Fast Company

I have been writing for several months about what I see more and more as the central problem in enterprise AI. I’m seeing it not just from an academic perspective: Of course, I’m a university professor with more than 30 years of experience, but I’m also the director of innovation of an artificial intelligence startup, and that’s teaching me a

Algorithms can now write code, draft legal contracts, and generate entire marketing campaigns in seconds. As artificial intelligence automates increasingly complex work, it’s easy to assume technical expertise will become the defining trait of great leadership.   The evidence points in the opposite direction.  Recent data from Microsoft

Over the years, I have taught a lot of classes on creativity, and I once had a student ask me whether it would benefit their creativity if they took a different route to work each day. While changing up your environment can create serendipitous engagements with things that might spur a new idea, changing up your daily commute would mostly mak

We’re in the midst of a mass exodus of working mothers from the labor force. The latest is Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, who announced her departure Wednesday. And it might have been because President Donald Trump had been calling her repeatedly while she was away on maternity leave, reports suggest. According to sources f

The Cheesecake Factory, along with a group of sit-down restaurant stocks including Texas Roadhouse and BJ’s Restaurants, have seen a median gain of about 62% over the past three months, according to recent data from Yahoo Finance. The news outlet also reported that the 62-point gap was “wider than anything seen from 2016 through 2025,” and co

“Cookie stuffing” unfortunately has nothing to do with sugary treats and Thanksgiving dishes. Instead, it’s led to Phoebe Gates—the daughter of Bill Gates and Melinda Gates—getting into some trouble. Specifically, the cofounder of Phia, an AI shopping startup, is catching heat for the company allegedly engaging in just that, according to a re

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has agreed to a $44 million class action settlement over its oral prescription medication Chantix. Approved by the FDA in May 2006 as a smoking-cessation aid, the drug was taken off the market in 2021. The lawsuit claims that the prescription medication was contaminated with high levels of a certain nitrosamin

At the Exceptional Women Alliance (EWA), we enable high-level women to mentor one another to achieve personal and professional success through sisterhood. As the nonprofit organization’s founder, chair, and CEO, I’m honored to share insights from thought leaders in our peer-to-peer mentoring community. This month, I’m joined by Jessica Pol