May 15, 2024 How do I become a better manager? Being a manager is tricky because it can be hard to get honest feedback from your employees. But if you’re trying to improve, you are on the right path. BY Kathleen Davis Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s mini-advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host … Continue reading How do I become a better manager?
May 04, 2024 Your iPhone is about to become an ‘AI phone.’ What to expect from Apple’s iOS 18 If Apple launches an LLM that will run directly on the iPhone, as I expect it will, it’ll be a game changer for the entire AI chatbot industry. BY Michael Grothaus After a long delay, Apple is … Continue reading Your iPhone is about to become an ‘AI phone.’ What to expect from Apple’s iOS 18
April 22, 2024 Why giving shoppers an easy way to return items has become retail gold Companies like Walmart and Optoro are building loyalty by improving the returns experience. BY Yasmin Gagne It seems counterintuitive: To sell more products, stores are focusing on the returns process. A quick and easy returns process can built consumer trust, … Continue reading Why giving shoppers an easy way to return items has become retail gold
Persuade Me: AI’s Large Language Models Become Persuasive by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, April 11, 2024 As Google continues to roll out new products and features wrapped in artificial intelligence, one artificial intelligence (AI) startup gaining traction keeps talking about how its large language models have become more persuasive. New research from Anthropic posted … Continue reading Persuade Me: AI’s Large Language Models Become Persuasive
April 04, 2024 How business services companies are helping their clients become more efficient From keeping track of dinner reservations to assisting with navigating hospital parking lots, the companies recognized in the business services category of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies program aim to increase efficiency. BY Jay Woodruff Optimal efficiency has surely been the holy … Continue reading How business services companies are helping their clients become more efficient
By Colette Phillips January 22, 2024 There are many culture gaps among the Black, brown, and white experiences that whites often don’t even realize. Cultural intelligence can help us bridge those gaps. Institutions can use cultural intelligence not simply as a communications tool, but also to improve practices and make them more inclusive. For … Continue reading 7 ways to build cultural intelligence and become a more inclusive leader
By Elissaveta M. Brandon Anyone who’s ever watched a single game of American football, which is notorious for its unapologetic, helmet-clashing violence, knows that players aren’t in it forever. The average NFL player retires before they hit 30. When they do, many pursue football-adjacent careers in coaching, scouting, or sports media—but very few choose … Continue reading Why Seattle Seahawks legend Michael Bennett left the NFL to become an architect
Google Ranking And Indexing Become Focus Of Search Trial by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, October 19, 2023 Pandu Nayak, a vice president for search at Google, testified Wednesday about Google’s efforts to index the web, eliminate irrelevant pages and rank websites in order to answer user queries from sources that are E-A-T — otherwise … Continue reading Google Ranking And Indexing Become Focus Of Search Trial
AI To Become 2023 Holiday Shopping Guide by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 30, 2023 Retail will generate around 20% of its annual sales between October and the last day of December, according to a recent study, but how will artificial intelligence (AI) influence what and when consumers buy this holiday season? Aki Technologies, … Continue reading AI To Become 2023 Holiday Shopping Guide
By Rob Pegoraro June 30, 2023 Since its 2008 founding, Airbnb has prospered on the assumption that people will be comfortable staying in the homes of strangers. But the rental behemoth still has some trust issues among its customers—and its executives were more than willing to talk about those struggles with attendees at this … Continue reading How Airbnb is trying to convince more users to become hosts
