Introducing The Next 100 Leadership Index Over the past five years, organizations have navigated overlapping waves of disruption—technological acceleration, labor-market volatility, rising employee expectations and pressure for stronger governance and social responsibility. The leaders who succeed in 2026 will be those who adapt to these changes with discipline and a willingness to rethink long-standing assumptions. Across industries, research points to similar conclusions: T

Research shows regions with active civic networks and leadership programs show higher levels of innovation and civic participation.

In leadership, roots are your values, your self-awareness, your ability to reflect before reacting. They’re the habits and principles that keep you steady when conditions change.

Born in Omaha and raised with a deep respect for both street culture and fine art, Jackson built Local Art Plug from the ground up.

In every movement, every challenge and every comeback, there is one powerful constant: hope. It fuels leaders. It rallies communities. It's the curious bend in the road that becomes a contagious energy for change.

In leadership, we often talk about momentum: moving forward, making change, accelerating results. What's equally important is the question we don’t always stop to ask: What’s holding you steady?

Certainty may never return in the way we once knew it, but leadership doesn’t require certainty. It requires clarity, trust and the courage to evolve.

Adaptive leadership is less about "knowing" and more about being tuned in to what’s happening now, allowing us to move with life's changes.

Change doesn’t knock anymore. It lets itself in, makes a mess of your plans and dares you to figure out what matters most.

The world remembers Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, but few recall the man whose brilliance made their inventions practical. Without him, the lightbulb might have struggled to achieve widespread use, and the telephone’s development might have taken a different path. His name was Lewis Latimer - and he helped illuminate the world. The Challenge By the 1870s, the world was racing toward electric light. Thomas Edison had developed a working lightbulb, but it still faced

Confidence helps people push boundaries, overcome challenges and seize opportunities.

by Jill Bruckner From academic rigor to superior student-support systems, WalletHub’s recently released report, States with the Best &...

Omaha leaders unveil four pillars for the future.