For the past several years, the U.S. labor market has experienced what experts call the “September Surge.” The period between Labor Day and Halloween has historically been considered by HR professionals as the ideal time for companies to find the best and brightest new talent and for candidates to apply for and secure that dream … Read more
As artificial intelligence reshapes business at breakneck speed, offices are awash in a new anxiety: Are the algorithms going to replace our jobs? And this AI-driven panic is more than sporadic water cooler chatter. The 2024 Work in America survey by the American Psychological Association (APA) reveals that 41% of workers are concerned about AI … Read more
There is no shortage of commentary on artificial intelligence. From the social media conglomerates of Silicon Valley to the political powers of Washington D.C., there are many unanswered questions about the future of AI. Namely, what to do with it, what to do about it, and what comes next? However, another kind of intelligence has … Read more
The conversation around AI has spread from labs and companies to mainstream media, coffee shops, and street corners. Everyone everywhere has been talking about artificial intelligence. Recently a friend told me how she overheard a group of men talking broadly about the threat of artificial intelligence when one of them declared in all seriousness, “I … Read more
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company. If you received this newsletter from a friend, you can sign up to get it yourself every Monday morning. … Read more
Will AI be your dream assistant or the boss you never asked for? Artificial intelligence is changing how we work. But it is still unclear what tasks AI will ultimately take over. Will we leverage AI as our own personal executive assistants? Or will AI end up overseeing human workers? As German social psychologist Erich … Read more
AI won’t just transform the way we work as people; it will also alter the dynamics and organization of industries. The business models of entire fields will be upended. The organizations that come out on top will be those that are best at creating a positive feedback loop between people, data, and AI. Each of … Read more
The amount of time people spend “at work” has changed significantly over the last few centuries. Robert Whaples, a professor of economics at Wake Forest University has mapped out the history of hours of work in the U.S., which reveals a gradual decline from working “first light to dark” (70+ hours a week) to the … Read more
As artificial intelligence is integrated across the workforce, HR professionals are feeling the squeeze to adopt tools like ChatGPT to make their teams more efficient. But it can be a tricky balance. Investigations have shown that common AI tools like ChatGPT exhibit what appears to be racial bias when asked to perform basic HR processes. … Read more
Advancements in Artificial Intelligence are impacting workplaces in a wide range of ways. From the types of work that employees do, to the safety of their environment, AI is transforming the labor market. For instance, when it comes to workplace safety, technologies like AI-powered machine vision can improve workplace safety by early identification of risks, … Read more
