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☆ Wales's victory over Fiji raises hopes of emulating 2019 semi-final spot
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Australia are the other Tier 1 nation in the pool and fancied to advance with the pre-tournament expectation that either Fiji or Wales would take the other qualifying spot. England are one of two teams that Wales managed to beat in eight internationals played this year before the World Cup. Although it is still a long way off, the Welsh could be eyeing a semi-final spot thanks to Sunday’s success in Bordeaux. This is despite a year of mediocre returns as they lost four of five games in the Six Nations and two of their three World Cup warm-up internationals. So that's exciting,”Gatland had taken them to the 2019 World Cup semi-final where they narrowly lost to eventual winners South Africa.

Persons: ”, Warren Gatland, We've, Gatland, Mark Gleeson, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Wales, Rugby, Fiji, Six Nations, eventual, South, Thomson Locations: BORDEAUX, France, Fiji, Bordeaux, Australia, Wales, Georgia, Portugal, Argentina, England, Cape Town

☆ Wendy's chief development officer had male mentors make room for her ideas, even when they weren't popular. It's made a big difference.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Josée Rose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

In the latest Equity Talk, Pringle said male mentors made room for her ideas, even if they weren't popular. With growth comes opportunity, she told me, because "new restaurants create the next big promotion." It's working in our restaurants and talking to our crew members and our general managers on what we can do to really create opportunities. You know, new restaurants create the next big promotion — the next DM and GM and director of operations. Those are the things that I see in part of my role as being able to help create growth.

Persons: Abigail Pringle, Pringle, dulce, she's, I'm, Lindsay Radkoski, Lindsay, Suzie, You've, it's, We've, Wendy's, that's, we've, It's, I've, —, Thiti, Zers Organizations: Service, GM, CMO, CSR, Twitter Locations: Wall, Silicon, Wendy's, Canada, Philippines, India, Australia, Puerto Rico, leche, Argentina

☆ All Blacks left to plot course through uncharted waters
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Nick Mulvenney | Thomson Reuters | Leads Coverage Of Sport Across The Asia-Pacific. Still Reports On The Full Panoply Of Sport. Many Olympics World Cups World Championships Grand Slams Grands Prix | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

So there's some really good things to take out of the week, (but) the biggest thing would be we gave away a few too many penalties. "Everyone's got to understand what we're trying to do and understand how the referees are refereeing. "What we've got to take from this game is the learnings but also keep believing because we did a lot of good things out here tonight." We're still All Blacks, we're still proud of who we are and what we are," he said. And we showed how dangerous we are on the break so that's what we'll be going for next week."

Persons: Sam Whitelock, Aaron Smith, Beauden Barrett, Whitelock, Everyone's, Fullback Barrett, Smith, France's Thomas Ramos, We've, we're, Ramos, Jasper Shine, Mike Harrison Organizations: New Zealand, Blacks, Thomson Locations: Zealand, France

☆ The CEO of Spora Health on fighting bias as a startup founder and his inspirations to improve healthcare for people of color
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Dan Miller founded Spora Health in 2019 to deliver better healthcare to people of color. AdvertisementAdvertisementDan Miller founded the startup Spora Health in 2019 to provide better medical care to people of color. Most of Spora's healthcare providers are people of color, and all its clinicians are trained in health equity and cultural competence. How has your experience as a Black patient in the US healthcare system informed what you built at Spora? But I knew there was a lot of demand and interest from Black folks that I would meet in the community.

Persons: Dan Miller, Miller, I'd, He's, Spora, I've, they're, who's, you've Organizations: Spora Health, San Francisco Bay Area, Fortune, Bay Area Locations: San Francisco, San Francisco Bay, America, Bay, New York, Silicon, United States

☆ Leaked Microsoft documents reveal a new employee rating system only visible to managers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Microsoft introduced a new rating system for employees in performance reviews, documents show. Microsoft introduced a new rating system for employees in performance reviews that are visible only to managers, documents viewed by Insider show. The ratings are used to determine employees' "rewards," Microsoft's term for pay and bonuses. The guide states that if an employee does not meet all of these conditions, they are delivering slightly lower impact than expected or lower impact than expected. The new rating system comes after Microsoft froze salaries and cut budgets for bonuses and stock awards this year.

Organizations: Microsoft

☆ I give all my employees August off on full pay. Here's how it works and why it's boosted productivity.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Jo Hunter was already offering her employees remote working and a four-day week. Hunter repeated the move this year and says taking a month off is a revelation – and good for business. During the pandemic, we moved to working a four-day workweek and remote working to support our employees. The company had grown from four to seven employees over the last few years and demand for our creativity workshops increased. Right now, CEOs of some of the world's biggest companies are pointing to productivity data to call their employees back to offices.

Persons: Jo Hunter, Hunter, –, I'm, Jo, We've, hardwired, Jo Hunter I'm Organizations: Service, Artists, Staff Locations: Wall, Silicon, Finland, France, Spain

☆ I made $175,000 in less than a month teaching people how to use AI for their businesses. Here are 5 ways you can use ChatGPT to produce the best content.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ole Lehmann, a crypto trader who lost money when FTX crashed, spent months experimenting with and creating content with help from ChatGPT. Earlier this month, he launched a course teaching entrepreneurs how to use AI to create marketing content. I was a crypto trader and investor for over six years. Two months later, in early August, the AI Audience Accelerator course, which teaches solopreneurs how to use AI to create content that could help market their businesses, was born. Everyone says you have to create content to get customers, but most people don't have the time or frameworks for how to do that.

Persons: Ole Lehmann, FTX, he's, Lehmann, Insider's Aaron Mok, —, OpenAI, I've, Anthropic's chatbot, Claude Organizations: Canada Locations: ChatGPT, Cyprus

☆ Ford reveals 800 horsepower Mustang with $300,000 price tag
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Ford has just unveiled the 800-horsepower Ford Mustang GTD which will be available in late 2024 or early 2025 at a starting price around $300,000. “Ford vs. Ferrari” recounted the 1960s Le Mans races won by the Ford GT40 race car which was developed specifically to spite the Italian automaker after Ford couldn’t buy the company. In the 2000s, Ford has produced two modern versions of the Ford GT that have both become highly collectible. The Ford Mustang GTD's body is made almost entirely from carbon fiber. Multimatic is a specialist automotive company that also works on the Mustang GT3 race car.

Persons: CNN — Ford, It’s, “, ”, Jim Baumbick, Ford, Ferrari ”, “ Ford, Le, Ford couldn’t, Baumbick, “ We’ve Organizations: CNN, Ford, Lamborghini, Le Mans, Ford GT, Le, Ford Motor Co Locations: Italian, , Michigan, Markham , Ontario, Canada

☆ Walgreens' HR chief says leaders need to 'take the wall down' and be open about themselves at work
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Josée Rose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

May told Insider that being open about the challenges you're facing can make you a better leader. Leaders need to "take the wall down" so those under them can say what they need to perform best. Insider recently asked May about her work in HR and meeting the needs of the company's large employee base. But you also need to work for companies with leaders that really understand the challenges. But I think employers need to keep top of mind the needs of their people.

Persons: Holly, she's, they're, They've, —, It's, I've, I'm, Roz, Rosalind Brewer, COVID, we've, Steven Senne, We're, We've, Gen Zers, you'll Organizations: Walgreens Boots Alliance, May, Service, Abercrombie & Fitch, Starbucks, Visa, Walgreens, Mental Health, Sundance, WBA Locations: Wall, Silicon, COVID, ESG, Georgia, America

☆ I'm a CEO who was burned out. So I took 30 days off from work to recharge in Paris and found my creative spark.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Imani Ellis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It became clear that I needed to take time off and create space to reignite my creative spark. Therefore, rest felt foreign to me, shame-inducing even. Instead of planning a vacation, I produced my very own creative residency— a dedicated time to think, play and rest inspired by the acclaimed novelist and essayist. Here's how I crafted my creative residency in case you want to create your own. Imani EllisWhat I learned most during my creative residency was that going forward, I needed dedicated time to be alone with my thoughts so that I can revisit what I really desire for my life.

Persons: workaholic, James Baldwin, Imani Ellis, Baldwin, James, isn't, Deepak Chopra, I've Organizations: Service, Star, Refining Locations: New York, Wall, Silicon, Paris, America, South, France, Cadenet, New York City

☆ Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's charity organization is making a major change in strategy after laying off 48 people. Read the leaked emails.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative conducted layoffs this week, in a major blow to its education team. However, the cuts were entirely focused on employees in tech and grantmaking in CZI's education department, a core pillar of the organization's since its founding. As part of the changes, two leaders in CZI's education work are leaving their roles. While today's announcement most directly impacts our Education teammates, I know we are all affected regardless of where we sit in the organization. I am grateful for all of our Education teammates, past and present, whose contributions made our accomplishments to-date possible and carved our path forward.

Persons: Chan Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Chan, Brooke Stafford, CZI's, Dakarai Aarons, Sandra Liu Huang, Huang, CZI, Slack, Brizard, Brooke, Dakarai, Sandra, Priscilla Organizations: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Meta, CZI, Facebook, Education Policy Center, University of Colorado, Education, People Team Locations: Meta, Boulder

☆ Amazon Prime Air loses two key operations leaders, as drone delivery struggles continue
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

An Amazon delivery drone is on display at Amazon's BOS27 Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Massachusetts on November 10, 2022. Jim Mullin, Prime Air's chief pilot, left Amazon last month, according to his LinkedIn profile. Just as Prime Air was set to launch early this year and start delivering packages sent to consumers, CEO Andy Jassy, who succeeded Bezos in 2021, embarked on the largest round of layoffs in company history, which included significant job cuts at Prime Air. But problems for Prime Air predated the economic downturn. At the beginning of the year, the company began durability and reliability (D&R) testing, which requires that Prime Air complete several hundred hours of flying without any incidents.

Persons: Jim Mullin, Robert Dreer, Mullin, Jeff Bezos, Obama, Andy Jassy, Bezos, David Carbon's, There's, Nobody, Simone Griffin, Griffin, Zipline Organizations: Amazon, Prime Air, Marine, College Station, CNBC, Federal Aviation Administration, Air, Walmart Locations: Westborough , Massachusetts, Pendleton , Oregon, Oregon , California, Texas, , California, Pendleton

☆ I landed a job at Google right out of college. Here are 10 things I wish I knew before starting my career.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Charlene Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Charlene Lee is a former product manager at Google who wishes she had a guide prior to starting her first job. Today, I'd like to share some of the lessons I wish I had learned before starting my career, lessons that I now teach my team. It's your job to find a good managerOne of my best managers, Paul, spent a lot of time with me early in my career. Things changed when the next box, like writing a book, started conflicting with things that weren't on the list. The start of your career is the beginning of your journey, and I hope that this guide helps you with yours.

Persons: Charlene Lee, she's, Lee, Google's, I'd, would've, Paul, wasn't, I've, didn't, Paul didn't, It's, Jon, Jon wasn't, wouldn't, —, hadn't, Carissa wasn't, Marty, Dan Gilbert, Inbal, Ralph Waldo Emerson Organizations: Google, Jon's, AngelList, Duke University Locations: Asia, New York, China, Singapore, Shanghai, —

☆ I'm a former senior leader at Amazon. Mentorships can be a waste of everyone's time unless you do it right — here's how.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Brandon Southern | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

I've had the opportunity to mentor several people during my 20-year career in tech as a senior leader at companies like Amazon and eBay. To start your mentorship off right, come prepared with specific, time-based goals for what you'd like to accomplish. Without knowing why you want a promotion, what the promotion duties look like, and when you want to achieve a promotion, your mentor won't be able to give the specific feedback you need. Without this practice, not only will you not make progress, but you'll end up re-hashing the same conversation from the previous meeting. This will be a waste of time for you and your mentor and quickly result in a frustrating and unsuccessful mentorship.

Persons: Brandon Southern, mentees, I've, you'll, aren't, you've, it's, that's Organizations: eBay, GameStop, Morning

☆ Warner Bros. Discovery is making a big shake-up to its ad sales org. Read how its sales chief explained the changes.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Discovery is shaking up its ad sales organization. It's also expected to make further staff reductions in ad sales as part of the restructure. Discovery is shaking up its ad sales organization and structure. EVP Jim Keller, who was key to bringing a digital approach to the merged company's newly combined sales team, left, along with Scott Kohn, EVP of national ad sales, and John Dailey, SVP of ad sales. Based on the learnings and successes we've experienced in the past year, this morning we are announcing a new sales structure and strategy.

Persons: It's, Marybeth Strobel, Greg Regis, Regis, Strobel, Ryan Gould, Jon Diament, Sheereen Russell, WBD, Jon Steinlauf, Jim Keller, Scott Kohn, John Dailey, David Zaslav, we've, AE's, Lucia Moses, lmoses Organizations: Warner Bros, WBD, Max, CNN, NBA, NCAA, MLB, NHL

☆ Meta's stellar quarter shows Zuckerberg can both monetize and cut costs
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

But the company delivered on those lofty expectations with a quarter that was the best among the group so far. Taken together, the company has been able to significantly accelerate revenue growth. Coupled with rebounding operating margins, the stock is now more deserving of a so-called growth stock multiple instead of the "value" label investors had attached to the firm last year. But for now, Zuckerberg has a pass because, to his credit, Meta's cost structure has been reduced significantly this year. After buying back $9.22 billion worth of stock in the first quarter, Meta only repurchased $793 million in the second quarter.

Persons: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg's, Zuckerberg, Susan Li, It's, Elon, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Stefani Reynolds Organizations: Revenue, Meta, Facebook, Microsoft, Labs, Reality Labs, Twitter, repurchases, CNBC, AFP, Getty Locations: U.S, Canada, Washington ,

☆ AI industry leaders create forum to regulate big machine learnings models
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 26 (Reuters) - OpenAI, Microsoft (MSFT.O), Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google and Anthropic are launching a forum to regulate the development of large machine learnings models, the industry leaders of artificial intelligence said on Wednesday. The group will focus on ensuring safe and responsible development of what is called "frontier AI models" that exceed the capabilities present in the most advanced existing models. They are highly capable foundation models that could have dangerous capabilities sufficient to pose severe risks to public safety. Generative AI models, like the one behind chatbots like ChatGPT, extrapolate large amounts of data at high speed to share responses in the form of prose, poetry and images. The industry body, Frontier Model Forum, will work to advance AI safety research, identify best practices for deployment of frontier AI models and work with policymakers, academic and companies.

Persons: Sam Altman, Brad Smith, Chavi Mehta, Jeffrey Dastin, Arun Koyyur Organizations: Microsoft, Google, European Union, Frontier Model, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru, Palo Alto

☆ Will Smith-backed U.S. broker Public launches in the UK in first foray overseas
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmerican stock brokerage startup Public launched its services in the U.K. Thursday, marking its first international expansion its launch in 2017. The app, backed by celebrities including Will Smith and skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, will offer U.K. users commission-free trading in over 5,000 U.S.-listed stocks during the country's regular trading hours. Bibas said that, for now, the U.K. is the only country Public is focusing on for its international expansion. In the future, it hopes to take learnings from its U.K. launch to open in other European markets. Freetrade, the U.K. brokerage startup, slashed its valuation by a whopping 65% last month to £225m in a crowdfunding round, citing a "different market environment."

Persons: Gabby Jones, Will Smith, Tony Hawk, AJ Bell, Hargreaves Lansdown, Leif Abraham, Public's, Abraham, Jannick Malling, PFOF, Dann Bibas, Bibas, he's Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, Public, CNBC, Jannick, GameStop, Citadel Securities, European Union, Khepri Advisers, Financial, Authority, Accel, Tiger Global Locations: U.S, Abraham, Denmark, Germany, New York, Copenhagen, London, Amsterdam, Covid

☆ Icon of the Seas: The world's biggest cruise ship is almost ready
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Royal Caribbean International’s Icon of the Seas is a mammoth 365 meters long (nearly 1,200 feet) and will weigh a projected 250,800 tonnes. Royal Caribbean InternationalIt’s being built at Meyer Turku shipyard, one of Europe’s leading shipbuilders, in Turku, Finland. At an on-site press panel earlier this year, Royal Caribbean International president and chief executive Michael Bayley told media that the vessel was on track to join the Royal Caribbean fleet on October 26, ahead of its 2024 debut. The Icon completed its first set of sea trials on June 22, according to a Royal Caribbean statement. Royal Caribbean InternationalThe ship promises more than 40 ways to dine, drink and be entertained, many of which are included in the cruise fare.

Persons: Michael Bayley, ” Bayley Organizations: CNN, Royal Caribbean, CN, Meyer Turku, Royal Caribbean International, Royal Locations: Finland, Turku, Royal Caribbean, Caribbean, Western, Miami, CocoCay, Beach

☆ Being CMO at Indeed is truly my dream job, and it's highly complex. Here are some of the ways I keep myself and my team on track
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

After a weird and winding career path, I finally landed my dream job as chief marketing officer at Indeed. The CMO role is demanding and requires that I stay on top of current events, technology, and our business needs. After running product marketing for a division of Apple, I moved on to lead various parts of B2B marketing for Facebook. Now I have my dream job; I'm CMO of Indeed, a leading matching and hiring platform. Our mission is to help people get jobs – and we do that all day, every day.

Persons: Roe, Wade Organizations: Apple, Facebook, Get, CMO Locations: North America, Covid, CFOs

At his grooming salon in San Diego, anything is possible: Bernedoodles become giraffes and poodles become Pokémon. Feitosa, a native of São Paulo, Brazil, opened Gabriel Feitosa Grooming Salon in 2018, capitalizing on a $1.3 billion global pet grooming market. As a dog grooming artist, Feitosa combines traditional grooming techniques with unique designs, and uses vegan, pet-friendly dyes. Finding career inspiration while running an errandFeitosa's dog grooming career began when he was 12. He left high school right before graduating to pursue dog grooming as his full-time career, working at the salon and teaching dog grooming at a vocational school based on his real-world learnings.

Persons: Gabriel Feitosa, poodles, Feitosa, São Paulo, Tasia Jensen, it's Organizations: CNBC Locations: San Diego, São Paulo, Brazil, TikTok, São, Sacramento, Calif

☆ A Rivian customer waited 3 years for his dream car. It died within days.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

When Chase Merrill took his first ride in his new Rivian R1S, it was his favorite car that he had ever driven. "I hit about 2 ½-feet of snow and it just stopped right there," Merrill told Insider. Rivian risks alienating early adoptersChase Merrill's Rivian R1S the day it was delivered. For a young company like Rivian, these early fans can make or break its reputation, shareholders, analysts, and Rivian investors have told Insider. Merrill's Rivian returns with an error messageChase Merrill's Rivian R1S was loaded onto a flatbed tow truck.

Persons: I'm, Chase Merrill, Merrill, Rivian's, Bensaid, Chase Merrill's Rivian, Chase Merrill Merrill isn't, Rivian, —, Tony Caravano, Caravano, Merrill's Rivian, Chase, Rivian R1S, it's Organizations: Morning, Merrill, Toyota, EV Locations: , New York, snowbanks, Chelsea , Massachusetts, Toyota Tacoma

☆ Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer bets on digital problem that Apple iOS 17 is focused on, too
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Carolyn Chun | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Whenever there's mention of a new CEO opening in tech, former Yahoo CEO and former Google vice president Marissa Mayer's name always seems to come up. However, Mayer raised some eyebrows in 2020 when instead of turning up at another Silicon Valley giant, she launched startup Sunshine to focus on the seemingly "smaller" problem of contacts. Mayer and co-founder Enrique Muñoz Torres started working on Sunshine in 2018 to automate the mundane task of organizing contact information. The company also has Sunshine Birthdays and Sunshine Circles that delve into organizing birthdays and sharing information with groups. "The idea is that Sunshine Contacts basically becomes the brain that operates your contacts," Mayer told CNBC back in 2020 when the app was launched.

Persons: Marissa Mayer's, Mayer, CNBC's Julia Boorstin, Enrique Muñoz Torres Organizations: Yahoo, Google, CNBC, Summit, Sunshine, Lumi Labs Locations: Sunshine, Santa Barbara , California

☆ I'm EY's global chairman and CEO. Here are the 3 most important lessons I've learned through my career.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Carmine Di Sibio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

It's also when business graduates think about the positive impact they would like to make on the working world. Here are three lessons that are never too late for anyone to put into practice no matter where you are in your career. By day, I worked at Arthur Young — one of predecessor member firms of the EY organization. Recently the EY organization decided not to move forward with Project Everest. The views reflected in this article are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the global EY organization or its member firms.

Persons: Carmine Di Sibio, Di Sibio, —, It's, EY, I've, Arthur Young —, we've, you'll Organizations: Service, NYU Stern, Technology, NYU, Microsoft, World

☆ I'm a VP at the company behind Advil and Tums. My day starts with double-screening YouTube and Netflix and ends with surfing Amazon ratings.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Courtesy of Beth Gaeta Beth GaetaI'm an early bird. Next, I touch base with my colleagueCourtesy of Beth Gaeta Beth GaetaWe go over P&L assumptions for new product proposals or budgets to support the high volume of consumer research we do. Courtesy of Beth Gaeta Beth GaetaI get home at around 6:30 p.m. Courtesy of Beth Gaeta Beth GaetaWhen I get home from work, I often get pulled outside to watch my younger daughter practice gymnastics on our trampoline. We also try to take a walk together whenever we canCourtesy of Beth Gaeta Beth GaetaWith the extra hours of sunlight, we have more opportunities to go on walks after work.

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