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☆ A major CEO backer of the remote office model concedes one big work from home failure
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Deborah Kong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Sallie Krawcheck, CEO of Ellevest, an investment and financial literacy platform for women, has been a vocal advocate for remote work. The various benefits — lower fixed costs, a larger talent pool, and added flexibility for women and under-represented groups — factor into why Ellevest has remained fully remote since the pandemic. Not many people do it, and you can't run into each other at the coffee machine when you're on Zoom," Krawcheck said. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has referred to remote work as "an aberration." Meta , which vocally embraced fully remote work, now has many employees back three days a week.

Persons: It's, Sallie Krawcheck, Ellevest, Krawcheck, Merrill Lynch, Jamie Dimon, Dimon, Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, Sam Altman, Nicholas Bloom, Covid, Bloom Organizations: Amazon, Google, CNBC Workforce, Citigroup, Wall, Cisco, Microsoft, Stanford Locations: New York City

☆ The 'biggest threat to global order since the 1930s' is underway and every CEO is talking about it
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Deborah Kong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

That's according to Frederick Kempe, CEO of foreign policy think tank Atlantic Council, and it is a fear he says more CEOs of major corporations are focused on today. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon recently warned, “This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades.”According to Kempe, that's a feeling shared in many corporate boardrooms. The last three major inflection points in history were World War I, World War II, and the Cold War, and now the tensions and risks are higher than ever. Kempe believes it's up to the United States to ensure the global system stays intact. He cited how the choices made by the U.S. after World War I led to isolationism, the Holocaust, and millions of deaths, while the nation "got it right" after World War II, resulting in international institutions like the United Nations and NATO.

Persons: Frederick Kempe, Jamie Dimon, Kempe, that's, it's Organizations: Al, Atlantic Council, JPMorgan, CNBC, U.S, United Nations, NATO Locations: Al Bureij, Gaza City, Gaza, United States, Israel, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Russia, U.S

☆ Over half of employees have no idea how their companies are using AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Deborah Kong | Nbc East Coast Page | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Over half of employees (54%) say they have no idea how their company is using AI, according to a new survey conducted by UKG, a human resources and workforce technology company. That's despite the fact that the majority of C-suite leaders (78%) say that their company is using artificial intelligence today, according to UKG. Employees should be worried: 68% of C-suite respondents said their company has made AI decisions that are not in employees' best interests. In fact, executives that responded to the survey estimated that 56% of their workforce is directly using AI to automate or augment job tasks. Meanwhile, among workers already transparently using AI, 75% say it makes them more efficient, productive, and accurate.

Persons: Al Drago, UKG, Hugo Sarrazin, Dan Schawbel Organizations: Amazon Devices, Amazon.com Inc, Bloomberg, Getty, Workplace Intelligence, UKG Locations: Arlington , Virginia, UKG

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