The back-to-school learning mindset extends to business
Good morning. And good-bye to summer, sort of. We will not publish a CEO Daily on Monday because it’s Labor Day in the U.S.—a last hurrah of barbecues and beaches and random shows on Broadway, if you happen to be here in New York. September is the month that reinforces this city’s role as a mecca for leaders around the world, coming in for Fashion Week, Climate Week, the UN General Assembly and more. We’re doing several events, and we welcome the chance to meet more global leaders as they come through town, so please let me know if you’ll be here. Really. My email is below.
The back-to-school learning mindset also carries over to business. I’m looking forward to interviewing Indeed CEO Chris Hyams and former American Tower CEO Tom Bartlett at Deloitte’s Next Generation CEO Program in Westlake, Texas, in a few weeks. (Deloitte sponsors CEO Daily. Separately, check out our Next to Lead newsletter by my colleagues Ruth Umoh and Natalie McCormick.)
I’m also thrilled to be speaking with FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam at Dreamforce, Royal Bank of Canada CEO Dave McKay for the Canadian Club, and AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio at the ALL IN forum in Montreal. Let me know if you’ll be there, and I’ll be sure to share insights here on what they say. Feel free to suggest questions! My colleague Kristin Stoller and I are also co-hosting an intimate CEO dinner with entrepreneur and CEO Initiative member Sunny Gurpreet Singh in his Seattle home—the first of what I hope are many such gatherings to come.
Finally, for all the chief operating officers out there, let me extend an invitation to our inaugural Fortune COO Summit on Oct. 7 and 8 in Middleburg, Va. The two-day meeting will feature a mix of plenary sessions, small-group discussions, workshops, networking, and recreational activities. We will focus on how the COO role is transforming and get insights from leaders across the business landscape for personal and professional growth. Check out the agenda. You’ll meet a lot of us there and at our Impact Initiative in Atlanta later that week.
Such events foster opportunities to connect as human beings around topics of shared interest and learn from each other. That’s what fuels me every day. I welcome your feedback and look forward to continuing the conversation. Enjoy the weekend.
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Diane Brady
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