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C-SuiteOpenAI’s Sam Altman says his highly disciplined daily routine has ‘fallen to crap’—and now unwinds on weekends at a ranch with no cell phone service
By Jacqueline MunisJune 7, 2026

By Emma BurleighJune 6, 2026

Future of WorkA CEO denied raises to spend money on AI instead. Companies have ‘no idea what they’re going to need in a workforce’ when the AI race is over
By Jacqueline MunisJune 6, 2026

SuccessWalmart CEO John Furner worked his way up from the garden center. After 30 years, he’s sharing the one trait that matters most in his job
By Preston ForeJune 4, 2026

SuccessDespite his hectic schedule, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins says he’s ‘the most responsive person in the company’—and looks for the same trait in new hires
By Emma BurleighJune 3, 2026

Future of WorkData center CEO is hoping for a skilled-trades revival in his lifetime—he’s recruiting couch-dwelling Gen Z with two weeks of vacation on day one
By Preston ForeJune 2, 2026

ConferencesCognizant CEO is swimming against the tide on AI: he’s hiring over 20,000 graduates this year and says AI tokenmaxxing is a ‘vanity metric’
By Preston ForeJune 1, 2026

EconomyCEOs are losing confidence in the economy and expect conditions to worsen in the next six months, survey finds
By Jacqueline MunisJune 1, 2026

SuccessEx-Workday CEO says his career took off after he changed his attitude—and Amazon boss Andy Jassy swears by the same mindset hack
By Preston ForeMay 31, 2026

SuccessJack Link’s CEO shares his message for Gen Z workers: Commit, stick to it, and ‘be really good at it’
By Preston ForeMay 31, 2026

SuccessEx-Applebee’s exec was told she’d never be CEO—she bought the chain and fired her naysayer: ‘We don’t need two of us, so I’m gonna have to let you go’
By Emma BurleighMay 30, 2026

Future of WorkEx–Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns U.S. tech workers: Competing with China’s grueling 12-hour workdays means sacrificing work-life balance
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMay 30, 2026

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMay 30, 2026
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