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Leaders push for a ‘Manhattan Project’ and public-private solutions around AI and labor

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By Diane BradyApril 3, 2026
Jack Dorsey and Roelof Botha think AI can make middle management obsolete 
Jack Dorsey and Roelof Botha think AI can make middle management obsolete 
By Jacqueline MunisApril 2, 2026
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Ford CEO Jim Farley says America is sleepwalking past its ‘essential economy’ crisis. Goldman Sachs just showed how big it really is
By Nick LichtenbergApril 2, 2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s advice to workers scared of AI: You’re just confusing your job with the tools you use to do it
By Emma BurleighApril 1, 2026
Gen Z fled San Francisco for Texas and Florida. Now they’re turning ‘welcomer cities’ into the next big tech towns
Gen Z fled San Francisco for Texas and Florida. Now they’re turning ‘welcomer cities’ into the next big tech towns
By Sydney LakeApril 2, 2026
Chief human resource officer salaries have surged 30% at S&P 500 companies. Here’s why boards are opening the checkbook
Chief human resource officer salaries have surged 30% at S&P 500 companies. Here’s why boards are opening the checkbook
By Courtney Vinopal and HR BrewApril 1, 2026
Latest Stories
With an IPO on the horizon, OpenAI needs to own the narrative. Solution? Buy a tech talk show
NewslettersWith an IPO on the horizon, OpenAI needs to own the narrative. Solution? Buy a tech talk show
By Alexei OreskovicApril 3, 2026
Today’s top high-yield savings rates: Up to 5.00% on April 3, 2026
Personal FinanceToday’s top high-yield savings rates: Up to 5.00% on April 3, 2026
By Glen Luke FlanaganApril 3, 2026
Top CD rates today, April 3, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.20%
Personal FinanceTop CD rates today, April 3, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.20%
By Glen Luke FlanaganApril 3, 2026
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InnovationGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai says we’re just a decade away from a new normal of extraterrestrial data centers
By Sasha RogelbergApril 3, 2026
Businesswoman reading a book on private jet while drinking champagne
SuccessThe world’s wealthiest families adopt these 7 key habits for success, according to JPMorgan
By Preston ForeApril 3, 2026
What it takes to retire comfortably in America: Nearly $1.5 million, Northwestern Mutual says
Personal FinanceWhat it takes to retire comfortably in America: Nearly $1.5 million, Northwestern Mutual says
By Sydney LakeApril 3, 2026
Cyprus and Ireland top list of best places to retire—as boomers are forced to ‘unretire’, the only real solution is to move abroad
SuccessCyprus and Ireland top list of best places to retire—as boomers are forced to ‘unretire’, the only real solution is to move abroad
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 3, 2026
Mortgage rates today, April 3, 2026
Personal FinanceMortgage rates today, April 3, 2026
By Glen Luke FlanaganApril 3, 2026
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C-SuiteInside the Fortune 500 CEO pressure cooker: Surviving is harder than ever and requires an ‘odd combination’ of traits
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 7, 2025
  • Awaneesh Verma, Senior Director of Product, Real Time Communication
    Big TechThe man behind Google Meet was raised in between cultures and languages. He sees the ‘beauty of technology’ making that a thing of the past
    By Nick LichtenbergNovember 30, 2025
Tamera Fenske, chief supply chain officer at Kimberly-Clark
SuccessKimberly-Clark exec is one of 76 women in the Fortune 500 with her title—she says bosses used to compare her to their daughters when she got promoted
By Emma BurleighDecember 7, 2025
Timm Chiusano
SuccessAfter he ‘fired himself’ from a Fortune 100 job that paid up to $800k, the ‘Mister Rogers’ of Corporate America shows Gen Z how to handle toxic bosses
By Jessica CoacciDecember 6, 2025
Construction workers are getting a salary bump for working on data center projects during the AI boom.
AIConstruction workers are earning up to 30% more and some are nabbing six-figure salaries in the data center boom
By Nino PaoliDecember 5, 2025
Steve Jobs holds up the first iPod Nano
Big TechApple is experiencing its biggest leadership shake-up since Steve Jobs died, with over half a dozen key executives headed for the exits
By Dave SmithDecember 5, 2025
Elon Musk and Bill Gates are wrong about AI replacing all jobs. ‘That’s not what we’re seeing,’ LinkedIn exec says—the opposite is happening
SuccessElon Musk and Bill Gates are wrong about AI replacing all jobs. ‘That’s not what we’re seeing,’ LinkedIn exec says—the opposite is happening
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 5, 2025
  • Harvard professor Arthur Brooks clutches his hands while sitting in a chair
    C-SuiteHarvard professor says leaders have a responsibility to be happy at work because it can affect your stock price
    By Dave SmithNovember 30, 2025
The workplace needs to be designed like an ‘experience,’ says Gensler’s Ray Yuen, as employees resist the return to office
Future of WorkThe workplace needs to be designed like an ‘experience,’ says Gensler’s Ray Yuen, as employees resist the return to office
By Angelica AngDecember 5, 2025
Gen Z
EconomyAmerica, meet your alienated youth: ‘Gold standard’ Harvard survey reveals Gen Z’s anxiety and distrust, defined by economic insecurity
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 4, 2025
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Success‘Godfather of AI’ says Bill Gates and Elon Musk are right about the future of work—but he predicts mass unemployment is on its way
By Preston ForeDecember 4, 2025
Factory worker on assembly line.
SuccessNearly 4 million new manufacturing jobs are coming to America as boomers retire—but it’s the one trade job Gen Z doesn’t want
By Emma BurleighDecember 4, 2025
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Future of WorkAI is reshaping the rhythm of the workweek–and leaders need to pay attention
By David ShimDecember 4, 2025
  • Lab-grown diamonds are crushing this African economy that was built on natural stones
    EconomyLab-grown diamonds are crushing this African economy that was built on natural stones
    By Sello Motseta, Farai Mutsaka and The Associated PressNovember 29, 2025
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AIGoogle VP says the AI revolution is just a matter of time: ‘The younger generation is really feeling like it’s a native part of how they work’
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 4, 2025
How two leaders used design thinking and a focus on outcomes to transform two Fortune 500 giants
Workplace CultureHow two leaders used design thinking and a focus on outcomes to transform two Fortune 500 giants
By Christina PantinDecember 4, 2025
Scott Galloway got mostly B’s and C’s in high school, never studied for the SAT, and had to try twice to get into UCLA. Now he’s worth $150 million
SuccessScott Galloway got mostly B’s and C’s in high school, never studied for the SAT, and had to try twice to get into UCLA. Now he’s worth $150 million
By Sydney LakeDecember 3, 2025
Microsoft AI’s design head wants her team to be AI-native by the end of the fiscal year
AIMicrosoft AI’s design head wants her team to be AI-native by the end of the fiscal year
By Angelica AngDecember 3, 2025
Two college students sit in somber
SuccessGen Z grads in the U.K. are earning 30% less than millennials did—new data shows the degree payoff is collapsing
By Preston ForeDecember 3, 2025
Anthropic cofounder and CEO Dario Amodei
AIHow Anthropic’s safety first approach won over big business—and how its own engineers are using its Claude AI
By Jeremy KahnDecember 2, 2025
Instagram CEO calls staff back to the office 5 days a week to build a ‘winning culture’—while canceling every recurring meeting
Big TechInstagram CEO calls staff back to the office 5 days a week to build a ‘winning culture’—while canceling every recurring meeting
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 2, 2025
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EconomyWhat CEOs say about AI and what they mean about layoffs and job cuts: Goldman Sachs peels the onion
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 2, 2025
Man working on laptop puts hand on face
SuccessHarvard MBA grads are landing jobs paying $184K—but a record number are still ditching the corporate world and choosing entrepreneurship instead
By Preston ForeDecember 2, 2025
Ayesha and Stephen Curry (L) and Arndrea Waters King and Martin Luther King III (R), who are behind Eat.Play.Learn and Realize the Dream, respectively.
CommentaryWhy time is becoming the new currency of giving
By Arndrea Waters King and Ayesha CurryDecember 2, 2025
Google CEO Sundar Pichai
SuccessAs AI wipes jobs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says it’s up to everyday people to adapt accordingly: ‘We will have to work through societal disruption’
By Emma BurleighDecember 2, 2025
Elizabeth Kelly
CommentaryAt Anthropic, we believe that AI can increase nonprofit capacity. And we’ve worked with over 100 organizations so far on getting it right
By Elizabeth KellyDecember 2, 2025
More than 1,000 Amazon employees sign open letter warning the company’s AI ‘will do staggering damage to democracy, our jobs, and the earth’
AIMore than 1,000 Amazon employees sign open letter warning the company’s AI ‘will do staggering damage to democracy, our jobs, and the earth’
By Nino PaoliDecember 2, 2025
Elon Musk
SuccessForget the four-day workweek, Elon Musk predicts you won’t have to work at all in ‘less than 20 years’
By Jessica CoacciDecember 1, 2025
How upcoming business leaders are using AI to prep for high-stakes deal negotiations—and everyday interactions 
AIHow upcoming business leaders are using AI to prep for high-stakes deal negotiations—and everyday interactions 
By Sage LazzaroDecember 1, 2025
Person at a desk being interviewed for a job
SuccessThis IBM exec asks job candidates whether they think we are in an AI bubble as a make-or-break interview test—and there’s no right or wrong answer
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 1, 2025
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CommentaryColleges risk getting it backwards on AI and they may be hurting Gen Z job searchers
By Sarah HoffmanDecember 1, 2025
Even college graduates no longer think a degree is worth the cost as the once-safe path to the American Dream is now seen as a risky venture
SuccessEven college graduates no longer think a degree is worth the cost as the once-safe path to the American Dream is now seen as a risky venture
By Jason MaNovember 30, 2025
journalism
Politics‘You’re going to be screaming into the void. You’re going to be useless’: 21-year-old aspiring journalist reveals Gen Z hatred, apathy about media
By David Bauder and The Associated PressNovember 30, 2025
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