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Wharton professor of legal studies and business ethics Kevin Werbach explains why AI governance is so difficult, why companies can't be left to regulate themselves, and what governments need to do as AI becomes more powerful. … Read More
The Decware triode amp is the best low-power stereo amp I’ve ever heard. And it’s a bargain. If you have the right speakers, it’s an extraordinary device. And there’s a two-year waitlist. 2000 people, 11 pages long. This approach to timing and production serves all the people that matter to the company. Employees are free […]
LOOK at how most people plan. They open the calendar, see the squares, and start filling them. A meeting here, a block there, a few tasks wedged into the gaps. By the end, the week looks full and feels productive. It is also completely backward. Starting with the calendar means you are organizing your time before you have decided what any of it is for. That is how founders end up busy for months a
Wharton’s Cornelia Walther explains how different countries are approaching AI regulation and what that means for business leaders. … Read More
New Wharton research shows how people’s trust in financial institutions and government programs could boost or deplete their retirement nest eggs. … Read More
Three founder archetypes—and how to turn your origin story into a communications strategy
Aad Goudappel/theispot.com Most leadership advice is written for beginnings — how to launch initiatives, build momentum, scale ideas, and manage new projects. Far less attention is given to the work of ending something well. Yet endings are everywhere in organizational life. A team is disbanded. A project is closed. A product is retired. A partnership […]
If you win an auction to get a click, you probably overpaid. Every other bidder stopped bidding, that’s why you won. Putting attention up for auction is a good business model—for the seller.
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Andy Carter/Ikon Images Innovation leaders often know how to manage success well. A fairly good idea is recognized, a strong contributor is rewarded, and the lessons from the win are carried into the next team project. In many cases, that is exactly the right organizational response. But, sooner or later, most organizations have a […]
When your project, proposal or resume is rejected, it’s tempting to try to understand why. Scrutinize the rejection letter and turn the short sentence into a paragraph or an essay, then play it over and over in your search for how to do better next time. If you can simply answer this rejection, next time […]
Listen now | Cursor’s Adam Ward on “funnel of doom” hiring, treating every hire like an executive search, and why caring is the biggest unfair advantage in recruiting
Keith Jarrett on improvisation. When the artist is creating in real time, in conjunction with the witnesses in the room, “performance” goes away. It’s creation. Improvisation is a privilege, a chance to create without a guarantee.
A curated collection of community insights addressing key product development challenges, including strategies for authentic customer outreach, identifying and recruiting design collaborators, defining competitive advantage when building technologies becomes accessible to all, and techniques for rallying teams around a compelling product vision.
There’s a village in Luxembourg that’s right outside the main metropolis. A farmer often ties up a donkey to the little bridge leading to town. The juxtaposition of international digital trading and donkeys is a reminder that as fast as the future arrives, the past also sticks around. We can measure the distance not just […]
Wharton finance professor Nikolai Roussanov explains how 401(k)s are exposed to market volatility, the likelihood of government intervention, and what investors should expect in a crisis. … Read More
SPORTS analyst Ric Bucher wondered, after rubbing shoulders with some of the greatest athletes, which traits separate the best from the rest? The common denominator was: I was coachable. In Coachable, Bucher explores ten truths of coachability through the stories of all-time great athletes. The truths are applicable to all walks of life. What is coachability? “Synthesizing your vision of who and w
You’re not a crow, neither is your project. To get from a village in rural France to Los Angeles, the trip to London might be a tiny fraction of the distance from London to LA, but it takes more than half the time. It’s easy to imagine that every step in our journey proceeds at […]
IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Jeremy Pollack on certainty: “Certainty is the nemesis of peace. Our drive toward certainty, which underlies our subconscious and conscious desires to be right, is antithetical to our capacities for flexibility, open-mindedness, and collaboration with thos
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