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Notre Dame reopens in Paris 5 years after a fire. Here’s what to know
Parisians navigating the narrow streets of the 4th arrondissement in recent days may have heard a familiar, yet nearly forgotten, sound. The bells of Notre Dame Cathedral have been ringing again after...
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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on December 6, 2024, upheld a law requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the video app...
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Jaguar’s head of design on the company’s viral rebrand, its new EV, and why...
Four years ago, Jaguar’s chief creative officer, Gerry McGovern, sent a creative brief to his team: “Understand and obsess where we’ve come from, but don’t be harnessed by it,” he wrote. “Be bold, be...
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It takes a ton of energy to train the most advanced AI. According to one estimate, by the year 2027, AI electricity needs could be comparable to the energy use of all of Argentina. That’s largely to...
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Portland filled its new airport terminal with mom-and-pop stores—every...
When travelers step into the stunning wing of the Portland International Airport (PDX), which opened to the public in August, they’re greeted with a massive tree-lined hall and a showstopping timber...
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Beer rules pro sports. Liquor brands like Grey Goose and Diageo want in
Sports and spirits have long been sideline companions, but beer has traditionally dominated the game-day menu. That’s changing as liquor brands make strategic plays to win over sports fans, expanding...
View ArticleSupreme Court could make it easier for projects to ignore environmental impact
In the 1993 movie Jurassic Park, Dr. Ian Malcolm, a fictional math genius specializing in chaos theory, explains the “butterfly effect,” which holds that tiny actions can lead to big outcomes. “A...
View ArticleThe cognitive cost of AI
I exist at the intersection of two worlds, management and artificial intelligence (AI), which are evolving at different paces. I’ve witnessed firsthand how generative AI tools can democratize access...
View ArticleExceeding expectations: Lessons from Disney’s Pixie Dust
Indulge me as I walk down memory lane—or, more appropriately, Main Street USA. For a summer during college in the early 1990s, I joined hundreds of eager students and walked through the gates of Walt...
View ArticleWhy too much optimism can derail your goals
A positive attitude can help you navigate challenges, and a can-do approach often propels you forward in life. We know that having the right mindset is an important piece of the success puzzle, but...
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The deadly 2024 Atlantic hurricane season as seen in 6 visuals
With the calendar turned to December, we now close the book on the unusually deadly and destructive Atlantic hurricane season of 2024. There were 18 named storms, 11 hurricanes, and five major...
View ArticleThe overlooked strategy that makes leadership most rewarding
Dan and I have been friends for three decades. Since he moved to Cleveland, we made a point of phoning once a year to keep in touch. On our most recent call, he kvelled over his son, Joseph, who...
View ArticleNASA administrators work to get astronauts and space programs off the ground....
Leaders of NASA sit in an awkward position. While they are the head of a widely recognized organization, they’re often not the most famous individual in the agency. More people probably know the names...
View ArticleHow Alex Karp helped turn Palantir into the West’s AI arms dealer
Alex Karp, the chief executive of Palantir, knows his products can be dangerous. Built to extract insights from torrents of data with machine learning and AI, his company’s software is optimizing...
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Why Jaguar’s controversial new logo actually signals a big shift in car branding
The tantrums thrown across social media over the past few weeks in reaction to Jaguar’s redesign have once again revealed a fundamental contradiction underlying contemporary branding. According to its...
View ArticleWhat you can do to avoid toxic productivity
As 2024 comes to a close, you might be feeling the pressure between year-end deadlines and holiday plans. Perhaps you’re looking to supercharge your productivity—or maybe you’re thinking ahead to your...
View ArticleWhy you should write your competitor’s business plan
Writing a thorough business plan is a necessary if tedious part of starting a business. But it’s not just for the startup phase. It’s also a good practice for existing businesses to review their...
View ArticleBig Advertising just got bigger with Omnicom’s Interpublic merger
Omnicom Group has agreed to acquire Interpublic Group, effectively merging the world’s third- and fourth-largest advertising holding companies to become the largest ad company in the world if...
View ArticleWhy France and Germany’s political chaos spells trouble for Europe’s economy
Even before the French and German governments collapsed, Europe’s economy had enough difficulties. Tepid growth and lagging competitiveness versus the U.S. and China. An auto industry that’s...
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