Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization

08/12/2026

ABL President Mimi Grant's mother and other family had very personal, life-changing experiences with the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, and most all of us had impactful experiences with COVID 19. Here Mimi compares and contrasts and shares some lessons learned.

One of my earliest memories was listening to my mother, Bea, recount several painful, early childhood events. First, she lost her beloved Papa, who, as Secretary of State of Louisiana, had been an official in the 1915 New Orleans Mardi Gras parade, where he caught a bad cold that that turned into pn

07/30/2026

Jim VandeHei, Axios co-founder, observed in The Wall Street Journal that “America is Blowing the AI Race,” because AI is providing “one of those rare, historic moments when government, business, schools and families could be working together to meet a truly generational challenge: to win the AI race.” Yet he fears that while American AI companies will collectively spend $1,000,000,000,000 on AI in 2027, they’ll be locked in a panicked and confused paralysis across government, business, campuses and the workforce. Meanwhile, China has a state-directed, countrywide plan to put AI into action and lock down the supply chain for future dominance; effectively, eating our lunch. Considering himself a “brutal realist,” VandeHei acknowledged that “Bad things happen if things get botched.” So, he shared “Seven Ideas to Get Back on Track”

Jim VandeHei, Axios co-founder, observed in The Wall Street Journal that “America is Blowing the AI Race,” because AI is providing “one of those rare, historic moments when government, business, schools and families could be working together to meet a truly generational challenge: to win the A...

02/02/2026

Take a look at our latest ABL Healthcare Online with , news & more! **CLICK HERE: https://roundtables.abl.org/healthcare/newsletter/ **
[archived issue: https://www.abl.org/A/012826H.html ]

02/02/2026

Check out our latest ABL Technology Online & industry trend-letter! **CLICK HERE: https://roundtables.abl.org/technology/newsletter/ **
[archived issue: https://www.abl.org/A/011526T.html ]