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Accenture CEO Julie Sweet: Why AI skills are now required for promotion

Sweet explains why leaders must understand AI, why companies should fix broken processes before investing in advanced models, and why she’s doubling...

11.03.2026 6

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Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber on why AI makes hardware ‘sexy’ again

Faber reflects on lessons from competitive diving, reshaping global manufacturing after tariffs, and why the company is experimenting with an AI...

09.03.2026 1

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Unrivaled wants to change women’s basketball. Its commissioner explains how

Micky Lawler on launching a player-owned startup league, offering equity instead of just paychecks, and why the boom in women’s sports is only just...

25.02.2026 10

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Why corporate reputation matters more than ever in the age of AI and polarization

Burson CEO Corey duBrowa explains why reputation has become a $7 trillion asset, and how executives should decide when to speak up in a volatile...

18.02.2026 10

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The best Super Bowl ad may not have been an ad at all

11.02.2026 8

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Vivian Tu on how to spot good financial advice in an uncertain economy

07.02.2026 5

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Padma Lakshmi on what America has lost—and what it must rebuild

04.02.2026 10

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Reid Hoffman says business leaders must speak up

30.01.2026 9

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How the Grammys are adapting in a world of AI music, ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ and a changing music marketplace

27.01.2026 10

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Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach explains the future of global spending

19.01.2026 30

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What we can learn about U.S. disaster response—a year after the LA wildfires

17.01.2026 10

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Tech stocks will stall, electricity will get cheaper and . . . the U.S. will win the World Cup? 8 bold business predictions for 2026

05.01.2026 10

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How will AI transform business in 2026?

23.12.2025 5

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Business lessons of 2026, from Airbnb, Meta, Linkedin, and more

22.12.2025 20

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Inside the evolving role of philanthropy in a time of uncertainty and crisis

16.12.2025 8

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Kara Swisher dishes on OpenAI, Meta, Google—and the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery

13.12.2025 20

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Whatnot’s CEO on the rise of live shopping.

06.12.2025 10

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The CEO of Chief on how the business world can better support women executives

06.12.2025 4

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How the CEO of Macy’s sees retail in a world of tariffs and shifting consumer habits (and how he gets ready for the parade)

05.12.2025 40

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Stanley McChrystal says leaders must have good character and strong convictions

28.11.2025 10

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Does AI have a role to play in mental health treament?

26.11.2025 4

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How ‘Sesame Street’ is navigating funding cuts, new media habits, and leaving HBO for Netflix

22.11.2025 10

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What Ken Burns learned by making ‘The American Revolution’

15.11.2025 7

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Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen on the state of trade under Trump’s tariffs

14.11.2025 10

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Autodesk’s CMO breaks down the branding lessons from Sydney Sweeney’s jeans commercial and Cracker Barrel’s rebrand

14.11.2025 4

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The CEOs of Honest Company and NWSL on regaining trust from consumers—and employees

04.11.2025 6

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The CEOs of Patagonia and Chobani on how companies can retain their values in volatile times

30.10.2025 30

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Leaders from Box, Meta, and LinkedIn on how AI is reshaping the future of work

27.10.2025 6

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What is happening to the economy right now, according the SF Fed President

21.10.2025 7

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on the difference between a business decision and a principle decision

15.10.2025 6

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How CEOs are thinking about tackling political and social issues in today’s climate

06.10.2025 5

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Figma’s Dylan Field on how design can continue to reshape business

02.10.2025 10

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How Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D’Oyen McKenna is leading her aid org in the face of Trump’s cuts

26.09.2025 5

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Ikea’s outgoing CEO on succession, sustainability, and knowing when to move on

22.09.2025 10

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Grab’s $20 billion playbook for becoming a super app

03.09.2025 5

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Runway’s AI can edit reality. Hollywood is paying attention

27.08.2025 6

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Mickey Drexler on the future of retail, AI’s limits, and lessons from Steve Jobs

25.08.2025 6

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Hinge CEO Justin McLeod on fighting loneliness, digital fatigue, and the future of online dating

22.08.2025 7

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Philips CEO Jeff DiLullo on how AI is changing healthcare today

19.08.2025 8

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How Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole lost control of her business—and took it back

10.08.2025 20

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‘We’re short about a million workers’: Rebecca Shi on immigration’s economic toll

06.08.2025 10

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How Cloudflare declared war on AI scrapers

30.07.2025 10

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LinkedIn’s Aneesh Raman says the career ladder is disappearing in the AI era

26.07.2025 10

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How the Golden State Valkyries became the WNBA’s breakout expansion team

19.07.2025 6

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How Watch Duty became a go-to app during natural disasters

13.07.2025 10

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PBS chief Paula Kerger warns public broadcasting could collapse in small communities if Congress strips federal funding

09.07.2025 10

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‘Creatives are going to be elevated’: Canva’s COO on how AI is transforming the artistic landscape

02.07.2025 10

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Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone talks AI, reinvention, and reclaiming relevance

01.07.2025 4

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Autodesk CMO Dara Treseder on how brands are navigating attention and polarization at Cannes Lions

21.06.2025 6

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Reid Hoffman on Musk vs. Trump and the real AI threat to jobs

18.06.2025 6

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