Why Revathi Advaithi of Flex is Modern CEO of the Year

Business 12/29 6:00A Stephanie Mehta

Advaithi continued to reinvent the manufacturing giant for the AI era while undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Hello and welcome to Modern CEO ! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this...

The Year ‘Magatecture’ consumed the White House

Business 12/29 5:00A Diana Budds

Extra-tall flagpoles, a $400 million ballroom, and lots and lots of gold. For the first year of his second term, Trump’s been busy remaking 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in his image. All the changes to the White House over the past year read like a...

The winning $1.817 billion Powerball ticket was drawn on Christmas Eve. Here’s where it was sold

Business 12/26 7:56A Associated Press

The winning numbers were 04, 25, 31, 52, and 59. A Powerball ticket purchased at a gas station outside Little Rock, Arkansas, won a $1.817 billion jackpot in Wednesday s Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game s three-month stretch without...

How Vince Gilligan designed ‘Pluribus’ to destroy every sci-fi trope

Business 12/26 5:00A Jesus Diaz

Gilligan and his crew gave us an inside look at how they built ‘Pluribus’ into a happy-ish apocalypse. Vince Gilligan spent a decade ruminating about his next TV series before he had a clear vision of what it was going to be. But through all that...

How to use AI to design your year

Business 12/26 1:00A Uladzislau Yanchanka

To set yourself up for success in 2026, use AI to get feedback on your goals, design the systems that support them, and forecast where things might go wrong. If you’re an entrepreneur, at the end of the year you’re probably excited about the...

Tesla’s Model 3 emergency door release controls are being investigated

Business 12/24 2:01P Reuters

A defect petition claims that the vehicles’ mechanical door release is hidden, unlabeled, and not intuitive to locate during emergencies. The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Wednesday it has opened a defect investigation into Tesla Model 3...

How a ’60 Minutes’ segment on Trump immigration policy accidentally aired online

Business 12/24 7:39A Associated Press

A controversial immigration story was pulled from one of Canada’s largest networks, but still ran on its app. A news segment about the Trump administration s immigration policy that was abruptly pulled from 60 Minutes was mistakenly aired on a TV...

The 7 biggest design trends of 2025

Business 12/23 9:00A Mark Wilson

For our latest podcast, we look back at the year that was. We used to argue whether design was about aesthetics or about functionality. But in 2025, those conversations seemed downright quaint. Simpler debates for a simpler time.

The best design books of 2025

Business 12/23 5:30A Jarrett Fuller

From an accessible history of design to a facsimile of a super rare architecture magazine, these are the books we loved this year. It s easy, for me at least, to be cynical about the state of design. Our visual environment can feel bland,...

As health insurance costs rise, lawmakers remain undecided on who should pay for healthcare

Business 12/23 4:00A The Conversation

Without finding resolution on this core issue, the U.S. will likely still be embroiled in the same debate for years. December 15, 2025—the deadline for enrolling in a marketplace plan through the Affordable Care Act for 2026—came and went without...

The 4 key takeaways from business leaders in 2025

Business 12/22 6:00A Gwen Moran

Navigating uncertainty and managing AI were two of the year’s key lessons that leaders shared with Modern CEO. Hello and welcome to Modern CEO ! Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with...

Data centers are the buildings of our era. Do they have to be so boring?

Business 12/22 5:30A Nate Berg

The AI data center building boom is spreading large-scale facilities across the U.S., but few are being designed with even an iota of aesthetic distinction. If a single type of building could define our present time, it would undoubtedly be the...

The higher you climb, the lonelier it gets. Here’s how leaders can stay connected

Business 12/22 5:20A Kelli Thompson

Business groups, leadership retreats, and mastermind groups can help. A few weeks ago, I led a leadership workshop for a group of executive women leaders in Birmingham, Alabama. Before I begin leadership workshops, I ask the participants what...

The most important year-end metrics aren’t on your balance sheet

Business 12/21 1:00A Mandana Mellano

As leaders plan for the year ahead, nonfinancial metrics offer the clearest signal of whether growth is truly sustainable. As the year winds down, many leaders find themselves in a familiar ritual: closing the books, reviewing revenue targets,...

Best books on leadership of 2025

Business 12/19 3:00A Next Big Idea Club

Their topics range from the psychology of leadership to negative self-talk. Inbox pinging. Deadlines stacking. Morale slipping. One choice could change everything. These 11 books unpack the decisions—and strategies—that distinguish great leaders.