When Amazon AI Shopping Agents Feel Like Humans by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, October 10, 2024 Image source: Agora Google may have triggered a trend in 2017 with a service that allowed users to schedule appointments and make reservations. Now Amazon wants to build AI agents that will perform specific tasks without human intervention. These agents, … Continue reading When Amazon AI Shopping Agents Feel Like Humans
Paying more attention to values and preferences could lead to more business with turned-off customers. Chris Wood on September 11, 2024 Do your customers feel like you’re giving them enough attention? Forty-four percent of Americans say they feel ignored by the media and most advertisers. And it’s not that consumers aren’t hearing from brands. … Continue reading Nearly half of US consumers feel ignored by marketers
June 06, 2024 How to give a presentation that doesn’t feel cheesy or self-serving An expert shares four steps that can help you give a more authentic and impactful presentation. BY Kris Flegg When presenting in front of an audience, you’ll probably think about what you want to gain—and that’s okay. You’ve got a sale to … Continue reading How to give a presentation that doesn’t feel cheesy or self-serving
May 23, 2024 3 tips to feel less bored at work A time management coach explains how being bored at work is a legitimate issue that can sabotage your productivity and your happiness. BY Elizabeth Grace Saunders Sometimes, work feels excruciating. You don’t want to wake up in the morning for it. You feel constantly distracted. … Continue reading 3 tips to feel less bored at work
May 06, 2024 Why so many of us feel lonely at work On this week’s episode of The New Way We Work, CEO of TheLi.st Ann Shoket explains why so many people feel lonely at work and how both leaders and employees can build a support system. BY Kathleen Davis For years, leaders have tried to … Continue reading Why so many of us feel lonely at work
Sharing Personal Data Becomes Easier When Consumers Don’t Feel Prodded Or Pushed by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, February 1, 2024 Nearly one-third of consumers would decline non-essential website cookies if asked, and 58% would opt out of mailing lists regularly, but 47% said they will share data with a business on their own terms, … Continue reading Consumers Willingly Give Personal Data When They Don’t Feel Prodded Or Pushed
By Emily Price October 13, 2023 That Kallax bookshelf you’ve been eyeing at Ikea is potentially about to get a bit cheaper. The furniture and meatball purveyor was forced to raise its prices during the COVID-19 pandemic as the cost of raw materials rose. Now that supply costs have started to become more accessible, … Continue reading Ikea is cutting the price of furniture as customers feel more inflation pain
By Sam Becker October 06, 2023 The era of confounding economic data and indicators stretches on. The latest jobs report, released Friday, shows that the economy added 336,000 jobs during September, leaving the unemployment rate at 3.8%, a sign that the labor market remains strong, despite fears that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes … Continue reading The Great Mismatch: With millions of open positions, why does the job market feel so dire?
By David Salazar June 04, 2023 When comedian and writer Adam Conover started staffing up his 2022 Netflix comedy-documentary series The G Word, which explores the U.S. government, the precarity of Hollywood writers was hard to ignore. Conover recalls a meeting with the show’s producers: One of them noted that, because the show was … Continue reading ‘It’s starting to feel like anything is possible’: Comedian Adam Conover on the next phase of the writers’ strike
By AJ Hess March 11, 2023 U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has long described loneliness as a major health crisis. Researchers have found that loneliness and weak social connections are associated with a reduction in lifespan similar to that caused by smoking 15 cigarettes a day and that loneliness reduces workers’ performance. … Continue reading New report finds 60% of women in leadership feel more lonely as their careers progress
