Leo Acadia/theispot.com The Research The authors created a data set from publicly available information on LinkedIn in 2022 provided by Bright Data. It included all U.S. financial services industry companies on the platform, as well as their employees’ education and work histories over the past 20 years. Based on observations for 5,500 businesses that had…
History was made at the Vatican when the first American-born pope—Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV—was elected as the new head of the Roman Catholic Church. As a devout Catholic, I welcome the election of the 69-year-old cleric as a sign of strength and health for the church and its 1.4 billion communicants around…
Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu challenges the AI revolution narrative with surprising data: AI will likely automate just 5% of tasks and add only 1% to global GDP this decade. And where the internet’s potential was clear early on, AI’s is not, and the technology has yet to deliver applications that can transform production or…
For some of us, the rapid rise of artificial intelligence might not seem the least bit worrisome. We’re learning about it and testing it. And we’re slowly but surely integrating the new technology into our lives and work. In other words, we’re adapting—just as we did with the emergence of the internet and smartphones and…
When healthcare economist David Dranove noticed blood in his urine, he wasn’t immediately concerned: hematuria had several causes, many of which were benign. Dranove, a professor of strategy at Kellogg, would later learn he had bladder cancer. Seeking treatment was anything but simple—which, for a healthcare economist, speaks volumes about the complexity of the market.…
Matt Chinworth/theispot.com Why would an inventor like Charles Babbage insert deliberate errors into the blueprints of the world’s first computer? And why did Apple mislabel early iPhone prototypes as iPods? Actions like these may not seem intuitive but are in fact central elements in an innovation strategy that has long flown under the radar. Babbage,…
Josh Weiner, senior vice president of consumer engagement and analytics at CVS Health, is passionate about making health care more personalized, connected, preventative, and accessible. On today’s episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Josh joins hosts Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh to explain how the integrated health care company is structured and how…
Patrick George/Ikon Images Creative workforces, accelerated business growth, and leaders who have learned how to harness their team’s diversity are all expected outcomes of well-executed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Hiring to develop a more diverse workforce, however, doesn’t mean that these synergies will automatically accrue. Inclusive leaders need to understand that implementing DEI…
Alexis Franklin Is the shift to a four-day workweek a real movement, a post-pandemic fad, or a pipe dream? In her new book, Four Days a Week: The Life-Changing Solution for Reducing Employee Stress, Improving Well-Being, and Working Smarter (Harper Business, June 2025), Juliet B. Schor, an economist and sociologist at Boston College, sheds light…
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Hackathons are a valuable tool for spurring innovative solutions to challenging problems, but they can fail badly. This can be particularly disheartening considering the substantial time, money, and other resources invested in preparation, organization, and execution. So, what causes them to go wrong? In my research, I observed 48…