Future of Work

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Learning and work are converging in an integrated new life template for the AI era

Most of us are still living by an Industrial Age life script — learn, work, retire. Time for a rewrite.

By Ravi Kumar S

January 19, 2026

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President Donald Trump

America’s ‘Achilles Heel’ of national debt is exposed by Trump’s Greenland tariff threat, warns Deutsche Bank

By Eleanor Pringle

President Donald Trump speaks to the press on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday January 16, 2026.

Stocks sell off globally as traders digest Trump message saying he wants Greenland because ‘your Country decided not to give me the Nobel’

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND – JANUARY 14: Construction workers are working to remove a construction crane which it collapsed onto a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand on January 14, 2026. At least 32 people were killed and some 64 others injured on Wednesday after a construction crane collapsed onto a passenger train in northeastern Thailand, according to the Bangkok Post. The accident occurred in the Sikhiu district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, where the Special Express Train No. 21, traveling from capital Bangkok to Ubon Ratchathani province, was passing through the area. A large construction crane fell on top of one of its carriages. (Photo by Adryel Talamantes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Construction firm Italian-Thai Development is under fire after consecutive crane collapses

By Angelica Ang

Barry’s boss, Joey Gonzalez, climbed the company ladder from instructor to the boardroom. He tells Gen Z and young millennials how cold emails can help them open doors—and even land promotions.

Barry’s cofounder meets with ‘random’ young people who send him cold emails and LinkedIn DMs—it’s how he hired the current CEO

By Orianna Rosa Royle

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Fortune 500 exec: College grads aren’t ready for today’s jobs

By Mary Moreland

January 17, 2026

The CEO of Informatica, Amit Walia

Like DoorDash and Google’s CEOs, $7.6 billion Informatica boss is a McKinsey alum—he says being ‘pushed around’ by smart consultants helped him grow

By Emma Burleigh

January 17, 2026

Logan Paul

Logan Paul tells Gen Z they can turn any passion into a career—he’s turned Pokémon, YouTube, and wrestling into an empire worth millions

By Preston Fore

January 17, 2026

This CEO says wealthy families pay him $750k to get their kids into Ivy League schools, starting in 5th grade. They’re looking at ‘a centuries-long time horizon’

This CEO says wealthy families pay him $750k to get their kids into Ivy League schools, starting in 5th grade. They’re looking at ‘a centuries-long time horizon’

January 16, 2026

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In the AI economy, the ‘weirdness premium’ will set you apart. Lean into it, says expert on tech change economics

By Jake Angelo and Nick Lichtenberg

January 16, 2026

From left: Hari Bala of Solventum, Bill Briggs of Deloitte; Susan Doniz of Disney, Lauri Palmieri of Salesforce, and Allie Garfinkle of Fortune at the annual Brainstorm Tech dinner during CES in Las Vegas on Jan. 5, 2026. (Photo: Jacob Kepler/Fortune)

Protect your agentic AI before you wreck your agentic AI

By Andrew Nusca

January 16, 2026

The JPMorgan Chase and Co. global headquarters building, center, at 270 Park Avenue in New York, US, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.

‘They’re going to have to think and act a lot more like hotels’: The new rules of office space now that the ‘genie is out of the bottle on hybrid’

January 15, 2026

Worried about AI taking your job? New Anthropic research shows it’s not that simple

Worried about AI taking your job? New Anthropic research shows it’s not that simple

By Sharon Goldman

January 15, 2026

Photo of a job applicant being interviewed

Desperate job seekers are abandoning the idea of a ‘dream job’—but an economist warns bosses about what could happen next

By Jacqueline Munis

January 15, 2026

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AI will infiltrate the industrial workforce in 2026—let’s apply it to training the next generation, not replacing them

By Kriti Sharma

January 15, 2026

Young girl uses AI virtual assistant to do schoolwork.Concept of Artificial Intelligence and Futuristic technology

Teachers decry AI as brain-rotting junk food for kids: ‘Students can’t reason. They can’t think. They can’t solve problems’

By Eva Roytburg

January 15, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) walks with Executive chair of Ford Motor Company Bill Ford Jr. (L), and CEO of Ford Motor Company Jim Farley as they tour the Ford River Rouge Complex on January 13, 2026 in Dearborn, Michigan.

Trump hails ‘booming investment’ in Detroit while auto manufacturing jobs have fallen every month since Liberation Day

By Eva Roytburg

January 14, 2026

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Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser warns of job cuts and says it’s time to raise the bar in a fiery memo to staff: ‘We are not graded on effort’

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 14, 2026

McKinsey challenges graduates to master AI tools as it shifts hiring hunt toward liberal arts majors

McKinsey challenges graduates to master AI tools as it shifts hiring hunt toward liberal arts majors

January 14, 2026

powell

Forget the K-Shape: We have a barbell economy—and the middle class is buckling under the weight

January 14, 2026

Jensen Huang

The job market is broken, but Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is ‘fairly confident’ that AI will increase productivity and therefore, hiring—but there’s a catch

By Preston Fore

January 14, 2026

Why a college degree is still worthwhile—and the 3 things it can teach you that AI can’t do

Why a college degree is still worthwhile—and the 3 things it can teach you that AI can’t do

January 14, 2026

Hubbard

Carhartt CEO says they always focused on blue-collar workers—but hipsters came anyway: ‘We welcome anyone … that wants to celebrate hard work’

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 14, 2026

A worker in a green jacket operates a welding tool.

U.S workers just took home their smallest share of capital since 1947, at least

By Sasha Rogelberg

January 13, 2026

As ‘agentic commerce’ gains ground, companies shouldn’t put too much faith in ‘GEO,’ one industry insider warns

January 13, 2026

‘Humans could go the way of horses’: Goldman calculated how bad the AI ‘job apocalypse’ will be—and its analysts were pleasantly surprised

‘Humans could go the way of horses’: Goldman calculated how bad the AI ‘job apocalypse’ will be—and its analysts were pleasantly surprised

January 13, 2026

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‘Microshifting,’ an extreme form of hybrid working that breaks work into short, non-continuous blocks, is on the rise

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 13, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta is changing its performance review to reward output over effort, taking a page from Amazon and X

January 13, 2026

Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast

Despite his $2.6 billion net worth, MrBeast says he’s having to borrow cash and doesn’t even have enough money in his bank account to buy McDonald’s

By Emma Burleigh

January 13, 2026

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‘Hybrid creep’ is the latest trick bosses are using to get workers back in the office

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 13, 2026

Mercor Founders - Adarsh Hiremath, Brendan Foody

Chief people officers—and Jamie Dimon—say AI can’t learn ‘human skills.’ The world’s youngest self-made billionaires want to prove them wrong

January 13, 2026

Elon Musk shares 4 bold predictions for the future of work: Robot surgeons in 3 years, immortality, and no need for retirement savings

Elon Musk shares 4 bold predictions for the future of work: Robot surgeons in 3 years, immortality, and no need for retirement savings

By Orianna Rosa Royle

January 13, 2026

Elon Musk says saving for retirement is irrelevant because AI is going to create a world of abundance: ‘It won’t matter’

Elon Musk says saving for retirement is irrelevant because AI is going to create a world of abundance: ‘It won’t matter’

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

January 12, 2026

Young teacher in classroom

Just like during Great Recession-era job struggle, Gen Z graduates are pouring into education as Teach For America reports a 43% surge in new teachers

By Emma Burleigh

January 12, 2026

Acquisition.com CEO says leaders ‘have it backwards’ when it comes to hiring: She says she hires for emotional intelligence over technical skills

Acquisition.com CEO says leaders ‘have it backwards’ when it comes to hiring: She says she hires for emotional intelligence over technical skills

By Jacqueline Munis

January 12, 2026

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