by Jackie Acho | Oct 11, 2017 | #Sexy, Addiction, CEO, Not Sexy, Rape culture, Uncategorized, Violence
Memo to: Harvey Weinstein Subject: You are #NotSexy Dear Harvey, The times they are a changin’. It’s been a long time coming since you grew up in the 60’s and 70’s, but things are accelerating now. One day, you’re at the top of the heap. You have access to lots of...
by Jackie Acho | Jul 5, 2014 | CEO, Changemaker, Empathy, Feminist revolution, Innovation with a soul, Motherhood, Mothers, Parenting, Uncategorized, Women in Leadership, Work Family Balance
Thank you Indra Nooyi, President and CEO of PepsiCo, for your refreshingly brutal honesty about the tradeoffs between business leadership and parenting. “You know, you have to cope, because you die with guilt. You just die with guilt. My observation is that the...
by Jackie Acho | May 8, 2014 | CEO, Changemaker, Creative disruption, Mergers and Acquisitions
Sharon Sobol Jordan is the CEO of the Centers for Families and Children , as well as a dear friend and client. She writes about institutionalizing innovation and positive disruption on her blog, Innovation Inside. This collaborative post is being simultaneously...
by Jackie Acho | Nov 14, 2013 | CEO, Empathy, Intrapraneurship, Realizing Empathy, Teaching Empathy
Dear CEO of a Large Organization, We know you worry about cost. It’s your job and something you instill in everyone throughout your organization. It’s good and right that you do, because you can’t be financially sustainable otherwise. So, when we talk about...
by Jackie Acho | Nov 7, 2013 | CEO, Culture, Feminist revolution, Innovation, Intrapraneurship, Parenting, Women in Leadership, Work Family Balance
Dear CEO of a Large Organization, You were raised to believe that cash is king, top-grading is leadership development, and workaholism is something to be exploited. Your business school competed you against your peers, which was vital practice for the years to come...