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Diane Brady

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C.H. Robinson’s CEO is running his AI transformation on Lean principles: ‘It’s been a game-changer for this company’

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The true cost of Donald Trump’s $2.2 billion year

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02.07.2026 2

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The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling hands the U.S. economy a $7.7 trillion win

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01.07.2026 10

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Why Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe wants his EV company to be compared to Apple, not Tesla

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30.06.2026 10

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CEOs have forgotten the moderate playbook. The stakes for relearning it have never been higher

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29.06.2026 20

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Two former governors launch a bipartisan coalition to confront the coming AI jobs shock

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Business is moving past the tech bro era and learning to value ‘real people, real places’

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The CEO with real-time data on 1 in 6 American workers says stop worrying about jobs—and start thinking about tasks

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23.06.2026 10

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Veteran Middle East CEO says business in the region isn’t retreating—it’s resetting

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22.06.2026 10

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Kevin Warsh’s hawkish tone: What CEOs need to know about rates today

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18.06.2026 20

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CEO David Cordani built Cigna into a $275B juggernaut but now wants to be ‘somewhat forgotten’

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Trump says U.S.-Iran peace deal is done, but hard questions still loom

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15.06.2026 20

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How Elon Musk sold a $1.77 trillion dream—and what other CEOs can learn from the SpaceX IPO

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12.06.2026 20

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‘Oh God, no! Not another thing:’ What Anthropic’s Mythos-class Fable 5 means for CEOs trying to govern AI

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Health care’s AI dividend is real. The fight now is over who reaps the gains

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10.06.2026 20

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The CEO playbook for a more dangerous world

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09.06.2026 20

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Snowflake CEO says there’s a big myth at the heart of every org chart

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08.06.2026 10

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Can unions power the AI economy? AFL-CIO’s Liz Shuler thinks so

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05.06.2026 30

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These COOs became CEOs. Here’s what they wish everyone knew about the tricky transition

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04.06.2026 30

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Bigger, richer, more concentrated: Inside the new Fortune 500

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03.06.2026 20

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Cognizant CEO says AI is remaking middle managers into player-coaches who can ‘both executive and develop others’

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From GE’s hot seat to Substack: Jeff Immelt reflects on a new chapter and why now is the time to get candid

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A little-known semiconductor company just won an entrepreneur contest that previously honored Jensen Huang and Michael Dell

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29.05.2026 30

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Why some CEOs still choose Europe over the U.S.

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28.05.2026 20

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Inside CEO Jane Fraser’s 5-year grind to restore Citi’s credibility

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27.05.2026 10

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Creators who built followings based on trust refuse to outsource some tasks to AI: Humans can ‘sense a decoy’

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Bolt’s cofounder scrapped its HR department. This CEO says people management is key to thriving in the AI age

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22.05.2026 20

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The SpaceX IPO is a referendum on Elon Musk and his plan to colonize Mars

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ESG may be fading—but moral leadership isn’t

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19.05.2026 30

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Inside Trump’s vision of America as a shareholder in U.S. companies: ‘I should have asked for more’

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18.05.2026 10

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State Farm CEO is betting big on AI—and contemplating the company’s future in California

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15.05.2026 10

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Boeing could be the biggest winner on Trump’s trip to Beijing

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WFP Chief Cindy McCain warns that the food crisis is a business crisis: ‘Feed them now or fight them later’

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12.05.2026 30

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The next test of leadership is how well you manage your AI agents

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11.05.2026 10

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State Street’s CEO warns of a global fertilizer crisis due to the Iran war: ‘I personally worry about what happens if this goes on much longer’

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08.05.2026 30

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Silicon Valley’s ‘player‑coach’ fantasy misses the point of good managers

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07.05.2026 20

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A jittery CEO crowd at Milken looks abroad for growth—and answers

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05.05.2026 40

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How Twilio CEO Khozema Shipchandler is turning the company around and beating SaaSpocalypse fears

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04.05.2026 30

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The $665 billion question: Will Big Tech’s AI gamble pay off?

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30.04.2026 40

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CEO turnover is up, and boards are favoring experienced insiders who can hit the ground running

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29.04.2026 40

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The frontrunner in the longevity revolution was born during the Civil War

How CEO Brooks Tingle is turning John Hancock into an enabler of healthy living.

28.04.2026 20

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What the NSA’s former director wants CEOs to know about navigating a dangerous world

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28.04.2026 30

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After the Trump shooting attempt, CEOs need a new security playbook

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27.04.2026 40

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Upstart’s new millennial CEO, a Yale dropout, thinks AI can make every American 10% richer

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24.04.2026 40

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Why Trump may hand taxpayers a majority stake in a failing airline: ‘Everything is a deal’

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23.04.2026 20

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Musk wanted to flee Delaware. This CEO wants to fix it

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Tim Cook’s exit is part of a CEO reckoning sweeping Corporate America

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Cisco’s John Chambers lived through the dot-com crash. He says the AI bubble is harder to navigate

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20.04.2026 20

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The first wave of bank earnings shows why ‘resilience’ is Wall Street’s favorite word

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17.04.2026 20

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Dow’s next chapter depends on whether new CEO Karen Carter gets room to lead—and how fast Jim Fitterling steps back

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