Power of Ideas

Health systems are under ongoing pressure—from pandemics and conflict to climate-driven disasters—while funding grows less predictable.

A member of my team asked me something over coffee recently that I have been thinking about since. She wanted to know what keeps me going. Not the professional answer, but the real one.

The most important questions are often the simplest ones. One question has become central to how I think about leadership: Are we creating problems or solving them?

When I think about the future of food, I don’t start with technology or capital markets. I start in the field, with farmers I’ve spent time with, as people who wake up before sunrise to make decisions that carry real risk. I think about...

Technology is advancing at a breathtaking pace. Markets are shifting. Expectations—from customers, employees, and communities—are evolving in real time.

In my role as head of US philanthropy at JPMorganChase, I spend a lot of time with organizations and communities working to expand opportunity—helping entrepreneurs access the capital they need to grow, families buy a home for the first...

For decades, conversations about financial inclusion focused on access to products, such as bank accounts, insurance, and retirement plans.

The Latin writer Publilius Syrus said: “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” And, while the seas are rarely ever calm, leaders today face great swells of change for which there is little precedent to consult for answers on how to...

Credit markets have grown rapidly over the past decade. In 2025, private credit accounted for roughly 27 percent of the $3.9 trillion US leveraged credit market, more than double its 13 percent share just a decade earlier. Forecasts suggest...