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AI’s hidden recession: How fewer jobs and cultural backlash create a governance crisis

AI will redefine how humans create value. Whether it also redefines who is allowed to create value will depend on the choices leaders make now.

By Jane Sadowsky

November 8, 2025

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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (R) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands as they signed an agreement in Linköping, Sweden, on October 22, 2025, where they discussed defense cooperation.

EU moves to choke off Russia’s energy cash flow with sanctions on ‘shadow fleet’ and LNG sanctions

By Lorne Cook and The Associated Press

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Amazon will give its delivery drivers AI-powered smart glasses, promising to make the job safer, faster amid automation push

By Sasha Rogelberg

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Most bosses regret how they mandated workers return to the office. They blamed it on not having enough data

August 14, 2023

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‘My work can be flexible, my son’s routine is not’: Meet the ‘dead zone’ workers killing management’s attempts to return to pre-pandemic 9 to 5 grind

By Orianna Rosa Royle

August 11, 2023

60% of Americans battling drug or alcohol addictions also have jobs. Here are the professions with the highest rates of substance-use disorder

60% of Americans battling drug or alcohol addictions also have jobs. Here are the professions with the highest rates of substance-use disorder

August 4, 2023

An Amazon exec says it’s time for workers to ‘disagree and commit’ to an office return: ‘I don’t have data to back it up, but I know it’s better’

An Amazon exec says it’s time for workers to ‘disagree and commit’ to an office return: ‘I don’t have data to back it up, but I know it’s better’

August 3, 2023

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Remote work is a lot more popular in English-speaking countries. Even the experts can’t figure out why

August 1, 2023

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Neither Gen Z nor older workers know how to act in the office. Bosses have a solution: Etiquette class

July 31, 2023

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Being the agreeable employee could be the secret to getting promoted

July 29, 2023

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The skills gap has a solution, Harvard study finds: ‘Hidden workers’ stuck in part-time gigs

July 27, 2023

It’s too hot to handle RTO mandates: Austin’s offices are emptying as climate change makes the commute unbearable

It’s too hot to handle RTO mandates: Austin’s offices are emptying as climate change makes the commute unbearable

By Chloe Berger

July 26, 2023

A.I. is ‘Amazon Web Services for human effort’ because it will ‘democratize’ large workforces and allow startups to scale faster, investment firm CEO says

By Paolo Confino

July 25, 2023

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Workers are creating a ‘dead zone’ between 4–6 p.m. to fit in COVID-era habits like school runs and gym sessions

By Orianna Rosa Royle

July 25, 2023

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Corporate leaders have a message for Gen Z: Get to the office, or miss out on your future career

July 13, 2023

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How will AI change work? A look back at the ‘productivity paradox’ of the computer age shows it won’t be so simple

By Bhaskar Chakravorti and The Conversation

June 25, 2023

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Return to office: How many workers are back at their desks in the top 10 U.S. metros

June 21, 2023

John Stankey

AT&T’s office mandates could be a covert way of trimming headcount: ‘It’s a layoff wolf in return-to-office sheep’s clothing’

June 15, 2023

Nicolai Tangen

The CEO who manages one of the world’s biggest sovereign wealth funds says ‘force yourself’ to use A.I.—even if you have to beg an intern to teach you

June 13, 2023

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Asana CEO: ‘The way we work right now will soon look vestigial. Here’s how A.I. will make work more human’

By Dustin Moskovitz

June 12, 2023

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Harvard’s future of work professor sees one job in particular disappearing because of A.I.

June 6, 2023

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Workers worry that A.I. will lead to a slash in pay, even as it mints new $300,000 jobs

June 1, 2023

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The growing skills gap could become as permanent as the labor shortage, a LinkedIn exec says. A.I. might be the solution

May 31, 2023

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The return-to-office wars could end in a stalemate as we all reach the same conclusion about what the flexible future of work means

By Terri R. Kurtzberg and Mason Ameri

May 30, 2023

Nicola Mendelsohn

A Meta exec says she once turned down CEO jobs because she was taking a pay cut to work a 4-day workweek so she could help raise her children

May 18, 2023

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The No. 1 benefit the class of 2023 wants from employers

By Amber Burton and Paolo Confino

May 15, 2023

Flexible work is feminist–and women won’t return to a system that hasn’t served them well to spare the feelings of powerful men

Flexible work is feminist–and women won’t return to a system that hasn’t served them well to spare the feelings of powerful men

May 14, 2023

Mary Alice Vuicic, Thomson Reuters’ Chief People Officer

Thomson Reuters’ chief people officer says HR should lead companies’ adoption of A.I.: ‘We have an essential role to play’

By Amber Burton and Paolo Confino

May 12, 2023

A.I. will potentially impact 40% of your working hours, according to Accenture

A.I. will potentially impact 40% of your working hours, according to Accenture

By Paul Daugherty

May 11, 2023

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Leaders are facing mounting pressure to consider a 4-day work week—are ‘summer hours’ an attractive alternative?

By Orianna Rosa Royle

May 11, 2023

Microsoft: ‘Employees are more open to A.I. than you think’

Microsoft: ‘Employees are more open to A.I. than you think’

By Jared Spataro

May 11, 2023

Microsoft says AI can fix 3 big problems with ‘the drudgery of work,’ from ending burnout to clearing out companies’ ‘digital debt’

Microsoft says AI can fix 3 big problems with ‘the drudgery of work,’ from ending burnout to clearing out companies’ ‘digital debt’

By Tristan Bove

May 10, 2023

Office Space

These are the 4 jobs that are set to disappear in a decade, and the ones that will take over

May 6, 2023

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