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‘But is that real work? It’s not’ Business leaders still don’t trust AI agents, Harvard survey shows

‘But is that real work? It’s not’ Business leaders still don’t trust AI agents, Harvard survey shows

More than two in five (43%) of respondents said they only trust agents with routine operational tasks.

By Patrick Kulp and Tech Brew
December 9, 2025

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Skills are the new hiring currency: 86% of employers say certificates show real job readiness

Skills are the new hiring currency: 86% of employers say certificates show real job readiness

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CEO says he’s started giving job candidates live feedback in the interview—and if they ‘freeze up’ or ‘get offended’ they’re not fit for the role

CEO says he’s started giving job candidates live feedback in the interview—and if they ‘freeze up’ or ‘get offended’ they’re not fit for the role

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December 9, 2025
President of $200 billion Shopify says some of the greatest workers he knows only clock in 40-hour weeks: ‘You don’t have to work 80 hours’ 

President of $200 billion Shopify says some of the greatest workers he knows only clock in 40-hour weeks: ‘You don’t have to work 80 hours’ 

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December 9, 2025

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The cult of productivity is killing us

The cult of productivity is killing us

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AI isn’t the reason you got laid off (or not hired), top staffing agency says. You don’t have the right skills

AI isn’t the reason you got laid off (or not hired), top staffing agency says. You don’t have the right skills

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December 9, 2025
Skills are the new hiring currency: 86% of employers say certificates show real job readiness

Skills are the new hiring currency: 86% of employers say certificates show real job readiness

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December 9, 2025

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The cult of productivity is killing us

The cult of productivity is killing us

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December 9, 2025
Skills are the new hiring currency: 86% of employers say certificates show real job readiness

Skills are the new hiring currency: 86% of employers say certificates show real job readiness

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December 9, 2025
President of $200 billion Shopify says some of the greatest workers he knows only clock in 40-hour weeks: ‘You don’t have to work 80 hours’ 

President of $200 billion Shopify says some of the greatest workers he knows only clock in 40-hour weeks: ‘You don’t have to work 80 hours’ 

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December 9, 2025

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Kushner, Ellison and Apollo back hostile Warner Bros. bid

Kushner, Ellison and Apollo back hostile Warner Bros. bid

By Aaron Weinman and Bloomberg
December 9, 2025
AI’s reliance on patterns can lead to ‘somewhat mediocre’ results, warns CEO of design consultancy IDEO

AI’s reliance on patterns can lead to ‘somewhat mediocre’ results, warns CEO of design consultancy IDEO

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When David Ellison was 13, his billionaire father Larry bought him a plane. He competed in air shows before leaving it to become a Hollywood executive

When David Ellison was 13, his billionaire father Larry bought him a plane. He competed in air shows before leaving it to become a Hollywood executive

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December 9, 2025

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22-year-old Australian TikToker raises $1.7 million for 88-year-old Michigan grocer after chance encounter weeks earlier

By Ed White and The Associated Press
December 6, 2025
Nvidia’s CEO says AI adoption will be gradual, but when it does hit, we may all end up making robot clothing
AI

Nvidia’s CEO says AI adoption will be gradual, but when it does hit, we may all end up making robot clothing

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December 6, 2025
Timm Chiusano
Success

After 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

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December 6, 2025
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Success

Mark Zuckerberg says the ‘most important thing’ he built at Harvard was a prank website: ‘Without Facemash I wouldn’t have met Priscilla’

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December 6, 2025
Fortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power this week
C-Suite

Fortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power this week

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December 5, 2025
Construction workers are getting a salary bump for working on data center projects during the AI boom.
AI

Construction workers are earning up to 30% more and some are nabbing six-figure salaries in the data center boom

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December 5, 2025
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Success

People making six-figure salaries used to be considered rich—now households earning nearly $200K a year aren’t considered upper-class in some states

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December 5, 2025
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Success

Netflix cofounder started his career selling vacuums door-to-door before college—now, his $440 billion streaming giant is buying Warner Bros. and HBO

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December 5, 2025
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Big Tech

Apple is experiencing its biggest leadership shake-up since Steve Jobs died, with over half a dozen key executives headed for the exits

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December 5, 2025
MacKenzie Scott is trying to close the DEI gap in higher ed, with $155 million in donations this week alone
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MacKenzie Scott is trying to close the DEI gap in higher ed, with $155 million in donations this week alone

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December 5, 2025
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos credits a video store job for launching his career—and cherishes this lesson from Tony Bennett
C-Suite

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos credits a video store job for launching his career—and cherishes this lesson from Tony Bennett

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December 5, 2025
How Intuit’s chief AI officer supercharged the company’s emerging technologies teams—and why not every company should follow his lead
AI

How Intuit’s chief AI officer supercharged the company’s emerging technologies teams—and why not every company should follow his lead

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December 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
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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

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December 5, 2025
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Commentary

Turning public companies into private companies: the SEC’s retreat from transparency and accountability

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December 5, 2025
Bristol Myers Squibb CEO Chris Boerner says company culture was the missing piece of his ‘patent cliff’ plan
C-Suite

Bristol Myers Squibb CEO Chris Boerner says company culture was the missing piece of his ‘patent cliff’ plan

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December 5, 2025
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Nintendo’s 98% staff retention rate means the average employee has been there 15 years

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December 5, 2025
Co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., Jensen Huang attends the 9th edition of the VivaTech trade show at the Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles on June 11, 2025, in Paris.
C-Suite

Before running the world’s most valuable company, Jensen Huang was a 9-year-old janitor in Kentucky

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December 5, 2025
The workplace needs to be designed like an ‘experience,’ says Gensler’s Ray Yuen, as employees resist the return to office
Future of Work

The workplace needs to be designed like an ‘experience,’ says Gensler’s Ray Yuen, as employees resist the return to office

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December 5, 2025
AT&T promised the government it won’t pursue DEI. FCC commissioner warns it will be a ‘stain to their reputation long into the future’
Law

AT&T promised the government it won’t pursue DEI. FCC commissioner warns it will be a ‘stain to their reputation long into the future’

By Kristen Parisi and HR Brew
December 4, 2025
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Law

Gen Z activist gets jail time for liberating chickens from Perdue plant in Northern California

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December 4, 2025
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Economy

America, meet your alienated youth: ‘Gold standard’ Harvard survey reveals Gen Z’s anxiety and distrust, defined by economic insecurity

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December 4, 2025
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Success

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits he works 7 days a week, including holidays, in a constant ‘state of anxiety’ out of fear of going bankrupt

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December 4, 2025
‘Have they given enough? No’: Melinda French Gates rips into billionaire class, saying Giving Pledge has fallen short
Success

‘Have they given enough? No’: Melinda French Gates rips into billionaire class, saying Giving Pledge has fallen short

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December 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

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December 4, 2025
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Success

Nearly 4 million new manufacturing jobs are coming to America as boomers retire—but it’s the one trade job Gen Z doesn’t want

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December 4, 2025
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Law

A year after the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, Luigi Mangione fights to suppress key evidence

By Jennifer Peltz and The Associated Press
December 4, 2025
Meet Luana Lopes Lara: The 29-year-old ex-ballerina spent college summers working for Ray Dalio and Ken Griffin—now she’s the youngest female self-made billionaire
Success

Meet Luana Lopes Lara: The 29-year-old ex-ballerina spent college summers working for Ray Dalio and Ken Griffin—now she’s the youngest female self-made billionaire

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December 4, 2025
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Future of Work

AI is reshaping the rhythm of the workweek–and leaders need to pay attention

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Delta took $200 million hit from longest government shutdown in history, filings reveal

By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
December 4, 2025
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AI

Google 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’

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