Supreme Court could make it easier for projects to ignore environmental impact
In the 1993 movie Jurassic Park, Dr. Ian Malcolm, a fictional math genius specializing in chaos theory, explains the “butterfly effect,” which holds that tiny actions can lead to big outcomes. “A...
View ArticleThe cognitive cost of AI
I exist at the intersection of two worlds, management and artificial intelligence (AI), which are evolving at different paces. I’ve witnessed firsthand how generative AI tools can democratize access...
View ArticleExceeding expectations: Lessons from Disney’s Pixie Dust
Indulge me as I walk down memory lane—or, more appropriately, Main Street USA. For a summer during college in the early 1990s, I joined hundreds of eager students and walked through the gates of Walt...
View ArticleWhy too much optimism can derail your goals
A positive attitude can help you navigate challenges, and a can-do approach often propels you forward in life. We know that having the right mindset is an important piece of the success puzzle, but...
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The deadly 2024 Atlantic hurricane season as seen in 6 visuals
With the calendar turned to December, we now close the book on the unusually deadly and destructive Atlantic hurricane season of 2024. There were 18 named storms, 11 hurricanes, and five major...
View ArticleThe overlooked strategy that makes leadership most rewarding
Dan and I have been friends for three decades. Since he moved to Cleveland, we made a point of phoning once a year to keep in touch. On our most recent call, he kvelled over his son, Joseph, who...
View ArticleNASA administrators work to get astronauts and space programs off the ground....
Leaders of NASA sit in an awkward position. While they are the head of a widely recognized organization, they’re often not the most famous individual in the agency. More people probably know the names...
View ArticleHow Alex Karp helped turn Palantir into the West’s AI arms dealer
Alex Karp, the chief executive of Palantir, knows his products can be dangerous. Built to extract insights from torrents of data with machine learning and AI, his company’s software is optimizing...
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Why Jaguar’s controversial new logo actually signals a big shift in car branding
The tantrums thrown across social media over the past few weeks in reaction to Jaguar’s redesign have once again revealed a fundamental contradiction underlying contemporary branding. According to its...
View ArticleWhat you can do to avoid toxic productivity
As 2024 comes to a close, you might be feeling the pressure between year-end deadlines and holiday plans. Perhaps you’re looking to supercharge your productivity—or maybe you’re thinking ahead to your...
View ArticleWhy you should write your competitor’s business plan
Writing a thorough business plan is a necessary if tedious part of starting a business. But it’s not just for the startup phase. It’s also a good practice for existing businesses to review their...
View ArticleHow TikTok’s U.S. content creators are bracing for a possible ban in 6 weeks
American content creators on TikTok asked followers to subscribe to their channels on rival platforms like Meta-owned Instagram and Alphabet’s YouTube after a federal appeals court ruled that the...
View ArticleThis is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year
The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world—or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. Is it any surprise then that the...
View ArticleBig Advertising just got bigger with Omnicom’s Interpublic merger
Omnicom Group has agreed to acquire Interpublic Group, effectively merging the world’s third- and fourth-largest advertising holding companies to become the largest ad company in the world if...
View ArticleWhy France and Germany’s political chaos spells trouble for Europe’s economy
Even before the French and German governments collapsed, Europe’s economy had enough difficulties. Tepid growth and lagging competitiveness versus the U.S. and China. An auto industry that’s...
View ArticleWealthy Gen X and millennials want to give their money away while they’re...
Are high-earning baby boomers stingier with their money than younger generations? Perhaps, according to a new report from Charles Schwab, which shows a sizable generational rift when it comes to...
View ArticleAdult brains can grow new neurons that help them learn by listening
Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Neurons are the cells that govern brain function, and you...
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OpenAI cautiously tests taking deepfakes mainstream with the public launch of...
Last February, OpenAI teased a powerful AI generator dubbed Sora that could create complete videos from simple text prompts. Today, Sora leaves beta and is launching to the public. Available as part of...
View ArticleHousing market power shift: 10 markets where buyers just got the edge
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Lately, the housing market has been shifting in some areas of the country. To...
View ArticleTaylor Swift’s Eras takes a final bow: How the record-setting $2 billion tour...
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour may have come to an end last night in Vancouver, but thousands of fans—and casual observers—will remember it all too well for years to come. Plenty has already been said about...
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