Leadership
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Inside Nasdaq CFO Sarah Youngwood’s AI playbook
Sarah Youngwood has a ranking system for artificial intelligence—and it has nothing to do with algorithms. Inside Nasdaq’s finance function, employees now earn belts for AI proficiency the way martial artists do: white belts for foundational knowledge, advancing through levels that require hands-on delivery and the ability to teach others. Youngwood has mandated that everyone…
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Tesla cofounder JB Straubel’s first pitch to Elon Musk failed. Then he turned his ‘hobby’ into a $1.3 trillion success
Before Tesla became a $1.3 trillion juggernaut eyeing a potential megamerger with SpaceX, Elon Musk was writing a check to a then-27-year-old Stanford engineer who couldn’t get anyone to take his electric car idea seriously. JB Straubel had spent years building solar-powered vehicles in his spare time “basically as a hobby,” he told Fortune earlier…
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Now she’s worth $200 million. But Sarah Jessica Parker says being ‘one of eight kids that struggled financially’ growing up created her work ethic
Today, Sarah Jessica Parker has around a $200 million net worth, too many Manolo Blahniks to count, and a mega-mansion in Manhattan’s West Village. But before becoming Carrie Bradshaw and earning more than $1 million per episode of And Just Like That, the star says her family couldn’t always afford electricity or to celebrate Christmas.…
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Anthropic engineering head says Claude Code made employees’ work a ‘lonely experience’—and it could hint at Big Tech’s bigger morale problem
As the tech industry continues to scale AI use, some companies are hitting snags not in the technology itself, but in the human workforce developing and working alongside AI agents. Fiona Fung, the engineering leader of Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cowork teams, said in a recent episode of Lenny’s Podcast that agentic AI use in…
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The hidden cost of your AI rollout: burning out the high performers running it
Many employees are burned out. And, increased AI usage and oversight might be making matters worse, especially for top performers, who are often tasked with leading the charge. So it should come as no surprise that 88% of people leaders say retaining top talent is their biggest priority right now, according to a survey by…
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47% of Harvard seniors admit to cheating — and the problem existed long before ChatGPT
My colleagues and I recently spoke with a group of talented, interesting students who just completed their first year of college about using artificial intelligence as a research tool. I asked what must have seemed like an unrelated question: “How many of you cheated in high school?” Most of the students raised their hands. Perhaps…
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Worker engagement just hit a decade low — and new data from 88 million employees shows why managers are the problem
Michael Scott, the hapless regional manager at the center of the American version of “The Office” played by Steve Carell, believed he was the world’s best boss. He even had the mug to prove it. Meanwhile, for most of the show’s 2005-2013 run, his employees endured pointless meetings, cringed through his speeches and quietly counted…
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Team USA’s goalkeeper passed on Manchester United, the club that helped shape David Beckham’s career, for Harvard—and has zero regrets
Before he became Team USA’s starting goalkeeper, Matt Freese had a choice many young student athletes might only dream about: sign an apprenticeship contract with Manchester United—or walk away and attend Harvard University. Instead of joining the English club that helped produce stars like David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, the Pennsylvania native chose the Ivy…
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Bed Bath & Beyond will splash out $100,00 on a home renovation for the thriftiest couponer of 2026
Shoppers have been hunting for ways to make their dollars count for decades, and now, the longest-running savers have a shot at scoring big on their dusty stash of discounts. And now, the homeware chain Bed Bath & Beyond is giving its thriftiest shopper a $100,000 home makeover—they just need to bring in the oldest…
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Americans are fleeing the U.S. at record rates—an ex-Google engineer who left India to build a $7.2 billion AI firm says they’re making a huge mistake
Americans are fleeing the U.S. in record numbers—and they’re spending hundreds of dollars to get out fast. But ex-Google engineer and Rubrik co-founder Arvind Jain thinks they’re making a huge mistake. “There are certain things in the U.S. today that are challenging,” Jain told Fortune. “But I think it remains the land of opportunity. It…