Endurance. Jazz, architecture, leadership.

Mrs. Kennedy explained that she felt he would be fun to work with and that he was “so full of promise, like Jack.” Aside from liking Pei as a person, she also appreciated the qualities of his design that can probably be attributed to his modernist ideals. “He didn’t seem to have just one way to solve a problem,” she described. “He seemed to approach each commission thinking only of it and then develop a way to make something beautiful.”

From industry disruption and evolving technology to the global pandemic and shifting cultural norms, there are countless challenges for executives to overcome. But Useem believes there is only one sure way to rise above them.

“There’s no medication to make you a leader, no pill you can take, no simple solution for it. It’s often a lifelong process,” he said