At a recent board meeting, someone suggested that we needed to go hard on PR and marketing to “build hype.” When the phrase “build hype” came up, the rest of the room soured immediately. To many, hype was synonymous with snake oil.
The …
The late Gloria Steinem spent decades advocating for women, including reproductive rights and equal pay, and continued working well into her 90s.
Companies continue to invest billions in their AI transformations, while their workers struggle to use AI effectively. Gartner forecasts AI spending to grow to $2.59 trillion this year, an increase of 47% from 2025. As AI adoption increases, employees…
Top Gun’s stunt pilot built a traffic company as a teen. Now he’s making millions—enough to fund flying lessons and a $2 million helicopter.
Uber is reducing its workforce by 10%, or about 3,300 workers, in its largest job cuts since the pandemic, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced yesterday.
The changes, which follow a period of solid growth at the ride-sharing giant, are intended t…
Silicon Valley tech giants are copying Palantir’s playbook by hiring engineers to work directly with customers—and paying them nearly $200K to do so.
Fischer’s exit after nearly a decade at Charter marks a bet on AI infrastructure over legacy cable.
There is a dangerous idea floating around the workplace: If you care about employees, you should avoid making them uncomfortable.
That sounds compassionate. Sometimes it is. Other times, it is managerial cowardice disguised as servant lea…
In general, your satisfaction with work is driven in part by whether your organization has a mission that is aligned with your values and goes about its work in a manner that is consistent with how you choose to live your life. I have written about th…
How do exceptional leaders create enduring institutions? Three McKinsey authors reveal the leadership core behaviors and mindsets behind Asia’s most successful founder-CEOs—and how leaders everywhere can apply them.




