For CEOs, it’s time for a wartime mindset

“Scenario planning” has become boardroom shorthand for preparation to deal with the unknowable. It’s a practice that is never more vital than in wartime, when a sea mine, cyberattack, or…

The Oscars’ Best Picture category exposes a harsh new reality for Hollywood

This Sunday will be the biggest night of the year for Los Angeles: Tinseltown’s stars will turn out en masse for the Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood…

Recession will test whether AI is fueling an economy with ‘jobless growth’

Good morning. Geoff Colvin in for Diane today. Is AI enabling the economy to grow without any need for new jobs? If that happens, what kind of world will we…

Companies like OpenAI are sucking up power at a historic rate. One startup thinks it has found a way to take pressure off the grid

The numbers are nothing short of staggering. Take Sam Altman, Open AI’s CEO. He reportedly wants 250 gigawatts of new electricity—equal to about half of Europe’s all-time peak load—to run…

Reeling after being widowed, Suzy Welch created NYU’s most popular b-school class ever, offering Gen Z the one thing they want most: purpose

When Suzy Welch walked into the first meeting of the first university course she had ever taught, in the fall of 2022, she looked out onto 20 students. She and…

Will Trump be good for business? It’s illuminating to remember how his last term played out

“Steel Stocks Put the Pedal to the Metal” the Wall Street Journal declared within hours of Donald Trump’s election victory. Shares of U.S. Steel, Nucor, and Steel Dynamics all surged…