Leadership
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College students are voting with their feet on AI. Goldman has the receipts
At least one cohort isn’t waiting around to find out who’s right about AI and jobs. While executives debated “jobs armageddon” versus new opportunity at Fortune‘s Workplace Innovation Summit in May, college students were already acting—quietly abandoning the majors most exposed to AI disruption and flooding into the fields least likely to be automated away.…
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Michaels CEO tells young workers to stop daydreaming of success and ‘get moving, take some action, take some risk’
In an uncertain economy where workers are keeping their heads down amid layoffs and hiring freezes, many may forget that the biggest career opportunities can come from taking risks. However, Michaels CEO David Boone is here to remind young workers that fortune favors the bold—sitting around daydreaming of a career won’t actually move the needle.…
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Marketing jobs are among the most exposed to AI. Adobe and LinkedIn are teaming up to ensure the industry is upskilled—not replaced
Marketing is entering a sharp AI-driven divide. Job postings requiring AI literacy have more than doubled year-over-year, up 113% on LinkedIn, while just 4% of marketing professionals globally have added AI skills to their profiles—an imbalance that is quickly becoming one of the industry’s defining tensions. That disconnect is sending alarm bells ringing for Rachel…
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BYD wants to become the world’s largest automaker in five years. Stella Li is the executive selling that vision to the world
When Wang Chuanfu, CEO of Chinese EV company BYD, told shareholders in Shenzhen this week that the company would become the world’s largest automaker within five years, he pointed to growing production and sales overseas as one of the major paths to get there. As BYD faces increasing pressure at home, this international expansion has…
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Silicon Valley legend Vinod Khosla tears into ‘idiotic, short-sighted and very selfish’ Gen Z Stanford protests of Google CEO: ‘the stupidity’
Vinod Khosla has seen a lot in his decades at the top of Silicon Valley. He’s not impressed by what he saw at Stanford over the weekend. The billionaire venture capitalist and Sun Microsystems co-founder lashed out on X at student protesters who walked out of Stanford’s 135th commencement ceremony while Google CEO Sundar Pichai…
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Knicks superstar Jalen Brunson just led New York to an NBA title—and says his basketball legend dad got him ready for the moment
The New York Knicks have finally snagged the NBA championship title after a nail-biting win against the San Antonia Spurs this past weekend. Point guard Jalen Brunson has been crowned the king of the Big Apple after leading the team to victory, scoring nearly half the points in the momentous game. And his determination to…
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Team USA star Ricardo Pepi grew up in a trailer in El Paso—and his parents pawned their car title to fuel his soccer dream. Now, he’s in the World Cup
When Ricardo Pepi suited up for Team USA’s World Cup opener against Paraguay on Friday, it marked more than just another milestone for one of America’s brightest soccer stars. For his parents, Daniel and Annette Pepi, it was the culmination of years of sacrifice—and proof that the struggle may have been worth it. Born in…
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Michelle Obama clarifies her famous ‘Go high’ motto: It’s not about anger or pain, but more about putting a safety lock on a gun
At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, former first lady Michelle Obama addressed her family’s haters: “When they go low, we go high.” It’s a simple yet profound motto she and her family adopted to address those who act cruelly, and they’ve chosen to respond with dignity, principle, and grace rather than stoop to their bullies’…
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The management lesson behind FedEx Freight’s break from FedEx
At what point does a business need a different operating model? FedEx Freight CEO John Smith believes his company has reached that point. The newly independent company, which spun off from FedEx earlier this month, generates roughly $9 billion in annual revenue and operates one of the largest less-than-truckload networks in North America. Until recently,…
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Kevin O’Leary says being liked has nothing to do with success—Steve Jobs taught him: ‘You can’t worry about whose feelings you bruise’
CEOs take on all sorts of personas, from the benevolent leader to the cutthroat business executive. Millionaire entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary is famous for his brutally honest, intimidating aura on-screen as a Shark Tank investor—and some of that leadership style rubbed off on him from working with the late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. “I don’t think…