Leadership
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Jamie Dimon says bureaucracy sinks companies and the solution may be getting rid of the ‘jerks’ who don’t want to solve it
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is fed up with managers who enable bureaucracy, which he considers a silent killer for organizations that brings with it a host of other problems. “Bureaucracy, complacency, and arrogance will take down a company,” he said during the Norges Bank Investment Management’s investment conference Tuesday. “Bureaucracy is like the petri dish…
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Starbucks is winning customers back after investing $500 million in workers and stores
Starbucks on Tuesday reported quarterly sales growth in the U.S. that blew past Wall Street’s expectations, and its operations chief credited more staffing in its stores and enhanced employee benefits for the coffee chain’s quickly improving fortunes. “It really comes from the coffee houses and the partners who empower them, which has been a focal…
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns a ‘great’ meeting is usually a bad one—here’s how he ends them instead
In today’s AI-fueled race for efficiency, companies are under pressure to move faster—and prove they can outperform their competitors. But according to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, one of the biggest obstacles to success remains surprisingly low-tech: meetings. “When you have a meeting, people often don’t know who’s running it—that’s a mistake,” Dimon said at…
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Former Goldman Sachs CEO: Ivy League geniuses aren’t always the most successful—This overlooked skill is key
Joining the chorus of other CEOs, former Goldman Sachs leader Lloyd Blankfein is dispelling the myth that an Ivy League degree or supreme intellect is a prerequisite for success. It’s a pattern he’s witnessed through his decades-long career in banking, rising to the top of the C-suite at one of the biggest banks in the…
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Emma Grede, who helped found the $5 billion Skims empire, rejects ‘celebrity CEO’ label: ‘I’m a CEO who’s done so well you know my name’
Emma Grede may be best known for being a founding partner for some of the Kardashian family’s biggest brands, including Skims and Good American, but she wants to make one thing clear: She’s more than a “celebrity CEO.” “Don’t call me a celebrity CEO,” Grede said on April 15 at Adweek’s Social Media Week in…
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From Warren Buffett to Tim Cook, these 5 Fortune 500 legends all share the same childhood job
Long before the corner office, the IPO, and the billionaire life, several of America’s best-known executives had the same predawn alarm clock and the same stack of newsprint waiting on the curb. They all got their start in newspapers, either pedaling routes in the dark, tossing the latest newspaper on the porch, or chasing down…
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says this career path will thrive in the AI era—and drive a new Industrial Revolution
There may be no single person more integral to shaping the future of work than Jensen Huang. As cofounder and CEO of Nvidia, Huang has transformed a company once focused on computer gaming graphics into a chipmaking powerhouse at the center of data centers, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Nvidia is now the most valuable company…
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CEOs got millions after boards ‘neutralized’ the impact of tariffs. Some won’t say what it was worth
Christopher Calio, CEO of RTX, collected $27.7 million in compensation last year. That was his total after the $241.5 billion aerospace and defense giant’s board decided the trade war wouldn’t touch his bonus. At its January 2025 board meeting, the compensation committee of RTX, formerly Raytheon, pre-authorized the removal of tariff impacts on business metrics…
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Mark Zuckerberg’s AI ambitions back in the spotlight as Meta execs begin ‘moonshot’ mission for $9.5 trillion valuation and massive payouts
Meta Platforms is set to report first quarter of 2026 earnings on Wednesday, and investors will have a gimlet eye on capital expenditures. Capex is expected to rise to between $115 billion and $135 billion this year as Meta focuses on its Superintelligence Labs. However, a batch of SEC filings also indicate Meta is betting…
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Justin Trudeau warns AI boom could create hundreds of trillionaires—and it will mean there’s something ‘fundamentally wrong with the world’
For all the hype around artificial intelligence—from curing cancer to accelerating space travel—tech leaders have been quick to emphasize its upside. Some, such as Elon Musk, have even suggested it could one day make work optional and money irrelevant. But there’s a darker scenario taking shape alongside that optimism. As AI increases efficiency and prosperity,…