One of the strongest themes I took away from the HR Healthcare Conference wasn’t about AI, recruiting technology, benefits design, or leadership development.  It was storytelling.  The ability to help employees understand not just what an organization offers, but why it matters and what it means for them.  Yet a Leadership IQ study found that only 15% of employees understand the rationale behind their organization’s strategy. That gap between […]

Agency life has always embraced pace.  The quick turnaround. The last-minute client ask. The launch that needs to land tomorrow. The pitch that somehow comes together because everyone mucks in. It’s part of what makes this industry exciting, and it’s one of the reasons so many of us love working in it.  But it’s also why wellbeing can’t just be something we acknowledge during an awareness […]

Former Edelman executive joins agency as Energy Managing Director NEW YORK, NY — June 30, 2026 — MikeWorldWide (MWW) today announced the appointment of Darrin Kayser as Energy Managing Director, to expand and lead the agency’s growing energy practice dedicated to helping organizations navigate one of the most consequential business issues of the coming decade: […]

Healthcare Isn’t Running Out of Money. It’s Running Out of Leverage.  These reflections are drawn from conversations at The Lion Forum, hosted by K Ventures at the historic Kennedy Compound in Cape Cod, and represent my own synthesis of the themes discussed by participants. *  Last week, I had the opportunity to attend The Lion Forum at the Kennedy Compound, right in my own backyard.   The […]