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This interview is based on a conversation with Rena Clare, 67, a retired professional photographer from Omaha, Nebraska. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I wasn’t particularly sporty in high school. Golf was just about it. The whole idea of fitness or having a healthy…
If you work at Accenture and want to get a promotion, you’d better be using AI. Loading audio narration… Julie Sweet, the CEO of Accenture, says artificial intelligence is embedded in how performance is evaluated at the consulting giant.”Today, AI at Accenture is how we do work,” Sweet said on…
John Kiriakou spent about 15 years at the CIA, rising to the position of chief of counterterrorism operations in Pakistan. He describes how the work strained his first marriage.His first wife wasn’t in the CIA, and didn’t know he worked for the government agency. He couldn’t tell her where he’d…
In the final season of Mad Men, Peggy has an idea for a burger chain commercial that her bosses like. Then doubts herself. She goes back to her empty yellow legal pad, jots down a new concept from scratch, and returns to eat at the restaurant, even though she’d already…
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Forget happy hour. Try playing hooky.”We need it! Reparations for our pain and suffering,” my friend, Lauren Grove, texted me.It was right after a February blizzard had dumped more than 12 inches of snow over the Tri-State area, and with her kids being the same age as mine — busy…
If Ben Zabihi had started his career five years ago, his workday would have looked very different than it does today.A few years ago, he might have spent much of his time formatting code and writing documentation. Now Zabihi, who has been working as a software engineer at a small…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Cornilia Issa, of The Burning Stones. It has been edited for length and clarity.Five years ago, I was doing some Christmas shopping in the city when I saw oil candles made from broken granite. I took a photo and showed it…
My 87-year-old mother has always been active, regularly golfing, cycling, and even rollerblading well into her 70s. So when I, a 62-year-old trainer, asked her to do some mobility movements with me, I was surprised to see she struggled to get up from the floor.With patience, I guided her through…
White-collar workers, beware.CEO Jack Dorsey is departing from the classic tech layoff playbook — and it could be a sign of what’s to come.In a post on X on Thursday, the billionaire said he’s slashing nearly half Block’s workforce, cutting its over 10,000-person staff to just under 6,000. He said…
