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TEDx, Harvard Business School, FIT and UBS stages. Columns for Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Entrepreneur.
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A View of AI and the Future of Retail
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Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business
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Future Operating Models in the Superintelligence Era
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Scaling Enterprise AI: How to Turn AI into ROI
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Harvard Business School Technology Conference
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Thought leadership
Industry voice & thought leadership in Tier 1 publications.
Thought leadership
Columns on retail, CPG and luxury strategy, written as a member of the Forbes Business Council.
What Retailers Should Consider While Building AI Departments
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The Five Shifts Quietly Rewriting The Rules Of Luxury In 2026
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The GCC Revolution: How Retail And CPG Executives Can Respond
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Retail And Consumer Vision 2030: 10 Structural Signals Leaders Should Watch
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10 New CPG And AI Trends To Look For In 2026
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How Agentic Commerce Is Reshaping Retail And CPG Strategy
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The Case For Change Management In AI Transformations For Retail And CPG Brands
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The Enterprise Imperative For Retailers: Value-Centric Operating Models
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Self-Driving AI Is Transforming Retail Customer Experience
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Monetizing Retail Media Networks: A Strategic Framework For Retailers
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The Future Of Grocery Isn't On The Shelf, It's In The Value Chain
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Fast Company Executive Board pieces on AI, operating models and the future of retail.
The first holiday season where software picks the products
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AI is the new active ingredient
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Future operating models in the superintelligence era
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Why agentic systems are a strategic imperative for retailers
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Why the old savings playbook leads transformation astray
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10 new retail tech and AI trends that will define 2026
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How AI is changing the future of grocery retailer procurement
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AI in retail: How CMOs can transform marketing with AI
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An Inc. column on what boardrooms and earnings calls reveal about AI that is actually working.
5 Things I Noticed from Retail Earnings in H1 2026
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3 Lessons From Boardrooms Where AI Is Working
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From AI Transformation to AI Native
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The Store of the Future
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4 Steps to Move Beyond the AI Hype
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Most Organizations Underinvest in Leadership
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27 Ways to Make Decisions Without Complete Information
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How 21 Leaders Let Employees Use AI in the Workplace
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Growth Investment or Maintaining Profitability?
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Supercharge Your Retail and CPG AI Strategy in 2026
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Leadership and transformation perspectives with Entrepreneur.
The Harvard Business School Independent Publication
A column on retail, consumer and AI for the HBS community.
LaCharismaé AI Labs
A sample boutique that shows how agentic commerce is done.
Intent, retail media networks and AI agents, demonstrated live.
