John’s Blog
Back on The TMI Show: Giving, Rest and Financial Responsibility
December 17, 2025Tamika D. Mallory and Mysonne brought me onto Season 5 of The TMI Show for an episode about something every leader wrestles with: how to keep giving to your community without running yourself, or your finances, into the ground. We talked about rest, about the pressure of carrying other people’
Dale Carnegie: Eagles Don’t Fly in Packs
December 9, 2025Dale Carnegie invited me to talk about courage, faith and leadership, and about the habits that shaped my own path. One line from that conversation stays with me. If you become the person Dale Carnegie is trying to help you become, most people are not going to understand you anyway. Eagles don’
HOPE Global Forums 2025: Future Proofing, and the Launch of HOPE AI
December 3, 2025Every December, HOPE Global Forums brings leaders from business, government, faith and community to Atlanta. Our 2025 Annual Meeting was built around one idea: future proofing. By 2030, the biggest issue in most people’s lives will be artificial intelligence. That is why we used the Forum to l
USC Upstate Johnson Innovation Speaker Series: Making America AI-Ready
November 19, 2025The University of South Carolina Upstate invited me to give the 2025 Johnson Innovation Speaker Series talk at the George Dean Johnson, Jr. College of Business and Economics. My topic was Making America AI-Ready: Literacy and Ethics for Every Learner. I talked with students and the community about t
The Secrets of Racing with Shopify’s Tobi Lütke — And What It Teaches Us About Leadership
November 6, 2025Every Race Team Is a Business The Power of Smooth
National Mortgage News: The Affordable Housing Fund Is “Just the Beginning”
November 3, 2025The week we announced the CIM Group and Bryant Group Ventures affordable housing partnership, John Reosti of National Mortgage News sat down with me for a longer conversation about how it works. We found a capital stack that has never really been institutionalized, with Truist, Flagstar and City Nat
Rebuilding the World with AI
October 28, 2025From the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE, John Hope Bryant. A Future Built by the Curious For years, we’ve been hearing that “artificial intelligence is coming!” For …
The Breakfast Club with Ambassador Andrew Young: The Dirty Work
October 23, 2025Sitting beside Ambassador Andrew Young at The Breakfast Club was one of the honors of my year. We came to talk about The Dirty Work, the documentary on Andy’s life, and the conversation went everywhere: his friendship with Dr. King, the movement, and what this generation has to build next. And
Memphis: Change Your Credit Score, Change Your Life
The Memphis Area Minority Contractors Association asked me to keynote its gala at the Cadre Building, and I brought the most practical message I have. Move your credit score 100 points. Nothing outside of God and the law will change your life faster than raising that number. I also told the room tha
Good Soil Forum 2025: Faith, Capital and the Third Reconstruction
The Good Soil Forum asked me to give its morning keynote on the Transformation Agenda. I spoke about faith, financial literacy and what it will take to rebuild our communities in what I call the third reconstruction. Faith and capital belong in the same conversation. One gives you the reason to buil