Leadership
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Billionaires have a problem money can’t solve: They don’t know how to talk to their kids
The scene lasts about 30 seconds but communicates a lifetime of ultrawealthy dysfunction. Roman Roy, desperate to impress his aging father, announces with pride that he’s bought Hearts of Midlothian, one of Edinburgh’s two great football clubs, for his father, the swaggering Scottish-born media billionaire Logan Roy. The other Edinburgh club, though, also starts with
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Forget Big Tech: Small businesses will hire nearly 1 million grads in 2026—and some of the hottest roles are gloriously AI-proof
While fresh-faced grads are throwing their hats in the ring for a job at the world’s biggest companies, they could have a good shot at small businesses ramping up hiring. And some of the jobs that they’re recruiting the most for could stand the test of time in the AI revolution. About 974,000 recent graduates
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MIT AI expert warns automating Gen Z entry-level jobs could backfire—and cost companies their future workforce
Companies betting against entry-level Gen Z talent by automating their roles may be making a costly long-term mistake. That’s the warning from MIT research scientist Andrew McAfee, who co-leads the school’s Initiative on the Digital Economy. Cutting off talent at its source, he argued, doesn’t just shrink today’s workforce—it disrupts the pipeline that produces tomorrow’s
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Marriott CEO on why you have to defend both DEI and ICE’s right to a hotel room: Dictating values is a ‘bad place for the country’
When Tony Capuano’s daughter called to tell him he was going viral on TikTok, he knew exactly why. “I pray the only time in my life that my daughter calls me and says, ‘Dad, you’re viral on TikTok’ came from this conference,” the Marriott International CEO said, speaking with Fortune at the Great Place to
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Aerie built a $2 billion brand by rejecting Victoria’s Secret’s old playbook. Now it wants to win the AI backlash.
A few years into her time overseeing American Eagle’s Aerie division, Jennifer Foyle felt the loungewear and intimate apparel brand needed to stake a flag in the ground to stand out in a crowded sector. It was 2014, at the twilight of Victoria’s Secret’s cultural dominance before a consumer backlash against unrealistic supermodel-led body standards
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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