by Touch Stone Publishers | Feb 19, 2026
The Culture Equation — ACMS Blog ACMS Blog — Organizational Culture The Culture Equation: How the World’s Most Successful Leaders Turn Culture into a Measurable Performance Asset New data from Gallup, McKinsey, SHRM, and Edelman reveals that culture is no...
by Touch Stone Publishers | Feb 13, 2026
The CIO Scapegoat: A Contrarian Whitepaper The CIO Scapegoat Why the “CIO Mandate Gap” is a Failure of CEO Leadership A Contrarian Whitepaper by Touch Stone Publishers | February 13, 2026 Executive Summary The prevailing narrative in boardrooms and...
by Touch Stone Publishers | Feb 9, 2026
The conversation around artificial intelligence has focused relentlessly on models, algorithms, and use cases. Meanwhile, a more fundamental constraint is quietly reshaping which companies will actually succeed in deploying compute-intensive strategies: access to...
by Touch Stone Publishers | Feb 9, 2026
The Two-Trillion-Dollar Question In January 2026, a landmark survey from The Conference Board sent a shockwave through the global business community. It found that 43% of US CEOs now rank “uncertainty” as their top economic threat, surpassing even the fear...
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by Touch Stone Publishers | Feb 7, 2026
I. The Governing Thought: The Most Valuable Asset on the Factory Floor is Tacit Knowledge, and AI is Now the Key to Unlocking It The manufacturing industry is facing a dual crisis: a wave of retiring veteran workers is leaving with decades of irreplaceable,...
by Touch Stone Publishers | Feb 5, 2026
The CEO’s Dilemma: A Complete Framework for Measuring AI ROI in an Uncertain Economy In January 2026, a landmark survey from The Conference Board revealed a profound anxiety at the heart of the global C-suite. While grappling with pervasive economic uncertainty,...
