Vince Scidone, 90, works at a convenience store chain in Oklahoma. Katrina Ward for BI This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vince Scidone, a 90-year-old former carpenter in Oklahoma. Scidone works part-time
Noah Berger/Getty, Nathan Stirk/Getty, Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is reshaping how Amazon works. In the past year, the company has slashed layers of management, increasing worker-to-manager ratios by 15%. He’s enforced
Most new renewable energy projects take the form of massive wind or solar farms. Ann Arbor, Michigan, is trying something different: a new city-owned utility is building a local power network within city limits, made
Russia’s tanks, such as the T-90Ms pictured here, are manufactured by Uralvagonzavod, which Ukraine says uses 260 pieces of Western and foreign-made equipment to make the armored platforms. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images Ukraine’s GUR
When ChatGPT went viral, leadership teams rushed to understand it, but their employees had already beat them to the chase. Workers were already experimenting with AI tools behind the scenes, using them to summarize notes,
We all know that traditional mentors—senior professionals who take an interest in you and your future—can help in the job search. They have extensive experience, know the terrain, and are likely far better connected than
Cohere cofounders Ivan Zhang, Nick Frosst, and Aidan Gomez. Cohere Cohere focuses on AI for business day to day, not personal tasks, said cofounder Nick Frosst. Founded in 2019, Cohere is a Canadian enterprise-focused LLM
David Risher. Courtesy of Lyft Lyft CEO David Risher said there were three companies he thought were successful in their businesses. He touted them for many reasons, from nailing customer experience to maintaining a consistent
Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, speaks to the media following a meeting of the ECB governing board Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images Europe’s top central banker warns President Trump’s Fed interference risks US and
For all the many features it’s been lobbing into the world lately, Trello hasn’t given its most dedicated fans the one thing many of them crave most—and that’s a ticket back in time to the
“The hate mail text messages that I got were disheartening to say the least,” Joe Gebbia, who joined DOGE in February, said. John Phillips via Getty Images Joe Gebbia cofounded Airbnb and joined DOGE in
Americans over 75 have gotten richer in recent decades as younger generations have seen their household wealth fall or stagnate. Isaac Lane Koval/Getty Images The relative wealth of Americans 75 and older has soared while
Advait Maybhate, 24, did two internships at Google while in college. He is now a software engineer at Warp, an AI agent platform for developers. Alice Li Advait Maybhate, 24, is a software engineer at
A customer shops at a Dollar General store on March 17, 2022 in Vallejo, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Dollar stores have spent years raising prices, betraying their namesakes. But Dollar General is seeing items that