November 2026
Cover Story
Capital in Motion
Greater Phoenix benefits from a diverse, expanding business base, with strengths in healthcare, real estate and professional services and growing activity in advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, technology and biosciences. In conjunction with that … [More]
Features
Benefits of Perceiving Conflict as an Opportunity
In general, optimism about the outcomes of any endeavor — whether it’s a business opportunity or a conversation — makes success more likely. That’s probably obvious, and I’m sure we all have anecdotal evidence to prove such a hypothesis. Nonetheless, … [More]
Why ‘It’s Just My Leadership Style’ Is a Terrible Excuse
It’s common for leaders to stick to one leadership style. Many do so in the name of fairness. After all, shouldn’t we be treating everyone the same? Leaders want to be supportive and give each individual what they need but, by using the exact same … [More]
Adjacency Is the New Amenity: Rethinking what makes a location work
Every tenant in the Valley is doing the same math right now. Capital costs more than it did a few years ago, footprints are rightsizing, and leases signed in a very different market are coming up for renewal. While most companies evaluate occupancy … [More]
Cullum Homes Builds to Last
Rod and Kim Cullum founded Cullum Homes in 1985 with a straightforward idea: Build with quality, operate with integrity and keep relationships at the center. Four decades later, the firm is a second-generation, family-owned luxury design-build … [More]
Roundtable
Bridging the Gap between Gen Z and Today’s Employers
Generation Z is getting older. More are hitting the job market and starting their careers. However, recent data indicates a significant disconnect … [More]
Economy
This Program Could Unlock $2.5 Million in Arizona Startup Funding
Nathan Friedman is the CEO of HemaSense, an Arizona-based startup with a wearable patch that detects bleeding beneath the skin before it surfaces at … [More]
Nonprofit
Podcasts: A Powerful Business Tool for Connection and Thought Leadership
For years, business leaders have utilized traditional channels to build their personal brands and showcase their subject matter expertise, from … [More]
From the Top
Designated Broker Walt Brown Jr. Believes in Building Leaders Before Buildings
For Walt Brown Jr., leadership has never been about having all the answers. It's about creating an environment where other people can discover theirs. That philosophy has guided Diversified … [More]
Legal
Medicare and Cybersecurity Changes to Prepare for in 2027
Medicare changes taking effect in 2027 will reach well beyond the billing department. New requirements for electronic prior authorization, changes in health-plan payment calculations and an expanded … [More]
Startups
The Little Play Avenue Is Big on Carefully Mapped Design
“We're a 3,500-square-foot play atelier for children from birth to age 7,” says Leena Hasbini, Ed.D., founder and creative director of The Little Play Avenue, describing the facility as shoe-free and … [More]
Redefine Wellness Treats Mental Health in a Safe Environment
Redefine Wellness & Treatment is a boutique, trauma-informed outpatient mental health center in Scottsdale that provides personalized, neuroscience-based care for individuals struggling with … [More]
Healthcare
Why Phoenix Could Become Ground Zero for Legal Peptide Compounding
Phoenix has quietly become one of the most interesting and lucrative places in the country to practice integrative medicine. If the FDA moves forward with approving six new peptides following its advisory panel’s recent recommendation, Phoenix’s … [More]
Why Innovation and Patient Experience Are Redefining Outpatient Behavioral Healthcare
For decades, medication-based psychiatric care has followed a familiar rhythm: a diagnosis, a prescription, and a follow-up visit weeks or months later. What that model couldn't offer was visibility between those visits: a way for patients to report … [More]
Technology
AI-Powered Identity Verification for Arizona Real Estate Closings
As real estate fraud schemes become increasingly sophisticated, title insurance companies are turning to technology to strengthen security throughout the closing process. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company’s Phoenix National Commercial … [More]
How AI Is Making Email Marketing More Powerful for B2B Brands
When most think of “AI for email marketing,” they think of drafting emails. But that’s only the beginning. Customer acquisition costs continue to climb, and AI has made it possible for any competitor to produce content at a volume that would have … [More]
Semi Insights
Two Investment Cycles Shape Arizona’s Chip Boom
Microchip Technology’s sales are climbing while most of its factory expansion plans remain on hold. The Chandler-based chipmaker reported companywide sales of $1.485 billion for the quarter ended June 30, up 38% from a year earlier. Yet it continued … [More]
Chip Employers Help Shape Arizona’s Workforce Training
Arizona’s semiconductor employers are taking a direct role in preparing the people they hope to hire. At Arizona State University, that involvement extends into recruiting: Participants who complete the Foundations for Equipment Technician Program … [More]
CRE
The Risks of Letting Culture Take a Back Seat to Construction Demand
Across Arizona, demand for large-scale industrial projects is accelerating, requiring construction firms to scale quickly. In that pressure-cooker environment, culture can feel secondary to schedules and project delivery. The challenge is growing … [More]
The Missing Middle: Industrial Space Is Evolving with Arizona’s Small Businesses
For much of the past two decades, industrial development has focused on getting bigger. Larger warehouses and distribution facilities have supported Arizona’s emergence as a major manufacturing and logistics market, but that growth has also exposed a … [More]
Briefs
Before Adopting Another AI Tool, Do You Know Who Your Employees Trust?
Businesses are investing heavily in artificial intelligence, but technology alone does not guarantee better performance. Whether a new tool succeeds often depends on something less visible: the relationships, trust and informal networks that shape … [More]
Creating Meaningful STEM Experiences for Young People
Avnet and the Arizona Cardinals partnered to bring STEM to life through football. Together, the organizations hosted a STEM event for the Boys & Girls Clubs Parsons Branch in Phoenix. During the event, attendees at the Boys & Girls Club … [More]
Turboprop Charter Comes to Scottsdale Airport
Private air charter in the Daher TBM 910 turboprop is now available from Scottsdale Airport (SDL). Little Hawk Logistics LLC, an air charter broker and aircraft owner, arranges flights operated by 45 North Flight, an FAA-certificated direct air … [More]
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