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Blue Bottle Coffee’s CEO on oat milk and innovation
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Blue Bottle CEO Karl Strovink talks about celebrating innovation, getting barista buy-in, and making the switch to oat milk.
HubSpot CEO: 6 career choices that lead to the top
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Good leaders make strategic choices at key moments in their careers. HubSpot’s Rangan chose to say no when necessary and stand out rather than fit in.
Altering gendered language in job postings doesn’t attract more women
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A new MIT Sloan study finds that tweaking the amount of masculine or feminine language in online job postings doesn’t increase gender diversity in the applicant pool.
Neural net pioneer Geoffrey Hinton sounds the AI alarm
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One researcher said he’s concerned about the “existential dangers” of artificial intelligence for humanity.
How this former CEO traded anxiety for mindfulness
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Executive coach Amy Kimball helps clients facing challenges at work choose reactions that are aligned with their values.
What bananas can tell us about supply chains
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In a new book, MIT professor Yossi Sheffi examines supply chain complexity, artificial intelligence, and the future of work.
Study: Industry now dominates AI research
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Industry is now leading, and influencing, basic AI research that has traditionally been the domain of academia, according to a new paper.
The Delta Model: How Arnoldo Hax reprioritized corporate strategy
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The late MIT Sloan professor’s novel approach to customer bonding is still used in corporate strategies today.
It’s not too late to rechart the course of technology
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In their new book, MIT’s Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson argue that society’s powerful gatekeepers need to stop being mesmerized by tech billionaires.
SEC commissioner Hester Peirce is not a fan of interventionism
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The Security and Exchange Commission’s Peirce shares views on climate-related disclosures, payment for order flow, and cost-benefit analysis for rulemaking.