Why Boardrooms Waste Millions On Cold Metal
Corporate boardrooms love a good spreadsheet, especially when it allows them to waste millions of dollars on perfectly healthy machinery. Verantum recently threw a wrench into this cozy setup by launching HVAC IQ Capital Planning. By merging real-time cooling performance with historical repair data,...
Google Just Put Your Face on the Corporate Payroll
Under the hood of this new Google Vids update sits the Gemini Omni model. You can now build a complete video from scratch using a simple text prompt and some reference photos. And you do not even have to re-record the whole video if you make a tiny mistake because the system lets you do step-...
On July 7, 2026, big money managers threw their weight around the commodity pits in ways we have not seen all year. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission released data showing a massive scramble out of US dollar longs. With the Federal Reserve signaling a rapid series of rate cuts, traders dumped greenbacks like hot coal, sending cash strai...
On July 4, 2026, millions of baseball fans watched Ford Motor launch its loudest advertising campaign in years. The message screamed from stadium screens and television sets: Ford now ranks first in initial quality among mainstream brands. Phil O'Connor, Ford’s global head of marketing communications, wants to put this award on every surface s...
How Columbia Locals Trade Odd Treasures Online
In the heart of South Carolina, residents use Facebook Marketplace to run a fast-paced, highly quirky local economy. The capital city of Columbia mixes college students from the University of South Carolina, soldiers from Fort Jackson, and state workers.
This mix creates a constant rotation of pe...
Look at the global map of electricity grids. Artificial intelligence data centers require massive amounts of power. This demand drives a wild search for copper wires. Reuters reported that copper mines in Chile cannot keep up with this sudden need. In the first half of 2026, copper prices jumped to record highs. And we see this tight supply ch...
Delta Air Lines ' profit goal is in reach this year as the carrier passes along higher fuel costs to customers, pricing power CEO Ed Bastian expects to last even as oil prices drop from multiyear highs.
The Unseen Cameras Redefining Our Public Spaces
In the hallways of modern business schools, we often talk about friction. If you make a consumer open an app, you lose their attention. Tech giants solved this by putting the screen right on your face. This year, the business of smart eyewear is booming as companies try to capture our raw atten...
Look at the map of global venture capital. For years, American startups saved cash by building on free, open-source AI models coming out of Beijing. Now, the Chinese government is putting up a digital wall to block that access. Chinese state officials met with tech giants like Alibaba and ByteDance to lock down both public and private systems ...
In the exciting world of business education, we often study companies that want to be number one at everything. But Ford Motor took this rule a bit too literally by leading the American market in broken cars and angry repair visits. Under the leadership of Jim Farley, the company logged an unbelievable 153 recalls affecting 13 million cars and...
How Intel Swapped Dividends for Giant Machines
Intel stopped sending cash to its investors in late 2024, choosing instead to spend its money on incredibly expensive tools. They buy extreme ultraviolet lithography machines from ASML to print tiny lines on silicon. Each machine costs more than a fleet of private passenger planes.
CEO Pat Gelsin...
How Business Classrooms Are Changing Right Now
At business schools today, we are throwing out the old lecture slides. Instead of listening to a professor talk for three hours, students at The Wharton School now use custom AI agents to simulate hostile board meetings. This is not a pilot project anymore. By July 2026, Wharton has made AI instr...
