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Conley Downing, CMO of Archer Roose Wines, explains how the brand is building demand for premium single-serve canned wine through trial, distinctive branding, and consumer insight. … Read More
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We don't write everything worth reading. This is where we collect the best leadership and business writing from other publications and blogs, so you don't have to go looking for it.
Leading Thoughts for August 27, 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. Dave Rossi on the growth journey: “In athletics, we’re used to having coaches. We expect a trained eye to point out our mistakes, give us adjustments, and help us fine-tune our game. Most people don’t think of applying that same level of observation and co
Spot New Tech Skills Emerging From the Workforce
Matt Chinworth Across industries, companies are investing unprecedented sums in reskilling programs to prepare employees to use emerging technologies.1 The programs are typically built around forecasts of which skills, such as data literacy, digital fluency, systems thinking, and adaptability, will matter most. Each year, when the forecasts are updated, training courses — and their related […]
Steve Jobs in Exile
We all know the Steve Jobs who came back in the late 1990s and saved Apple from becoming a footnote. And we’ve all heard the story of how, in 1985, he was pushed out of the company he’d created. What we don’t know is what happened in between. Geoffrey Cain spent years reconstructing the decade … The post Steve Jobs in Exile appeared first on Farnam Street .
Fertilizing the weeds
It’s not up to us to fix the world all by ourselves. But we vote with our attention and our dollars. If we’re attracted to the wrong stuff like moths to a flame, don’t be surprised when folks spend time building new fires. Each of us knows that we’re motivated by positive feedback. We’re drawn […]
The Bond Market Is Losing Confidence in the Fed
Wharton professor of finance Nikolai Roussanov explains how rising bond yields, fiscal policy and uncertainty around Kevin Warsh’s reaction function could reshape monetary policy and the Fed’s fight against inflation. … Read More
College Football’s New Power Structure
Steven Godfrey, college football journalist and co-host of Yahoo's College Football Enquirer, examines NIL, eligibility, conference power, and the sport's evolving postseason. … Read More
Building on AI’s Unfinished Foundation
Brian Stauffer/theispot.com By the ordinary measures of any new technology, the current wave of generative AI has moved fast. By some estimates, about 2.4 billion people worldwide use generative AI platforms each month, and coding agents have changed how software is written. Efforts to commercialize the technology have scaled just as fast. AI coding platform […]
Hiding out
It might be at school, at work or at home. Hunkering down, hoping we won’t get noticed. A safe spot, worth concealing. The problem with hiding out from responsibility or change is that we’re also hiding from time. But time always finds us.
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Ask Sanyin: How Do I Communicate That I’ve Grown and Changed?
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Unsplash, Fotos After receiving some challenging feedback about my management style, I’ve done a lot of introspection, taken responsibility, worked with a coach, and I believe I’ve made real changes in how I work with others. But I don’t sense that others’ perceptions have changed accordingly. What else do I need […]
On the verge of done
Three paths are now available: We face this choice daily, but rarely name it or prepare for it. The moment just before shipping is where magic and leverage can dance together. Updates: Live in NY on September 21: I have 55 seats left for the Knot launch event happening in a few weeks. All the […]
Building Brain Capital: Why Early Childhood Education Shapes the Future Workforce and Economy
Experts from the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative and Masterminds Education explain why fostering adaptability early on generates lifelong returns, especially in the age of AI. … Read More
Learning to Be Excellent
EXCELLENCE is a mindset. The right mindset is what differentiates top performers from others. A mindset is simply the way you approach the circumstances you are faced with. It is a chosen approach to life that either propels you forward or leaves you drifting. Your mindset is a choice. Choose wisely. In Learned Excellence, Eric Potterat and Alan Eagle say that “learning excellence starts with deve
What I’ve Learned: Kenneth Shropshire
In a wide-ranging conversation with Wharton Dean Erika James, Kenneth Shropshire reflects on his unconventional path to academia and how the business of sports has evolved over his career. … Read More
🎙️ How I AI: Grok Bot + Grok 4.6—what’s great (and what’s still hype) & Lessons from spending $20,000 on Devin in one month
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I spent $20,000 on Devin in a month. Here’s what I learned | Ryan Carson (solo founder)
Watch now | 🎙️ Solo founder Ryan Carson runs 15 concurrent Devin agents to handle engineering, customer success, and investor updates, and he uses a handwritten list to keep it all straight
Develop Your Team’s Social Capital, Not Just Their Skills
Leigh Wells/Ikon Images Leaders may prioritize executing strategy and driving organizational performance, but they are also responsible for developing the next generation of leaders. Traditionally, leadership development has focused heavily on performance — an understandable emphasis, given that leaders themselves are evaluated and rewarded based on execution and results. However, as organizationa
“Thanks for your quick response”
That’s pretty new. Letters sent by Thomas Jefferson from France often took months to get a response. No points for shaving a day off a 90-day correspondence lag. The 800 toll-free number shifted the dynamic we expected from marketers. If we call you, we expect you to answer. Now, not later. FEDEX did the same […]
AI Likes Kissing Up to You
Personal Tech columnist at The Wall Street Journal, Nicole Nguyen, wrote in Why I Told My Chatbot to Stop Kissing Up to Me, “AI is trained in part on what people like, and people prefer the brown-nosing, says Myra Cheng, a computer-science Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University and lead author of a March study on agreeable AI. Participants rated sycophantic AI responses significantly higher in qua