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Slack cofounder Stewart Butterfield
Slack cofounder says workers and CEOs can get stuck doing ‘fake’ work like pre-meetings and slide shows

Slack and Flickr cofounder Stewart Butterfield says even CEOs and directors are guilty of doing “fake” work—and it‘s on managers to ensure workforces are being productive.

By Emma BurleighMarch 1, 2026
Young dejected worker on phone
USAA CEO says Gen Z ‘are not going to be as well off’ as boomers and Gen Xers—they need to take ownership of their success, he urges
By Emma BurleighMarch 1, 2026
An older man wears an American flag.
Your grandparents are the reason the U.S. isn’t in a recession right now. That won’t last forever
By Eleanor PringleMarch 1, 2026
Gamers celebrating
Meet the Gen Z college students who turned Excel into a competitive esport—they’re competing in spreadsheet challenges and it’s helping them land jobs
By Preston ForeFebruary 28, 2026
world's fair
Something big is happening in AI, but panic is the wrong reaction
By Peter CappelliFebruary 28, 2026
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Middle EastWeeks before his death, Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader heard shouts of ‘Death to Khamenei’ and unleashed a bloody crackdown
By Lee Keath, Cara Anna and The Associated PressMarch 1, 2026
Big TechYouTube’s cofounder and former tech boss doesn’t want his kids to watch short videos, warning short-form content ‘equates to shorter attention spans’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 1, 2026
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Middle EastTop diplomat on Middle Eastern regime change as a losing game: ‘U.S. history in that area of the world is not good with this’
By Donald Heflin and The ConversationMarch 1, 2026
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Middle East3 U.S. military service members killed, 5 wounded in Iran operation, Central Command says
By The Associated PressMarch 1, 2026
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Middle EastFormer Trump security advisor sees no off-ramp this time around for Iran, Israel and America
By Javed Ali and The ConversationMarch 1, 2026
North AmericaSecret Service boosts security at key sites after Iran attacks
By Myles Miller and BloombergMarch 1, 2026
EnergyOPEC+ to resume oil output increases as Iran conflict rages
By Grant Smith, Nayla Razzouk, Salma El Wardany, Fiona MacDonald and BloombergMarch 1, 2026
Middle EastIran will pick a new supreme leader in ‘one or two days’ as retaliation attacks spread to more targets after Khamenei’s death
By Jon Gambrell, Melanie Lidman, Josh Boak, Eric Tucker and The Associated PressMarch 1, 2026
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Engineers wear helmets and high-visibility vests while inspecting an aircraft
SuccessThis ‘hidden’ career path is in dire need of more workers—and it can pay Gen Z over $300,000 with no degree required
By Preston ForeNovember 14, 2025
Quantavia Smith sits for a photo in her studio apartment at the Santa Monica and Vermont Apartments in Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025
Real EstateThis 38-year-old used to be homeless and now pays $19 per month for an apartment over an LA subway station thanks to affordable housing
By Michael Casey and The Associated PressNovember 14, 2025
AIWhy Genpact has an Agentic AI Officer and why she dislikes the term ‘human in the loop’
By Sage LazzaroNovember 14, 2025
JG Chirapurath
CommentaryI had a front-row seat to AI’s rise at Microsoft and SAP. Here’s the billion-dollar blind spot everyone’s missing
By JG ChirapurathNovember 14, 2025
Laura Kavanagh
CommentaryI was New York City’s first female fire commissioner. It’s time to stop asking women to ‘fit the room’ and just fix the room instead
By Laura KavanaghNovember 14, 2025
C-SuiteOnlyFans CEO will not tolerate ‘that squidgy layer of middle management’ and refuses to hire them
By Jim EdwardsNovember 13, 2025
Palantir CEO Alex Karp
SuccessPalantir CEO Alex Karp says this type of prestigious college grad is doomed. People with expert knowledge will ‘make a lot more money’
By Emma BurleighNovember 13, 2025
Steve Hasker
CommentaryAI requires a rethink of the apprenticeship model for knowledge professionals 
By Steve HaskerNovember 13, 2025
SuccessAccenture CEO Julie Sweet: ‘Every leader needs to think of themselves as a reinventor’
By Roula Amire and Great Place To WorkNovember 13, 2025
Gen Z is increasingly seeking six-figure jobs nannying for high-net-worth families.
Personal FinanceGen Z, iced out from traditional white-collar jobs, is increasingly turning to nanny work for rich people—and nabbing 6-figure salaries in the process
By Nino PaoliNovember 12, 2025
Jim Farley with his hands raised
SuccessFord CEO Jim Farley says the secret to climbing the corporate ladder flows through this department—and Tim Cook is proof it works
By Preston ForeNovember 12, 2025
By: Laura Crabtree, CEO and Co-founder of Epsilon3
CommentaryYour software should be space-grade — take it from an aerospace operations engineer
By Laura CrabtreeNovember 12, 2025
Three graduates take selfie
SuccessAs Gen Z question the values of higher ed, CEO at this nearly $1 billion company says it’s ‘silly’ to think one degree will be enough education for life
By Preston ForeNovember 12, 2025
Software engineer at desk in front of computers
Future of WorkHow Cisco is leaning on recruiting and upskilling staff in the AI era—instead of mass layoffs
By Preston ForeNovember 12, 2025
Andy Cohen
CommentaryThe new job for the airport CEO: It’s more challenging — and more uplifting — than ever
By Andy CohenNovember 12, 2025
Vimal Kapur
CommentaryAI is reimagining work. CEOs must rethink how we prepare future workers
By Vimal KapurNovember 12, 2025
Mercor Founders - Adarsh Hiremath, Brendan Foody
AIMeet the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, who skipped finals to make an empire out of teaching AI ‘what only humans know’
By Eva RoytburgNovember 12, 2025
Future of WorkThe only constant is change—here’s how to sell it to your people
By Phil GilbertNovember 12, 2025
Chinese students
SuccessChina’s average school day is 2 hours longer than the U.S., with all studies and no extracurriculars. The results could help it win the AI race
By Preston ForeNovember 11, 2025
David Ellison, in front of a purple background, puts both hands in front of himself as if measuring something.
Future of Work600 Paramount Skydance employees quit instead of returning to the office, and it cost the company $185 million, filings show
By Sasha RogelbergNovember 11, 2025
Lyft Chief Executive Officer David Risher
SuccessLyft’s CEO got the top job after initially turning it down—Here’s the six-week process that made him chief executive
By Emma BurleighNovember 11, 2025
Workers in meeting
SuccessGen Z wants to know what their coworkers earn—so they’re being more transparent about pay and shunning employers who hide salaries
By Jessica CoacciNovember 11, 2025
A sign at a NYS Department Of Labor job fair at the Downtown Central Library in Buffalo, New York, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025.
EconomyForget the ‘low-hire, low-fire’ jobs market: Covid-era talent hoarding is over, and 2026 layoff odds are tipping up, according to top economists
By Eleanor PringleNovember 11, 2025
CybersecurityAir Force veteran says cybersecurity is a natural career transition for civilian life—and it’s a field with more than 500,000 open jobs
By Billy Hurley and IT BrewNovember 11, 2025
Airplanes at airport
PoliticsTrump demands $10,000 bonuses for air traffic controllers who worked during shutdown and pay cuts for those who didn’t amid flight chaos
By Rio Yamat, Josh Funk and The Associated PressNovember 10, 2025
David Sacks, U.S. President Donald Trump's AI and Crypto Czar, speaks to press outside of the White House on March 07, 2025 in Washington, DC.
AIYou don’t hate AI because of genuine dislike. No, there’s a $1 billion plot by the ‘Doomer Industrial Complex’ to brainwash you, Trump’s AI czar says
By Eva RoytburgNovember 10, 2025
Lew Frankfort, former CEO of Coach
SuccessThe CEO who transformed Coach into a luxury powerhouse shares the grueling interview process he uses to vet candidates
By Emma BurleighNovember 10, 2025
Ring cofounder Jamie Siminoff
SuccessRing’s founder went from shoveling horse stalls to selling to Amazon for $1.15 billion and says work-life balance is a myth
By Preston ForeNovember 10, 2025
Jerome Powell
Economy‘Yikes’: Top investment bank looks under the hood of the economy and finds ‘the labor market doesn’t look that good’
By Nick Lichtenberg and Eva RoytburgNovember 10, 2025
Alix Earle
Big TechMicrosoft bets on influencers like Alix Earle to close the gap with ChatGPT
By Emily Forgash and BloombergNovember 10, 2025
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Iran is now on 'death ground' amid existential threat from U.S. attacks and could 'go big' in retaliation, former NATO commander warnsAn image of a popular article
By Jason MaFebruary 28, 2026
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Japanese companies are paying older workers to sit by a window and do nothing—while Western CEOs demand super-AI productivity just to keep your jobAn image of a popular article
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 27, 2026
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The week the AI scare turned real and America realized maybe it isn't ready for what's comingAn image of a popular article
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 28, 2026
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