Kunal Kapoor is the CEO of Morningstar. In 1984, Morningstar was founded out of a Chicago apartment, named after a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote. The company aimed to empower investors to make more successful decisions by providing them with high quality insights. Ten years later, Morningstar had about 200 employees, and around that time Kunal became one of them. Since then, the company has indeed transcended, albeit in a direction more NASDAQ than Walden Pond. In 2005, the company we...
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Kunal Kapoor is the CEO of Morningstar. In 1984, Morningstar was founded out of a Chicago apartment, named after a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote. The company aimed to empower investors to make more successful decisions by providing them with high quality insights. Ten years later, Morningstar had about 200 employees, and around that time Kunal became one of them. Since then, the company has indeed transcended, albeit in a direction more NASDAQ than Walden Pond. In 2005, the company we...
Kunal Kapoor is the CEO of Morningstar. In 1984, Morningstar was founded out of a Chicago apartment, named after a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote. The company aimed to empower investors to make more successful decisions by providing them with high quality insights. Ten years later, Morningstar had about 200 employees, and around that time Kunal became one of them. Since then, the company has indeed transcended, albeit in a direction more NASDAQ than Walden Pond. In 2005, the company we...
Craig Kliethermes is the CEO of RLI Insurance Company In 1961, Gerald Stephens founded Replacement Lens Inc to offer a novel insurance policy that covered the cost of replacing contact lenses. As the price of contacts fell over time, insurance demand fell as well, but RLI already diversified into other niche insurance markets. Today, RLI offers dozens of highly specialized insurance products across a wide range of niche markets that fill unmet customer needs This steady stream of ...
Adam Holton is the Chief People Officer of GE HealthCare. General Electric entered the healthcare more than one hundred years ago. In January 2023, GE HealthCare was spun off from General Electric as a publicly traded company with more than 50,000 employees and 2024 revenue of nearly $20 billion. Especially since its spin-off, GE HealthCare has cultivated a best-in-industry culture, as measured by Glassdoor ratings. Employees speak two standard deviations more positively than peer...
When Steve joined Milwaukee Tool as president in 2007, the company was 83 years old and sold a limited range of traditional power tools During his tenure as president, Steve led a remarkable transformation of the company’s strategy and culture that produced a steady stream of technical and product innovations. Today, Milwaukee Tool sells a wide range of cordless power tools for the building trades, and is the market share leader in North America and globally. This steady stream of new p...
Hermès has a truly unique culture, and also boasts one of the most impressive financial records in its industry. Sharon reveals the secrets of Hermès' cultural success. Link to Hermès Universal Registration Document Link to excellent Acquired podcast on Hermès
Bain & Company is a culture champion, measurably excelling on both financial value creation and employee satisfaction. Manny Maceda reveals the secrets of Bain's cultural success. Bain's operating principles link
Cummins is a culture champion, measurably excelling on both financial value creation and employee experience. Marvin Boakye reveals the secrets of Cummins' cultural success. Link to Cummins 2024 Human Capital Management Report
Hubspot is a culture champion, measurably excelling on both financial value creation and the employee experience. Katie Burke reveals the secrets of Hubspot's cultural success. Link to Hubspot's culture code
Red Hat is a culture champion, measurably excelling on both financial value creation and the employee experience. Jim Whitehurst reveals the secrets of Red Hat's cultural success and also reflects on cultural lessons learned as COO of Delta, another Culture Champion, and as President of IBMLink to Jim's book, The Open Organization
Kunal Kapoor is the CEO of Morningstar. In 1984, Morningstar was founded out of a Chicago apartment, named after a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote. The company aimed to empower investors to make more successful decisions by providing them with high quality insights. Ten years later, Morningstar had about 200 employees, and around that time Kunal became one of them. Since then, the company has indeed transcended, albeit in a direction more NASDAQ than Walden Pond. In 2005, the company we...
