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Summer is just around the corner, and with it comes a wave of momentum and innovation! In this June edition of ARC Reads, we're spotlighting the latest tech trends and strategic insights that are heating up as we head into the new season.

What We're Reading This Month

‍Great Leaders Make People Feel Noticed - Last year, I worked alongside a major airline’s cleaning crew at a busy airport. In the airline business, turnaround time is everything. When you deplane, these workers begin sanitizing the bathrooms, seats, and floors. They’re under constant pressure. The team I observed that day had some of the highest cleanliness scores at the airline, and it didn’t take me long to find out why.

The Truth About Salt: How to Avoid One of the World’s Biggest Hidden Killers - Most of us consume far too much, which can lead to high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes. But there are some simple ways to retrain your palate and reduce your intake. More here.

To Create Value with AI, Improve the Quality of Your Unstructured Data - A company’s content lies largely in “unstructured data” those emails, contracts, forms, SharePoint files, recordings of meetings and so forth created via work processes. That proprietary content makes gen AI more distinctive, more knowledgeable about your products and services, less likely to hallucinate, and more likely to bring economic value. As a chief data officer we interviewed pointed out, “You’re unlikely to get much return on your investment by simply installing CoPilot.” Article is posted here.

How Saying 'Yes' to Everything Can Stall Your Growth; Here's How to Say 'No' Without Burning Bridges - Learn how to say "no" with grace and strategy protecting your team, staying true to your vision and preserving relationships while building a business that thrives with integrity. Entrepreneurs are known for being ambitious and driven, constantly scanning the horizon for ways to make their business stronger and more profitable. This eagerness to embrace every opportunity can help fuel growth and build crucial momentum, especially in a company's early stages. However, as businesses mature, the ability to strategically decline client requests becomes equally important.

Growth Isn’t the Only Way for Companies to Create Value -It’s a basic goal of most companies: to grow revenue each year. But as globalization recedes, populations in many nations grow older (and buy less), and sustainability concerns lead more people to scrutinize the necessity of every purchase, companies are facing headwinds to growth. And while growth can be a particularly powerful differentiator in such a challenging context, it is also particularly risky. Pushing for growth at all costs can end up destroying value rather than creating it, through wasteful investments and diverting resources from the core strengths of the firm. Learn how to create more value here.