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    Insomnia Cookies founder and CEO Seth Berkowitz

    Insomnia Cookies CEO made millions selling his company to Krispy Kreme, but has a warning for entrepreneurs: ‘It can be lonely, it’s a solitary life’

    Seth Berkowitz wants aspiring young people in business to know the life of an entrepreneur is “not for everyone”—especially when burnout and the pressure of raising capital sets in.

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    October 3, 2025

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    Success

    Martha Stewart wakes up at 4 a.m., packs in brain games and pilates—all before staff arrive at 7 a.m—in her quest to be a ‘super ager’

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    Grindr CEO graduated with $500 in his pocket. Now a self-made millionaire, he plans to bring his kids to the office at 10 years old to teach them grit
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    Grindr CEO graduated with $500 in his pocket. Now a self-made millionaire, he plans to bring his kids to the office at 10 years old to teach them grit

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    America will see its largest mass resignation in history as 100,000 federal workers are set to quit their jobs today

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    September 30, 2025
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    The blue-collar revolution isn’t just for Gen Z. Six in 10 white-collar professionals say they’d switch for the right trades job

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    Suzy Welch worries that Gen Z is ‘unemployable’—and some leaders are intervening to teach them basic life skills

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    September 29, 2025
    Jerome Powell
    Economy

    Millions of workers are left out of the ‘low-hire, low-fire’ U.S. job market

    By Michael Sasso, Augusta Saraiva, Mark Niquette and Bloomberg
    September 29, 2025
    Walmart CEO explains what the most coveted skills are and points to store managers
    Future of Work

    Walmart CEO explains what the most coveted skills are and points to store managers

    By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press
    September 28, 2025
    Gen Z
    Future of Work

    This chief people officer is leading ‘Gen Z training’ for managers at her $1.5 billion startup. Both sides have a lot to learn

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    Success

    Goodwill CEO says hiring managers are going behind their bosses’ backs and looking for workers with college degrees, not skills

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    Success

    Don’t try to be funny at work unless you want to risk your job and any chance of ever getting promoted, management professors say

    By Peter McGraw, Adam Barsky, Caleb Warren and The Conversation
    September 25, 2025
    Workday got nearly 80% of its employees to use AI—and it took more than just one general training
    AI

    Workday got nearly 80% of its employees to use AI—and it took more than just one general training

    By Paige McGlauflin and HR Brew
    September 25, 2025
    Suzy Welch uncovered the reason Gen Z seems unhireable: Their workplace values don’t match their Gen X and millennial bosses
    Future of Work

    Suzy Welch uncovered the reason Gen Z seems unhireable: Their workplace values don’t match their Gen X and millennial bosses

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    September 25, 2025
    Emma Watson
    Commentary

    Harry Potter star Emma Watson says she paused her career at 29, after 16-hour work days turned her into ‘an insane person’ who couldn’t hold a conversation

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    September 25, 2025
    Do you know your attachment style? It could be the reason you’re not getting promoted at work 
    Success

    Do you know your attachment style? It could be the reason you’re not getting promoted at work 

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    September 25, 2025
    Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn points his finger
    Success

    Duolingo’s billionaire CEO tells his 42 new Gen Z hires his company is ‘allergic’ to toxic behavior—and not to ‘work yourself to death’

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    September 24, 2025
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    Success

    The hottest workplace policy at startups right now: No shoes

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    September 24, 2025
    A woman wearing glasses and business attire sits at a computer with a confused look on her face
    Workplace Culture

    AI promised to revolutionize productivity. Instead, ‘workslop’ is a giant time suck and the scourge of the 21st century office, Stanford warns

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    September 23, 2025
    Is AI-generated ‘workslop’ to blame for a lack of productivity gains?
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    Is AI-generated ‘workslop’ to blame for a lack of productivity gains?

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    September 23, 2025
    This Gen X tech founder has a message for Jamie Dimon, Andy Jassy, and any CEO demanding a return to the office: You’re not serious about AI
    Success

    This Gen X tech founder has a message for Jamie Dimon, Andy Jassy, and any CEO demanding a return to the office: You’re not serious about AI

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    September 23, 2025
    Gen Z
    Success

    Harvard Business School’s top negotiation expert has career advice for Gen Z: It’s not about you

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    September 22, 2025
    Goodwill CEO says he’s preparing for an influx of jobless Gen Zers because of AI—and warns, a youth unemployment crisis is already happening
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    Goodwill CEO says he’s preparing for an influx of jobless Gen Zers because of AI—and warns, a youth unemployment crisis is already happening

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    Workplace Culture

    Meet the millennial managers ‘stuck between a rock and a hard place’: they’re taking ‘sanity days,’ dodging layoffs and trying to stay out of the ER

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    Commentary

    I turned my $2,000 bar mitzvah money into a $2 billion student housing company. Here’s what I learned

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    NYU Professor Suzy Welch
    Success

    Suzy Welch says Gen Z and millennials are burnt out because older generations worked just as hard, but they ‘had hope’

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    Fred Ryan
    Commentary

    Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Director: Civility can be your edge in this polarized time, when people have forgotten how to coexist

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    September 19, 2025
    Middle manager
    Commentary

    Surviving the Great Flattening: The coming extinction of the middle manager

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    September 19, 2025
    Starbucks
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    Disgruntled Starbucks workers in 3 states sue over dress-code changes, saying the company refused to reimburse them

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
    September 18, 2025
    The labor market is cooling, so now would be the time for companies to invest in existing employees. But employers aren’t doing that, research shows
    Future of Work

    The labor market is cooling, so now would be the time for companies to invest in existing employees. But employers aren’t doing that, research shows

    By Paige McGlauflin and HR Brew
    September 17, 2025
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    Catholic Boy Scouts chair sees ‘a hunger out there now for finding a values-based organization’ as scandal recovery continues

    By David Crary and The Associated Press
    September 17, 2025
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    AI

    ‘Bad data is AI’s kryptonite’: Experts suggest businesses fix their data first before investing too much in AI

    By Alex Zank and CFO Brew
    September 17, 2025

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