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Eric Vaughan
This CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again

“It was extremely difficult,” IgniteTech CEO Eric Vaughan tells Fortune. “But changing minds was harder than adding skills.”

By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 11, 2026
Justin Harlan
I run one of America’s most successful remote work programs and the critics are right. Their solutions are all wrong, though
By Justin HarlanJanuary 11, 2026
1 in 3 college grads admit their degrees weren’t financially worth it—now they can’t save for retirement because they’re drowning in debt
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 11, 2026
Top University of Minnesota grads are ‘at least as good, maybe better’ than the best and brightest from Harvard, former Goldman Sachs CEO says
By Jason MaJanuary 10, 2026
education
Minneapolis is so unsafe in the ICE shooting aftermath that families can choose remote learning for their kids for the next month
By Rebecca Santana, Steve Karnowski, Bianca Vázquez Toness and The Associated PressJanuary 10, 2026
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NewslettersEmployees are using ‘2025 tools inside 2015 job structures,’ a new Workday study says
By Kristin StollerJanuary 12, 2026
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Workplace CultureMeet autistic Barbie: the newest Mattel doll launched in line intended to celebrate diversity
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressJanuary 12, 2026
EuropeHelp Fortune find Europe’s Most Innovative Companies 2026
By Fortune EditorsJanuary 12, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump
EconomyTreasury spent $276 billion in interest on the national debt in the final three months of 2025, says the CBO—up $30 billion from a year prior
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 12, 2026
NewslettersWorld Liberty Financial’s bid for a U.S. bank charter raises new questions about Trump’s crypto conflicts
By Leo SchwartzJanuary 12, 2026
Personal FinanceToday’s best high-yield savings account rates on Jan. 12, 2026: Earn up to 5.00% APY
By Glen Luke FlanaganJanuary 12, 2026
Personal FinanceBest CD rates today, Jan. 12, 2026: Earn up to 4.18% APY if you lock in now
By Glen Luke FlanaganJanuary 12, 2026
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Economy‘Sell America’: Investors dump U.S. assets in fear of the end of Fed independence
By Jim EdwardsJanuary 12, 2026
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SuccessThe CEO of a $3.5 billion security company is paying for workers to socialize—but only if they go out in ‘3s’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 20, 2024
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SuccessTelecom giant Deutsche Telekom’s Hungarian arm ditched its 4-day workweek because the benefits weren’t big enough
By Prarthana PrakashFebruary 15, 2024
TechIf Bill Gates could ask a time traveler anything, he’d want to know whether AI eventually doomed or helped humanity
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 13, 2024
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SuccessGen Z and millennials are trying to dodge layoffs by turning to low-paid but ‘stable’ government jobs
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 12, 2024
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SuccessGen Z—not baby boomers—are most afraid of AI because they haven’t experienced any other tech booms, recruitment expert says
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 10, 2024
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SuccessRemote work jobs are disappearing before our eyes
By Jane ThierFebruary 9, 2024
SuccessMost workers feel positive about return-to-office mandates—but the office just isn’t ready for them, Cisco study shows
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 7, 2024
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SuccessAI is moving too fast to keep pace for 4 in 5 workers
By Jane ThierFebruary 6, 2024
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 15: Lord Alan Sugar attends the Australian Premiere of Poker Face at Hoyts Entertainment Quarter on November 15, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)
SuccessBritish billionaire Lord Sugar rips remote work—while Zooming in from off-site. But he may have a point that it’s ‘bad for morale, bad for learning’
By Jane ThierFebruary 5, 2024
DataSnipper CEO Vidya Peters
TechDataSnipper, startup that uses AI to eliminate some of the ‘dread’ in accounting, is valued at $1 billion in latest funding round
By Jeremy KahnFebruary 1, 2024
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SuccessLeaders want strategic and critical thinking more than anything. Most of their workers don’t have it
By Jane ThierJanuary 31, 2024
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LifestyleGermany is trialing a 4-day week like the U.K., U.S., and Portugal—but the country needs the opposite of a short week, senior economist says
By Prarthana PrakashJanuary 31, 2024
Boston, MA - November 8: Maura Healey speaks to attendees of the Massachusetts Democratic Partys Election Night while celebrating her historic win as Massachusettss first female Governor in the Grand Ballroom at Copley Hotel. (Photo by Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
SuccessMassachusetts governor leans into the skills-based hiring revolution by axing degree requirements for state jobs. The private sector is up next
By Jane ThierJanuary 26, 2024
SuccessWorkers of all generations agree on one thing: They have no idea what the right rules at work are anymore
By Jane ThierJanuary 23, 2024
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SuccessEach generation thinks they hold the power in the office—but it’s Gen X ‘quietly shifting’ the future of work
By Chloe BergerJanuary 23, 2024
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SuccessManagers’ latest complaints about Gen Z: They lack soft skills and have unrealistic workplace expectations
By Jane ThierJanuary 23, 2024
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Success$178K-a-year manager at the U.K.’s financial regulator ordered back to the office by judge, who agreed WFH is detrimental to her work
By Prarthana PrakashJanuary 22, 2024
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SuccessEven Fortune execs who mandate a return to office admit that it doesn’t improve productivity, finds Atlassian’s 40-page remote work report
By Jane ThierJanuary 20, 2024
LeadershipAmazon CEO Andy Jassy says AI is both the biggest risk and biggest opportunity facing companies in 2024
By Trey WilliamsJanuary 18, 2024
CommentaryWe asked the world’s leading experts and employers whether AI is a ‘Gray Rhino’ or ‘Black Swan’ for the future of work–and found we’re all about to get trampled by a herd of Gray Rhinos
By Kelly MonahanJanuary 18, 2024
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LifestyleGen Z employees who want to succeed in the age of AI should come to the office more, accounting giant U.K. boss says
By Prarthana PrakashJanuary 16, 2024
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SuccessBosses are using RTO mandates as a way to ‘blame employees as a scapegoat for bad firm performance,’ new research finds
By Jane ThierJanuary 13, 2024
WebMD CEO Robert Brisco attends WebMD Health Hero Awards ceremony at WebMD Corporate Headquarters in 2019.
SuccessWebMD’s parent company goes nuclear on return to office in an uncanny leaked video: ‘We need you ready and present, and we need it now’
By Jane ThierJanuary 11, 2024
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LeadershipBlack workers could be shut out of AI wealth creation and lose out on more than $40 billion: ‘It can be the great leveler, but it can exacerbate the gap as well’
By Trey WilliamsJanuary 9, 2024
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SuccessElon Musk and Jamie Dimon could be winning the remote work war as the rank and file admit they’re more productive in the office. Now they have to want to go in
By Jane ThierJanuary 6, 2024
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LeadershipThe rise of ‘little flex time’ and shorter work weeks: Trends that’ll reshape businesses in 2024, according to massive study of nearly 2.7 million job searches and 30,000 workers
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 30, 2023
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SuccessCEOs will finally admit next year that return-to-office mandates didn’t move the productivity needle, future of work experts predict
By Jane ThierDecember 26, 2023
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SuccessRemote work, AI, and skills-based hiring threaten to put our jobs on the chopping block—but experts say those fears are overblown
By Jane ThierDecember 23, 2023
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Finance4-day workweek trial threatened with funding cuts by U.K. lawmakers opposed ‘regardless of what the data is saying,’ local leader says
By Ryan HoggDecember 19, 2023
Olipop founder Ben Goodwin.
SuccessThe founder of OLIPOP has been dead set on remote work before it became popular, even after ‘begrudgingly’ considering a return to office
By Jane ThierDecember 18, 2023
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