute daily podcast where bu...
Why Isn’t Your Company Getting Value From AI?
<p>In today’s episode:</p> <p>What’s the unspoken reason enterprise AI adoption keeps stalling?</p> <p>A culture consultancy ran an internal experiment pointing AI innovation at specific cultural beliefs instead of random productivity wins, and the results are still coming in.</p> <p>Company size turns out to change everything about whether AI efficiency threatens your job or just means more work to go around.</p> <p>CEO Daily Brief is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom. Hosted by Dr. Jessica Kriegel, Chief Strategy Officer at Culture Partners. She is frequently joined by J...
What the David Bar Controversy Teaches Leaders
<p>In today’s episode:</p> <p>A viral protein bar built its success on a special ingredient, and then bought the company supplying it, cutting off every other brand in the process.</p> <p>The infamous business tactic involving insulin pricing that demonstrates how far companies have gone with this same playbook, and why it’s considered predatory.</p> <p>How a software founder sold the same type of company to private equity three separate times.</p> <p>CEO Daily Brief is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom. Hosted by Dr. Jessica Kriegel, Chief Strategy Offi...
Can a Mission Statement Attract Better Employees?
<p>In today’s episode:</p> <p>A new CEO reveals why the mission statement he inherited was so broad it could have worked for a health clinic or a yoga studio, and what he replaced it with.</p> <p>There’s a telling reaction employees had once the new mission rolled out.</p> <p>A CEO pitching an archivist in Warsaw, Poland shows the real tension between chasing long-term opportunity and justifying the near-term return.</p> <p>CEO Daily Brief is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom. Hosted by Dr. Jessica Kriegel, Chief Strategy Officer at C...
Could Hackers Be Inside Your Company Right Now?
<p>In today’s episode:</p> <p>Attackers are now living undetected inside company systems for months before striking, and most leaders have no idea just how long that window of exposure is.</p> <p>A major automaker’s hack froze operations for an entire month, and the ripple effect hit companies that had nothing to do with the breach.</p> <p>There’s a human cause behind devastating attacks, and it reveals why cybersecurity is really a culture problem in disguise.</p> <p>CEO Daily Brief is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom. Hosted by Dr. Je...
What Would You Change If the World Might End Next Year?
<p>In today’s episode:</p> <p>A thought experiment about a non-zero chance the world ends next year leads to a surprisingly practical list of things worth changing right now.</p> <p>There’s a stark difference in how two people imagine their final days, one building a worship table, the other dreaming about ice cream.</p> <p>Cybersecurity is quietly becoming an existential problem for leaders, and most are nowhere near ready for the war room moment when it actually happens.</p> <p>CEO Daily Brief is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom. Hosted by D...
Would Your Company Survive a Major Tech Outage?
<p>In today’s episode:</p> <p>A barista’s innocent apology about a “Microsoft outage” reveals just how misunderstood one of the biggest tech failures in recent memory really was.</p> <p>There’s a specific architectural mistake that caused the outage, and one CEO explains why his company deliberately avoids that same risky setup.</p> <p>A blunt question keeps coming up in nearly every customer meeting, and the answer reveals the real difference between reacting to a crisis and preventing one.</p> <p>CEO Daily Brief is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom. Hosted by...
Do Your Policies Serve the Company or the Boss?
<p>In today’s episode:</p> <p>A leadership habit occurs every time work becomes harder to see, and most leaders don’t even realize they do it.</p> <p>Research from Stanford reveals a direct link between a CEO’s personality and the culture employees describe on sites like Glassdoor.</p> <p>There’s one question every leader can ask about a new policy that reveals whether it’s actually helping the organization or just making them feel more in control.</p> <p>CEO Daily Brief is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom. Hosted by Dr. Jessic...
Why Hackers Target Your People First
<p>In today’s episode:</p> <p>A planted USB drive labeled with a tempting personal file took less than ten minutes to get plugged into company laptops, revealing just how unsophisticated most successful cyberattacks actually are.</p> <p>A simple search on someone’s name and email can surface a decade’s worth of old passwords sitting on the dark web.</p> <p>A well-meaning pet photo contest for a company bonus reveals exactly the kind of emotional bait hackers count on.</p> <p>CEO Daily Brief is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom. Hosted by Dr...
