In business — and especially the culture space — what the public thinks of your brand is everything. Do they find you trustworthy and reliable? Do they think of you as innovative, cool or luxurious? Controlling the narrative around your brand is key to ensuring you create the image you’re …
Read More »The Death of TikTok
In the ever-evolving landscape of digital culture, one phenomenon has risen to dizzying heights, captivating millions with its addictive allure — TikTok. This viral video-sharing platform has become a global sensation, its influence permeating every corner of pop culture and shaping the zeitgeist of an entire generation. However, beneath its …
Read More »Rising to the Top Together: Finding Strength in Numbers as an Emerging Artist
Life as an independent artist can bring unique struggles that not everyone seems to understand. Family members might put pressure on you to get a “real job,” or non-musician friends may ask why you’re always so busy creating content. When you’re chasing something you believe in, it’s important that others …
Read More »Seven Strategic Actions to Cultivate an Outcomes-Based Culture in Your Organization
In today’s dynamic business environment, fostering an outcomes-based culture is essential for companies aiming to remain competitive and innovative. An outcomes-based culture prioritizes achieving specific results over merely completing tasks, thus ensuring that all efforts are aligned with the organization‘s strategic goals. Here are seven actionable strategies that business leaders …
Read More »12 Steps Entrepreneurs Should Take if They Want to Succeed in the Culture Space
Much like technology, culture can change at the drop of a hat. People’s tastes, what’s “in” and “the next big thing” are constantly evolving, whether in reaction to current events or the latest innovation in a particular industry. Those entrepreneurs hoping to make it in this space must be able …
Read More »Money Reimagined: What Is Your Financial Love Language?
We eat more richly than kings and queens of the past. Imagine the grandeur of Louis XIV’s France, where tables encrusted with gold and gems overflowed with lavish feasts, yet something as simple as fresh grapes in winter remained beyond even the king’s reach. Today, such seasonal delicacies are everyday …
Read More »Leading the Change: Transforming Psychedelic Healthcare Through Harm Reduction Practices
The future of psychiatric treatment includes psychedelic healthcare. As the negative stigma around psychedelics and cannabis continues to shift, other stigmatized mind-altering medicines have emerged into mainstream culture and healthcare, offering options for addressing difficult mental health concerns, such as depression, anxiety, addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders …
Read More »Science Versus Experience in Psychedelic Research
For the last five years, my lead chemist, Armando, has developed new products that people with advanced chemistry degrees have assured me are impossible to make. From putting powderized functional mushrooms into vegan softgels to creating squeeze dabs with different cannabinoids and variable melting points, my guy keeps proving the …
Read More »11 Ways to Show Your Employees You Care About Their Mental Health and Well-Being
Filled with worry about the rising cost of living, the possible negative implications of AI in the workplace and increasingly unsustainable workloads, employees are feeling burned out. And with high levels of employee stress, both productivity and overall employee morale are negatively affected, meaning leaders are likely to have a …
Read More »Gratitude: The Cornerstone of Excellence, Leadership and Engagement
The world of work is changing dramatically. In an era characterized by relentless change and unpredictability, the corporate landscape is undergoing profound transformations. Geopolitical tensions, quantitative tightenings, foreign wars, the rise of AI, looming presidential elections. The pace at which the world keeps changing is impossible to keep up with. …
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