When Gulf Coast Western was established in 1970, it operated as a small oil and gas company with reserves concentrated in Louisiana and Texas. The company's founder built it on the premise of developing domestic resources in areas known for their geological richness. Over time, that foundation supported a much larger enterprise one that now extracts oil and gas across six states and manages operations through a web of joint ventures and...
Forty years in executive roles leaves a person with opinions. Michael Polk, the former CEO of Newell Brands, has spent decades refining his understanding of what the chief executive position demands and what it should look like going forward.Polk shared his views in a January 2025 interview, describing how the role of CEO has shifted and why he believes further evolution is not just desirable but necessary. His perspective draws on experience at...
Land is finite. That observation sits at the heart of much of Colcom Foundation's environmental analysis, which tracks decades of development, agricultural expansion, and habitat loss against a backdrop of a steadily growing U.S. population.The data the foundation presents are cumulative and specific. By 1990, roughly 133,000 square miles of U.S. land had been consumed by human-made structures and surfaces roads, parking lots, buildings, and...
When Hassan Jameel attended the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum in Riyadh, he left with a signed memorandum of understanding with Uber's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi — one of the more tangible results of a forum designed to connect American technology with Saudi ambition.The Uber deal commits the two companies to building a next-generation fleet operations platform covering both conventional ride-hailing and autonomous vehicle deployment across Saudi...
Justin Fulcher has a phrase he returns to when describing what separates successful technology modernization from the kind that generates press releases but not results: operational honesty. Understanding how an institution actually functions not how its org chart suggests it functions is the prerequisite for any meaningful change.That approach shaped his work at the Department of Defense, where he served as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of...
Healthcare technology is at an inflection point. The convergence of artificial intelligence, remote diagnostic tools, electronic health records, and changing patient expectations about access and convenience is creating conditions for genuine transformation in how care is delivered — transformation that will benefit patients, reduce system costs, and create significant commercial opportunities for the companies building the infrastructure of...
Competitive advantage in payments technology is notoriously difficult to sustain. The underlying technology is widely available, the regulatory environment applies consistent standards across participants, and the economic incentives for imitation are high. Thomas Priore has built Priority's competitive edge on dimensions that are harder to replicate than technology alone — specifically, on the depth of integration with merchant business...