Daily exploration of the most important people in business: the power players behind the world’s most interesting, successful and innovative companies and trends.
The Most Important People in Business
Japan’s Bold Bid to Lead the Next Era of A.I.
Japan is positioning itself as a global A.I. hub, blending regulation, industry adoption and homegrown models.
The Confidence Trap: How Companies Misjudge Talent—and Lose Their Best Leaders
Professor Ginka Toegel, a leading expert on organisational behaviour and leadership at IMD Business School and author of The Confidence Myth, examines why companies continue to confuse confidence with competence, and how that misalignment quietly distorts promotion decisions. By unpacking new data on potential ratings, feedback patterns, and promotion outcomes, Toegel shows that the future of effective leadership development depends on replacing intuition-driven judgments with evidence-based systems that reward actual impact.
11 Executives Driving Anthropic’s Meteoric Rise in the A.I. Boom
A detailed look at the founders, executives and board members guiding Anthropic’s explosive growth.
Real Estate’s Last Black Box Is About to Break Open
By Blake O’Shaughnessy
OpenAI’s Secretive A.I. Gadget Designed by Jony Ive Aims to Redefine Tech’s Vibe
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
This A.I. Startup Hiring Neurodivergent Workers Beats Scale AI in Major Defense Contract
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Why ESPN Bet Failed in a Market Dominated by DraftKings and FanDuel
By Saleah Blancaflor
MrBeast Partners With One of America’s Oldest Foundations to Boost Giving
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Why Iceland Is Becoming a Model for Renewable-Powered High-Performance Computing
By Erling Freyr Guðmundsson
The Emotional Intelligence Gap That Brought Down Julius Caesar
By Paul Vanderbroeck
After Shutting His Hedge Fund, Michael Burry Launches a Substack to Speak ‘Freely’ on the A.I. Bubble
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
After a Year of Tariffs, This Is How Much More Christmas Will Cost in 2025
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Why Game Engines Are Becoming A.I.’s Most Important Testbeds
By Ilman Shazhaev
Kalshi and Polymarket Soar Even as Prediction Markets Navigate Murky Legal Waters
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Inside the November Marquee Auctions: What the Market’s Biggest Week Really Revealed
By Megan Fox Kelly
Rivian CEO’s $4.6B Pay Plan Mirrors Elon Musk’s—But Tesla’s Playbook Is Hard to Repeat
By Abigail Bassett
Affluent Shoppers Lift Walmart in a Challenging Economy
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
U.S. Approves Advanced Chip Sales to Middle East A.I. Giants in Major Policy Reversal
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly























