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Workers are using AI to sneak out for spin classes and skip lunch meetings—and new research shows they’re clawing back 30 minutes a day

Your colleagues are saving so much time by using AI that they’re running errands and exercising in the middle of the workday.

By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 25, 2026
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JPMorgan has started monitoring the keystrokes, video calls, and meetings of its junior investment bankers—and they say it’s for employee well-being
By Emma BurleighMarch 24, 2026
10 a.m. could be your new start time, thanks to AI. Billionaire Mark Cuban says companies will cut the workday by an hour—and you’ll still get paid the same
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 24, 2026
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Starbucks CEO admits the chain ‘ran like a manufacturing facility’
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 23, 2026
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Just like Gen Z, a young Mark Zuckerberg ‘had no concept of small talk’ and would ‘just stare at you,’ the VC behind Airbnb and Reddit says
By Preston ForeMarch 23, 2026
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By Eva RoytburgMarch 25, 2026
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AITwo private school boys get probation for using AI to create 350 fake nudes of their classmates
By Mark Scolforo and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
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By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
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By Darlene Superville and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
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By Joseph HostetlerMarch 25, 2026
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By Jon Gambrell, Mike Corder, Munir Ahmed, Aamer Madhani and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
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By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
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PoliticsMeet the 40-year-old Democrat who owns a fitness company for pregnant and postpartum women and just won in Trump’s district
By Bill Barrow, Mike Schneider and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
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SuccessForget an MBA: Hasbro forces workers to sit through a Monopoly-style board game to see if they’re fit for the C-suite—and it’s a tactic approved by Reid Hoffman
By Preston ForeJanuary 5, 2026
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Future of WorkBosses are fighting a new battle in the RTO wars: It’s not about where you work, but when you work
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 4, 2026
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Future of WorkMeet the ‘empowered non-complier’: A certain kind of valuable worker who flouts return to office whenever they feel like it
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 3, 2026
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C-SuiteCEO of $90 billion Waste Management hauled trash and went to 1 a.m. safety briefings—‘It’s not always just dollars and cents’
By Amanda GerutJanuary 3, 2026
Future of WorkMark Cuban says he doesn’t do calls and prefers email because ‘if we do it by phone, I’m going to forget half the stuff that we talked about’
By Sydney LakeJanuary 1, 2026
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SuccessCEOs say they are unplugging from the top job by cancelling all meetings and playing with Legos over the holidays
By Emma BurleighJanuary 1, 2026
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SuccessScott Galloway says the key to landing jobs is be as social as possible: ‘70% of the time, the person they pick is someone with an internal advocate’
By Dave SmithDecember 27, 2025
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Future of WorkManagement professors who studied the dreaded work offsite say think twice about skipping it this year
By Madeline Kneeland, Adam M. Kleinbaum and The ConversationDecember 27, 2025
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SuccessThe ‘occupations most exposed to AI automation’ actually outperform the rest of the job market, new research reveals
By Emma BurleighDecember 27, 2025
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CommentaryThe global empathy crisis that confronts us this Christmas
By Butch MeilyDecember 25, 2025
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North AmericaTelluride resort owner rips into ski patrol union after strikes shuts down slopes on Christmas
By Mead Gruver and The Associated PressDecember 25, 2025
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SuccessHoping AI will give you more work-life balance in 2026? Fortune 500 CEOs warn otherwise
By Preston ForeDecember 23, 2025
LawThe University of Oklahoma fired an instructor after she failed a psychology student who cited the Bible in an essay on gender
By John Hanna and The Associated PressDecember 23, 2025
Workplace CultureWomen’s steady climb to CEO jobs and board seats is stalling amid a perfect storm of politics, economic uncertainty, and changing management tracks
By Claire ZillmanDecember 23, 2025
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SuccessOpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman says in 10 years’ time college graduates will be working ‘some completely new, exciting, super well-paid’ job in space
By Preston ForeDecember 23, 2025
SuccessRemote work is officially dead: 3 days in the office is the new norm, says CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter—except for ‘very special’ talent
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 23, 2025
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PoliticsEvita Duffy-Alonso, daughter of transportation secretary, accuses TSA of ‘absurdly invasive’ pat-down
By The Associated PressDecember 22, 2025
SuccessMeet the Chanel chief who hires for personality over talent or skills—those with ‘big egos, want to work solo or are mercenaries’ don’t pass go
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 22, 2025
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AIAn Iowa company that builds wood chippers doesn’t care about your AI buzzwords: 2 Silicon Valley CEOs get real about the hype-slop-cycle
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 22, 2025
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HealthThe CEO behind the world’s top sleep and meditation app says most leaders are operating at ‘about 20%’ without a ‘fully recharged’ battery
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 19, 2025
RetailWalmart’s women truckers surge thanks to $115,000 starting pay and other perks bringing in nontraditional candidates
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 18, 2025
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CommentaryThe AI efficiency illusion: why cutting 1.1 million jobs will stifle, not scale, your strategy
By Katica RoyDecember 18, 2025
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CommentaryIT service is reaching its breaking point. At Salesforce, we see 3 tipping points
By Muddu SudhakarDecember 18, 2025
SuccessExclusive: This Chanel chief launched her 40-year luxury career off the back of a failed teaching exam and a chance encounter at a student forum
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 18, 2025
Future of WorkNew year, new job? Not so fast—more than half of employers aren’t planning to hire in Q1
By Paige McGlauflin and HR BrewDecember 17, 2025
AIIBM, AWS veteran says 90% of your employees are stuck in first gear with AI, just asking it to ‘write their mean email in a slightly more polite way’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 16, 2025
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Future of WorkAWS CEO says replacing young employees with AI is ‘one of the dumbest ideas’—and bad for business: ‘At some point the whole thing explodes on itself’
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 16, 2025
Gen Z workers collaborate in the office.
SuccessPwC U.K. is giving Gen Z grads ‘resilience’ training in their first 6 months on the job, to get better at handling criticisms and office politics
By Emma BurleighDecember 15, 2025
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SuccessMeetings are not work, says Southwest Airlines CEO—and he’s taking action, by blocking his calendar every afternoon from Wednesday to Friday 
By Preston ForeDecember 15, 2025
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AIDeloitte’s CTO on a stunning AI transformation stat: Companies are spending 93% on tech and only 7% on people
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 15, 2025
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