Steven Tian

Steven Tian is the director of research at the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute.

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  • ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – JANUARY 31: The headquarters for The Boeing Company is seen on January 31, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. Boeing is releasing their first quarterly earnings report after the recent incident where a door panel blew out on their troubled Max 9 aircraft mid flight. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)Commentary

    Boeing is shaking up its ‘good ole boys’ culture–but the company still has a long way to go before it gets its production and financials right

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
  • Nelson Peltz, founder and chief executive officer of Trian Fund Management, during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute Priority Summit in Miami, Florida, US, on Thursday, March 30, 2023. The summit offers an opportunity for expert leaders in topics like climate change, poverty and immigration to meet with potential partners and catalyze projects to move from the research stage to full-developed real-world solutions. Photographer: Marco Bello/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

    Nelson Peltz is still trying to get seats on Disney’s board–but Bob Iger is no easy target for the activist investor’s 25th attempt to take control of the company

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
  • Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun is departing a meeting with Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) in the Hart Senate Office Building, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 25, 2024, as Boeing is dealing with the fallout of multiple recent safety mishaps, including a door blowing out mid-flight. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Commentary

    Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun is on the hot seat. Here are 3 concrete steps he must take to restore the company’s credibility

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
  • Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, participates in a conversation on AI and the Future at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week in San Francisco, California, on November 16, 2023. The APEC Summit takes place through November 17. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    Biggest CEO successes and setbacks: 2023’s triumphs and 2024’s challenges

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
  • MOSCOW, RUSSIA – DECEMBER 7: Russian president Vladimir Putin participates in the annual investment forum “Russia calling!” at the World Trade Center on December 7, 2023 in Moscow, Russia. The Russian bank VTB Capital initiated its annual forum with the opening day event. (Photo by Vladimir Pesnya/Epsilon/Getty Images)Commentary

    ‘Parroting Putin’s propaganda’: The business exodus over Ukraine was no Russian bonanza

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Tymofiy Mylovanov, and others
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 29: Lina Khan, Chairperson of the Federal Trade Commission, speaks onstage during The New York Times Dealbook Summit 2023 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 29, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The New York Times)Commentary

    Competition cop Lina Khan’s antitrust overreach is hurting U.S. competitiveness–and destroying billions of dollars in value

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
  • From left to right: Yale’s Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, former White House advisor Jared Kushner, UAE Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba, Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog.Commentary

    Jared Kushner, Arab and Israeli officials outline day-after solutions for the first time since the Oct. 7 attacks at Yale’s Middle East Peace Dialogue

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
  • LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 18: Disney Executive Chairman Bob Iger attends the Exclusive 100-Minute Sneak Peek of Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back at El Capitan Theatre on November 18, 2021 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney)Commentary

    ‘The wizard vs. the illusionist’: Bob Iger faces another challenge as ex-Disney employees join activist investor Nelson Peltz in a personal vendetta against the iconic CEO

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
  • NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 17: Albert Bourla, chief executive officer of Pfizer pharmaceutical company, waits to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Thursday afternoon, January 17, 2019 in New York City. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up over 150 points at the close on Thursday, after news reports that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is floating a proposal to lift some U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods in an effort to push trade talks forward between the U.S. and China. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Commentary

    These CEOs are rising to the occasion–and condemning the brutal Hamas attack on Israel. The rest of civil society is MIA

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 02: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 02, 2023 in New York City. The Dow fell over 300 points in trading following news Fitch downgraded the United States economy to AA+ from AAA late on Tuesday spooking investors and markets. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Commentary

    Did Fitch ditch its credibility by playing politics? Here’s why rating agencies have a knack for getting it wrong

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
  • WEST COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – JULY 6: President Joe Biden speaks about his economic plan at the Flex LTD manufacturing plant on July 6, 2023 in West Columbia, South Carolina. The President announced a new partnership between Enphase Energy and Flex LTD. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)Commentary

    Bidenomics’ critics are being proven wrong. Happy days are here again

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
  • Young business man searching for mobile phone signal.Commentary

    Why AT&T and Verizon’s infrastructure woes run much deeper than lead cables

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
  • MOSCOW, RUSSIA – SEPTEMBER 25: (RUSSIA OUT) A shopper looks at a 2023 calendar featuring a photograph of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Auchan store July 25, 2022 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)Commentary

    ‘The Feckless 400’: These companies are still doing business in Russia–and funding Putin’s war

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
  • Commentary

    True believers, profiteers, and curious creators: Meet the 5 schools of thought that dominate the A.I. debate

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Paul Romer, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 08: Doug McMillon (centre), Chief Executive Officer of Walmart, during an event attended by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Business Roundtable during his visit to Washington DC in the US on June 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Niall Carson – WPA Pool/Getty Images)Commentary

    Speculative headlines about artificial intelligence are missing the point. Here’s what America’s top CEOs told us they intend to use A.I. for

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian