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Why AI Is Making 1:1 Meetings Irrelevant
For decades, the one-on-one meeting has been a sacred ritual of managerial life. It’s the office equivalent of a treadmill session: repetitive, well-intentioned, and mostly endured out of guilt....
AI has a resilience problem. Designers and researchers can help fix it
2012. I walk out of a gastroenterologist’s office with a brochure titled “Your Life With Ulcerative Colitis.” What the brochure doesn’t say: A month later, I will wake up...
Robots struggle with endurance. Feeding them could help
Earlier this year, a robot completed a half-marathon in Beijing in just under 2 hours and 40 minutes. That’s slower than the human winner, who clocked in at just...
What’s next for AI and math
This year, a number of LRMs, which try to solve a problem step by step rather than spit out the first result that comes to them, have achieved high...
TNW Backstage meets the founder who reinvented flower delivery
TNW Backstage this week peeks behind the petals of the flower business — but not as you know it. In the latest episode of our podcast, we dig beyond...
Sarah Spain on the future of sports media and women’s leagues
Professional sports is big business—and the stakes have never been higher. Sarah Spain, host of the podcast Good Game With Sarah Spain, longtime ESPN personality, and sports journalist, unpacks...
Most companies struggle with making data-informed decisions
Should you invest in a new consumer market? Cut that underperforming division? Buy off-the-shelf or build custom technology you urgently need to compete? Over the course of my career,...
Business leaders must prioritize employee well-being
As I’ve been watching deep cuts unfold across the federal government and nonprofit sectors, I can’t help but feel deeply sad for the work that is at risk or...
Why mental health support matters for all workers
The old adage “the only thing constant is change” seems to ring true in workplaces today. Workplaces are rife with challenges, from navigating economic uncertainty to rapidly adapting to...
Break the cycle of inefficiency
In today’s workplace, everyone’s racing to a digital finish line. Organizations have embraced transformation, but in a rush to adopt new technologies, many leaders have prioritized speed over strategy...
