"Good morning. I rarely use the word 'courage' when describing leaders. Making hard choices is part of the job. But it's an apt label for Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado, who called in from a secret location to speak with us at the Fortune Global Forum earlier this week. With her life at risk and U.S. warships poised nearby, she had a lot to say about Donald Trump, Nicolás Maduro and the potential $1.7 trillion opportunity for business in Venezuela. You can watch our full interview here."
"Bestselling author and researcher Brené Brown talks about courage in this week's episode of Leadership Next. She frames it in the context of showing vulnerability and leading in a period where "people are emotionally dysregulated, distrustful and disconnected." Says Brown: "Leadership is plumbing and poetry. A good leader is poetic enough to set a vision that people want to follow, but they can also build the systems to deliver against that." You can listen to the full conversation with Kristin Stoller and me on Apple or Spotify."
"Many of the systems needed to thrive in business are built by leaders in the public sector. At the turn of this century, Venezuela was the richest country in South America. Now its economy has collapsed under the weight of corruption, mismanagement, human rights violations and other woes. It's hard to imagine creating the infrastructure for a thriving economy without a fundamental shift in its politics."
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado called in from a secret location with her life at risk and U.S. warships nearby, addressing Donald Trump, Nicolás Maduro, and a potential $1.7 trillion business opportunity in Venezuela. Brené Brown frames courage as combining vulnerability with the ability to build reliable systems, calling leadership "plumbing and poetry" and emphasizing vision plus operational delivery. Venezuela transformed from the richest South American country to an economy collapsed by corruption, mismanagement, human rights violations, and other woes. Cities are engines of innovation, job creation, and growth, requiring distinct public-sector skills to build infrastructure and run effectively. Markets are in positive territory and forum conversations covered leadership, political risk, and economic opportunity.
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