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McKinsey: AI will create more jobs than it kills — after destroying 11 million

Only one in seven displaced workers has a direct path to a growing job, and most new work in healthcare and construction can’t be done remotely.

By Catherina GioinoOctober 3, 2026

Meet the 32-year-old founder who raised $3.5 million to help Gen Z feel not so alone in the world

A new app is taking the loneliness problem head-on.

By Joshua HongOctober 2, 2026

Creative class guru Richard Florida confronts 189k job wipeout: ‘AI is both an enhancing technology and eliminating technology’

New York has lost one-quarter of its film jobs. The urbanist who named the creative class says AI will make cities matter more, not less.

By Catherina GioinoOctober 2, 2026

ServiceNow unpacks the Fortune AIQ list, where the widest gap between AI leaders and laggards is training for humans

“Pacesetters” are far likelier to hire and train people. “It’s not just technology,” says ServiceNow’s Diana David, a “forward-deployed futurist.”

By Nick LichtenbergOctober 2, 2026

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‘We need to trust our employees’: This billionaire CEO went from counting cars in the parking lot past 6pm to embracing hybrid work

Jim Kavanaugh once believed employees needed to be in the office to get the job done. Now, he says leaders need to trust workers “like adults.”

By Preston ForeOctober 3, 2026

Top ServiceNow exec on clients delivering ‘life-changing’ results with AI agents—and he’s seeing it now at Standard Chartered

Paul Fipps, ServiceNow president of global customer operations, told the Fortune AIQ Summit some clients “can’t rely on humans” to keep AI agents in check.

By Emma BurleighOctober 2, 2026

Larry Fink on the lost ‘bedrock of America’ and ‘a big divide’ between wages and investment wealth

The BlackRock CEO’s father “essentially had one job in his career,” he said at Ford Accelerate. “I think we lost that.”

By Nick LichtenbergOctober 2, 2026

Ben Affleck says predictions that AI will wipe out jobs—or kill us all—are just propaganda: ‘In fact, more people technically are being employed’

Fears that AI could wipe out humanity are overblown, says Hollywood star Ben Affleck, who sold his AI startup to Netflix for $587 million earlier this year.

By Preston ForeOctober 2, 2026

More in C-Suite

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

See which Fortune 500 companies are making changes to their C-suite ranks.

By Fortune EditorsOctober 2, 2026

Billionaire George Soros has donated $102 million ahead of the midterms—and now the Democrats are coming out ahead

Decades after Soros emerged as a major Democratic donor, his political network enters midterm season with tens of millions still available.

By Mia OsmonbekovOctober 2, 2026

‘Europe needs to shed its naivety’: Vestas CEO Henrik Andersen on Chinese competition and the energy issue that keeps him up at night

The Danish company has pivoted through multiple crises to become the world’s biggest turbine manufacturer. Now, as new competitors emerge and costs rise, its CEO is changing strategy to stay ahead.

By Sam BirchallOctober 2, 2026

GM’s Mary Barra says the EV transition is still the destination—even if the road is longer

She’s also setting her sights on a future in which drivers can look away from the road.

By Alyson ShontellOctober 2, 2026

More in Workplace Culture

How to be tough, not a jerk — and why most people get toughness wrong

By moving past the false choice between being “nice” and being “ruthless,” you can drive extraordinary performance while building a culture to be proud of.

By John Baird and Matt HunterOctober 3, 2026

Fortune 500 chief people officers say AI has killed org charts, and employees who will thrive need to ‘unlearn’

At the inaugural Fortune AIQ Summit, executives from Palo Alto Networks, HPE, and Lennar discussed how AI is reshaping firms—and the workers within them.

By Preston ForeOctober 1, 2026

The rise of the ‘two-job job’: 61% of workers say they’re now doing more than one role

A Korn Ferry survey of more than 16,000 professionals finds workloads climbing and motivation falling as companies flatten management and lean on AI.

By Bilin LinOctober 1, 2026

Singapore is tapping a Nobel-winning formula to help its useless singles get dates

FirstDate offers one potential match at a time, testing whether fewer choices can help singles build a connection.

By Tatiana SatauaOctober 1, 2026