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Workplace AI: Is Resistance Futile?

In the latest disturbing trend for leaders, a growing number of workers are undermining or ignoring firms’ AI efforts.

This Week in Leadership (Apr 20 - Apr 26)

Why some believe that having more meetings might can protect your career. Plus, how to handle decision fatigue.

6 Ways to Handle Decision Fatigue

Managing all the back-and-forth business shifts going on right now can take its toll.

April 21, 2026

The Sharp Squeeze on Britain’s HR Budgets

AI and hiring cutbacks have quietly prompted one of the biggest resets in HR budgets in years. Could that be a mistake?

April 21, 2026

The AI Is Emotionally Self Aware. Is the Boss?

Best-selling author Dan Goleman says new AI models are being trained in an emotional-intelligence skill that many leaders can’t—or won’t—master.

April 20, 2026

The Sharp Slicing of HR Budgets

AI and hiring cutbacks have quietly prompted the largest reduction in HR budgets in years. Could that be a mistake?

April 15, 2026

Briefings Podcast: Hiring: The Great Mismatch

The new roles are there for the taking, but firms aren’t hiring because the skills aren’t there. How to solve the greatest talent imbalance in a generation.

April 15, 2026

I’ll Take ‘Your Training is Obsolete’ for $200

Be it Jeopardy! or other game shows, experts are raising a question for corporate leaders: Will AI make studying easier, but not promote real learning?

April 15, 2026

Workplace AI: Is Resistance Futile?

In the latest disturbing trend for leaders, a growing number of workers are undermining or ignoring firms’ AI efforts.

April 15, 2026

5 Ways to Handle Awkward Work Situations

Anyone who has ever had a job has found themselves in an awkward situation with a colleague or boss. Our experts share their advice.

April 15, 2026

A Tough Global Message

Even if the Middle East conflict ended tomorrow, higher prices and shortages could continue through the year. How should leaders explain that to their stakeholders?

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September 10, 2025

Did Supply-Chain Pros Forget Something? Oh, Right: People

In a shift on priorities, just 12% of global corporate supply-chain goals include focusing on people skills and safety.

September 10, 2025

Board Focus: Now You Want Us Older?

For years, the average age for directors has ticked downward. But as more boards look for experience, older directors may have an advantage.

September 9, 2025

5 Tips for a September Reset

Skills-training and certificate programs are expected to balloon into a $3 billion business by decade’s end. Deciding which courses to take is a challenge.

September 9, 2025

AI Pay: How High Can It Go?

Salaries for AI talent continue to rise, with increases of 12% or more for people with no experience. But the risks for firms extend far beyond pay.

September 9, 2025

The End of Lunch

Six in ten workers don’t leave their desk at lunch. Is it another blow to corporate culture?

September 5, 2025

This Week in Leadership (Sept 1 - Sept 7)

What should companies do with all their job-hugging employees? Plus, how to pick a good training course.

September 4, 2025

What to Do with All the Job Huggers

New data this week confirms people are staying put in their roles. Should leaders try to develop this newly loyal breed of workers—or nudge some out?

September 4, 2025

5 Tips for Picking the Right Training Course

Skills-training and certificate programs are expected to balloon into a $3 billion business by decade’s end. Deciding which courses to take is a challenge.

September 3, 2025

CFO Exits: Domino Effect or Burnout?

Why 2025 is the year top finance execs are leaving at a pace unseen in years. What’s the impact of having a new finance team?

September 3, 2025

Learning AI: A Second Job?

Half of workers feel that learning the skills needed for AI can feel like a new job. How firms can help workers juggle a critical new demand.

September 2, 2025

Briefings Podcast #55: Dazed & Confused

Tariffs, an ongoing AI race, multiple wars. Is a new breed of leaders needed to handle not one—but many—major disruptions at once?

September 1, 2025

AI: From Uncertainty to Possibility

Best-selling author Dan Goleman argues that what leaders need now isn’t certainty, but a wider sense of possibility.

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