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No Figma. No Jira. No docs. How Gusto built a new product line with Claude Code | Eddie Kim (CTO)
Watch now | 🎙️ Eddie Kim, the CTO of Gusto, shows how a 5-person team shipped a full AI product line in 10 weeks using Claude Code, a perma-Zoom, and zero documentation
Transforming Investing With AI at Franklin Templeton
Patrick George/Ikon Images What would you do with artificial intelligence if you were confident that it would transform your industry? What actions would you take if you felt that you were at an inflection point in that transformation? Would you try to be an early proponent of AI-first in your industry, or a fast follower? […]
Backlist confusion
The backlist are the products already in the marketplace. Built earlier, still sold. The frontlist is the new. Restaurants have regulars (backlist) and new patrons. Broadway shows are attended by people who see three to ten shows a year, as well as folks going to their very first production. Supermarkets sell staples (like milk and […]
OpenAI Codex lead on the new shape of product work | Andrew Ambrosino
Listen now | OpenAI’s Andrew Ambrosino on why software is getting cheaper to build, why taste matters more than ever, and what’s next for the Codex desktop app
🧠 Community Wisdom: Beating a career slump, adding more structure to an established team, questions for new-team 1:1s, the evolving shape of the growth role, and more
A curated collection of advice and insights from readers addressing common workplace challenges: navigating career plateaus, introducing organizational structure into mature teams, effective questions for one-on-one meetings with new hires, and how the growth marketing role is evolving in modern organizations.
Awareness Can Be Bought. Loyalty Must Be Earned
FOR as long as I can remember, marketers have pursued awareness. The assumption was simple: if enough people knew your brand, more would buy from you. Today, while awareness is easier than ever to build, many well-known brands struggle to move beyond being known to being preferred. The gap between awareness and loyalty is relevance. Customers don’t become loyal simply because they know you exist.
Alan Greenspan’s Legacy and the Evolution of Monetary Policy
Jeremy Siegel examines Alan Greenspan's legacy, the Federal Reserve's evolving approach under new leadership, and the outlook for interest rates. … Read More
Leading Thoughts for June 25, 2026
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. Psychiatrist Phil Stutz on bad habits: “The impulses for all of our bad habits travel along the same path – a straight shot to immediate gratification through what I call the lower channel... Lower channel functioning is a disaster. When the pleasure is ov
Redefine What ‘Professionalism’ Means
Matt Kenyon/Ikon Images “Professionalism” encompasses the broad set of shared beliefs and expectations about how people within an industry or workplace should interact with one another: Think communication style, punctuality, or meeting etiquette. But opinions differ: Cameras on? Cameras off? Do meetings start precisely on the hour? Is arriving a few minutes late acceptable or […]
Private Credit Risks and the Threat of Market Contagion
Wharton finance professor examines private credit market vulnerabilities, investor redemptions, liquidity risks, and the potential for broader financial instability. … Read More
GLM 5.2: why I’m replacing Opus in Claude Code with this new model
Watch now | 🎙️I ran GLM-5.2, the open-weight model from Z.AI, through codebase audits, UI redesigns, and a 45-minute autonomous bug-hunting task in Cursor and Claude Code, and it cost me $3.36
How Forced Labor Scrutiny Shapes Supply Chain Transparency
A study co-authored by Wharton’s Sandra Schafhäutle examines why companies choose to hide their names in public shipping data. … Read More
The Science of Perfect Timing: Using Chronobiology
In this Nano Tool for Leaders, experts from Wharton and Slalom explain how to find the best time for meetings based on your team's biological rhythm. … Read More
The new inner game: Your unfair advantage in the age of AI
A playbook for the biggest upheaval of work we’ll see in our lifetime
Three Approaches to Measuring and Managing AI ROI
Matt Harrison Clough/Ikon Images After several years of AI experiments and pilot initiatives, a crucial question remains open for most companies: How much of a return — and what kinds of returns — are we getting from all of this AI investment? To many executives, AI ROI still often feels more like art than science: […]
🎙️ How I AI: How to write AI agent loops in Claude Code and Codex + How Claude Mythos found a 15-year-old bug in Mozilla Firefox
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How Claude Mythos found a 15-year-old bug in Mozilla Firefox | Brian Grinstead
Watch now | 🎙️423 security fixes in one month: Brian Grinstead (Mozilla) shows the goal-loop harness behind it, and why the model was only half the story
Resolving Muddled Objectives in Corporate Venture Capital
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images The Research The authors compared the approaches of prominent corporate venture capital (CVC) units, including those owned by Intel, Cisco, General Electric, Siemens, NTT Docomo, Hitachi, Panasonic, and Sompo. They examined 59 of the most active CVCs tracked by research firm CB Insights from 2017 through 2024 and mapped […]
What happens after coding is solved? | Fiona Fung (Manager of the Claude Code and Cowork Teams)
Listen now | Fiona Fung on leading the Claude Code and Cowork teams, and how to maintain culture when roles are blurring and agents are everywhere