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Amazon: Robots May Replace 600,000 Humans
Internal Amazon documents suggest that the company is looking into building and using more robots to replace human workers. The publication doesn't specify if this will result in massive layoffs. However, the robots would allow Amazon to avoid hiring new workers to...
Why Mentoring Works—Measuring What Can’t Be Seen
A new report on workplace mentoring from the Association of Business Mentors (ABM), Unlocking Impact, highlights a clear tension: While 70% of businesses say that mentoring boosts performance and 98% would recommend it, 37% admit that they struggle to measure...
The Quiet Skill That Separates Good Leaders From The Ones People Follow
There is a moment in leadership that does not show up in strategy decks. It happens quietly, when someone in the room hesitates. A project slows down. A voice that was once engaged goes silent. No one calls it out, but something has shifted. What a leader does in that...
US Consumer Confidence Slips To Six-Month Low; Worries Over Job Availability Rising
US consumer confidence eased in October as households worried about the availability of jobs over the next six months and persistently higher prices because of tariffs on imports. The Conference Board said on Tuesday its consumer confidence index fell to 94.6 this...
Fed Struggles To Assess State Of US Economy As Government Shutdown Shuts Off Key Data
When it comes to setting monetary policy for the world’s largest economy, what data drives decision-making? In ordinary times, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and voting members of the Federal Open Market Committee, which usually meets eight times a year, have a...
UPS Has Cut 34,000 Jobs — A Lot More Than Planned — And Earnings Show The Move Paid Off
Shares of United Parcel Service Inc. powered higher Tuesday, after the package-delivery giant reported third-quarter earnings that beat expectations by the widest margin in years and said it cut a lot more jobs than it previously said were planned. The company...
Bill Gates: Humans Could Soon Work Only Two Days A Week
In a recent discussion, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates shared a thought-provoking prediction about the future of work. He believes that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) will likely change the way humans live and work in the next decade. According to...
Remote Work Is Shaped By Geopolitics, Not Technology
Once upon a time, the big idea was simple—work from anywhere! Thanks to technological advances, you didn’t need to be tethered to your office desk to collaborate with coworkers (or swap memes with them). As long as you had your laptop and good Wi-Fi you could be by...
