Most products work, few work well

Business 5/1 3:25P Ben Wintner

The difference shows up not in features, but in the small moments that define real use. Some of the most familiar moments in a day begin with something simple like boiling water. The first cup before the day starts, a pause in the middle of it, a...

Elon Musk clashes with OpenAI’s attorney on his third day of testimony at high-stakes trial

Business 5/1 9:02A Associated Press

The trial in Oakland, California, is scheduled to continue through May. Elon Musk on Thursday sparred with an attorney for OpenAI during his third day of testimony in the contentious trial over the company s pivot from nonprofit status to a...

This is the missing third pillar of leadership excellence

Business 4/30 3:00A Natalie Nixon

Emotional recovery is not a wellness initiative. It is infrastructure. Ask most leaders to describe a high performer, and you’ll hear some version of the same profile: sharp, resilient, and relentless. Ask those same leaders what they mean by...

The ‘manosphere’ has already infiltrated the workplace. We’re only just noticing

Business 4/30 3:00A Pat Brothwell

As conversations about gender and DEI recede in some workplaces, language from the ‘manosphere’—from ‘alpha leadership’ to ‘high-value employees’—is becoming more visible. I never thought I’d see discussions of looksmaxxing on LinkedIn of all...

How to figure out if AI is making you more productive

Business 4/30 12:00A Art Markman

AI makes you feel like you’re more productive, but how can you actually figure out if it’s worth using? Using AI in the workplace promises significant productivity gains. And using chatbots may make you feel productive, because it they designed...

Social media’s big tobacco moment is just a first step

Business 4/29 12:36P Yafit Lev-Aretz

It’s still unclear whether the California jury verdict will result in healthier social networking experiences. Many commentators have called March s California jury verdict , finding Meta and Google liable for designing addictive platforms that...

Celebrities like Taylor Swift are setting the guardrails for the AI age

Business 4/29 12:10P Rebecca Heilweil

The elite want to protect themselves from AI. What about the rest of us? Taylor Swift recently filed a series of trademark applications designed to protect the star from AI -enabled impersonations. Swift already holds a wide array of trademarks,...

Your leadership team isn’t ready for AI. Here’s a 90-day plan to change that

Business 4/29 11:57A Faisal Hoque

A step-by-step plan for building the capabilities your leadership team needs—before the gap becomes permanent. In March 2026, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey told CNBC that AI had significantly influenced his decision to step down from his post. The...

Cotopaxi designed a suitcase you can repair on the go

Business 4/29 8:00A Elizabeth Segran

The 12-year-old outdoor brand will send you swappable parts and tools, so a broken wheel or busted latch doesn’t have to end a trip—or the bag’s life. You re three days into a work trip in a foreign city, running late for a meeting, and you yank...

Do leaders actually listen to interns? Gap’s CEO says yes—and here’s why

Business 4/28 2:24P vsingh

Mark Breitbard began his career in retail and returned to it at the top, crediting authenticity as the key to his leadership journey Mark Breitbard began his career in retail and returned to it at the top, crediting authenticity as the key to his...

How to build a team that runs itself

Business 4/28 12:00A Aytekin Tank

Great leaders don’t control every detail—they design systems where teams can succeed independently. A twenty-something man once went to a French restaurant in New York—the kind of place with tuxedoed servers. He told the waiter he had never eaten...

5 new AI tools that actually save time

Business 4/27 7:20A Jeremy Caplan

From instant document design to bulk calendar uploads and one-click YouTube analysis, these apps are worth adding to your 2026 workflow. This article is republished with permission from  Wonder Tools , a newsletter that helps you discover the...

Why designers make better entrepreneurs than they think

Business 4/27 5:59A Vivianne Castillo

Maybe you’re not hard to manage. Maybe you’re just not meant to be managed. If you ve spent meaningful time in a corporate design role, you ve probably received some version of this feedback at least once: you re difficult. Too opinionated. Not a...

How Garage Beer designed its delightfully retro glass bottles

Business 4/27 5:00A Grace Snelling

The original Coors Banquet just got a cooler younger brother. Garage Beer just got a packaging update that looks like a throwback.

Microsoft hit pause on carbon removal purchases. Now what?

Business 4/26 5:14A Adele Peters

The nascent industry just lost its biggest buyer, at least temporarily. But some carbon removal technology is designed to survive without corporate support. News that Microsoft was reportedly planning to pause its carbon removal purchases has...