July 29, 2024 This on-demand 3D weaving machine could help solve the fast-fashion crisis Unspun’s machines help brands cut down on overproduction. Here’s how it plans to scale its technology. BY Elizabeth Segran For fashion brands, making a pair of jeans is a little like gambling. They must decide what silhouettes will be hot next year: … Continue reading This on-demand 3D weaving machine could help solve the fast fashion crisis
July 01, 2024 Companies are facing a skills-gap crisis that college alone can’t fix Finding skilled workers to meet the needs of emerging industries such as AI and green energy requires new ways of thinking about old ideas. BY Byron Auguste and Euan Blair With emerging industries—from AI to semiconductors to clean energy—rapidly spurring “good jobs” … Continue reading Companies are facing a skills-gap crisis that college alone can’t fix
May 10, 2024 Film and TV art crews are facing an unemployment crisis. Here’s what it’s like for workers The Art Directors Guild just suspended its Production Design Initiative program due to high unemployment. For some workers, it confirmed what they already knew. BY Joe Berkowitz The Art Directors Guild (ADG) recently sent an email to … Continue reading Film and TV art crews are facing an unemployment crisis. Here’s what it’s like for workers
Here’s how MOps can balance the drive for efficiency with the need for marketing effectiveness, especially as AI tools proliferate. Bolaji Oyejide on April 11, 2024 In our zeal to harness the tech part of martech, the ops part of MOps and the automation part of marketing automation, MOps professionals have failed to accomplish the … Continue reading The effectiveness crisis in B2B marketing: Why MOps must shift focus now
By Margot Faraci “Just do it.” That’s what Nike’s new return-to-office mandate amounts to. The sportswear giant recently informed employees that beginning in January, they will be required to come into the company’s headquarters four days a week. The company said in a statement that there’s “power and energy that comes from working together … Continue reading There is a productivity crisis in the workplace. Here’s how to solve it—without terrifying workers
By Lydia Dishman November 26, 2023 This week, we’ve had a collective front-row seat to the Sturm und Drang at OpenAI, in which we witnessed a dramatic dismissal and return of a CEO, an interim female tech leader installed, an employee uprising to get the board to step down, and the easy glide of … Continue reading These are the 4 essential leadership skills CEOs need to navigate a crisis
By María P. Angel October 13, 2023 A week ago, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren signed as cosponsor of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which has a good chance of becoming law. The purpose of this bill is to address the youth mental health crisis that many attribute to the use of social media. Among other proposed measures, KOSA’s duty of care would require social media platforms to … Continue reading Despite wide support, the Kids Online Safety Act will not fix the youth mental health crisis
AI is handling more and more marketing grunt work — work that had previously given people key early career learning experiences. Steve Petersen on October 2, 2023 One of the great things about AI is its ability to handle much of the grunt work of marketing. The downside is that grunt work is also a … Continue reading Martech is automating its way into a talent crisis
When COVID hit, Georgia’s government was overwhelmed by people wanting unemployment help. Fortunately the state’s Digital Services agency was ready. Constantine von Hoffman on July 31, 2023 When the U.S. shut down in response to COVID-19, many government agencies were overwhelmed by requests for help and information. One of those was Georgia’s Department of Labor … Continue reading How a customer service crisis drove the use of chatbots in Georgia
By Clint Rainey July 05, 2023 Let’s see how Corporate America is doing at a time when three-quarters of the country say they’re struggling to afford the cost of living, and food prices have climbed to their highest level in four decades: According to new back-of-napkin math by the international charities Oxfam and ActionAid, … Continue reading 722 giant companies raked in $2 trillion in ‘windfall profits’ during the cost-of-living crisis
