July 22, 2026 The hidden cost of ghost jobs BY Jerry Jao If you’ve looked for a job in the last 12 months, odds are you’ve run into this sequence of events: You find a job description that matches your experience perfectly. You take the time to tailor your résumé to the listing, write the perfect … Continue reading The hidden cost of ghost jobs
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The economic cost of Trump’s clean energy rollbacks has been enormous—and it’s still growing
July 09, 2026 The economic cost of Trump’s clean energy rollbacks has been enormous—and it’s still growing BY Adele Peters It’s been a little more than a year since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act began dismantling federal clean energy incentives—just one part of the Trump administration’s broader attacks on renewables, from freezing funds and … Continue reading The economic cost of Trump’s clean energy rollbacks has been enormous—and it’s still growing
The housecleaning is free—but it will cost you your most intimate data
June 28, 2026 The housecleaning is free—but it will cost you your most intimate data BY Kristin Toussaint In our digital age, services and devices are constantly gathering our data. Exactly how that information is harvested and used, and how transparent a company is about those practices, may not always be obvious. Shift, an AI training … Continue reading The housecleaning is free—but it will cost you your most intimate data
Timothée Chalamet’s latest paycheck may have just cost him some fans
June 12, 2026 Timothée Chalamet’s latest paycheck may have just cost him some fans BY María José Gutiérrez Chávez Kalshi’s latest ad is betting on star power, but fans are not buying it. The prediction market giant’s latest campaign taps A-list actor Timothée Chalamet for a one-minute video advertisement featuring the actor in a series of … Continue reading Timothée Chalamet’s latest paycheck may have just cost him some fans
The hidden cost of slow CEO succession—from a guy who became president in a weekend
June 10, 2026 The hidden cost of slow CEO succession—from a guy who became president in a weekend BY Josh Block When I became president at 29, it happened over a weekend. On Friday, I was a regional sales rep. On Monday, I was running a $ 30 million company. There was no five-year training plan. … Continue reading The hidden cost of slow CEO succession—from a guy who became president in a weekend
The hidden cost of employee turnover in the age of AI
June 05, 2026 The hidden cost of employee turnover in the age of AI BY Samantha Wasserman and Alec Levenson Something strange is happening to high-performing teams right now. Leaders are investing heavily in AI tools, encouraging experimentation, redesigning workflows, and moving faster than ever. Yet when a key person leaves, it still feels like starting over. … Continue reading The hidden cost of employee turnover in the age of AI
Why ‘it’s just SEO’ could cost the industry billions
Treating generative search as business as usual risks shrinking the very market search marketers should be expanding. By Andrew Holland Published on June 3, 2026 Search has managed to do something impressive. At the precise moment it should be becoming more important and valuable to clients, large parts of the industry have chosen to … Continue reading Why ‘it’s just SEO’ could cost the industry billions
The hidden cost of AI: organizations that agree too fast
May 21, 2026 The hidden cost of AI: organizations that agree too fast BY Julio Mario Ottino In boardrooms right now, speed is winning. Product cycles are compressing. Strategy decks are assembled in hours, not weeks. Cross-functional alignment—once the bottleneck of execution—is increasingly frictionless. This looks like progress. But a less visible shift is underway—one with … Continue reading The hidden cost of AI: organizations that agree too fast
AI might make your company faster, but at what cost?
May 18, 2026 AI might make your company faster, but at what cost? BY Monica Cepak There’s a quiet trade-off happening inside high-growth companies right now. We’re moving faster than ever, and teams are more efficient. AI is handling work that used to take hours, and asynchronous communication means decisions don’t have to wait for meetings. … Continue reading AI might make your company faster, but at what cost?
Workplaces are pushing out working mothers—and paying the cost
April 12, 2026 Workplaces are pushing out working mothers—and paying the cost BY Kris Ann Valdez Dr. Anne Welsh had her dream job as a clinical psychologist at Harvard University Health Services, working with undergraduate and graduate students. But in 2011, while pregnant with her second child and raising a toddler at home, she decided that … Continue reading Workplaces are pushing out working mothers—and paying the cost