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☆ Companies say RTO mandates make work more creative — it might take more than that
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementMany major companies are asking employees to return to the office full or part-time. Companies are betting that asking employees to return to the office will help boost creativity. While being physically present may boost collaboration and the flow of ideas, workplace specialists told Business Insider that RTO mandates alone might not be the answer. Related VideoTo get the rest of the way, companies need bosses and a culture that fosters creativity. She said that creativity and personal resilience at work both proliferated with the rise of remote work.

Persons: Leena Rinne, Andy Jassy, Goldman Sachs, Cary Cooper, Cooper, We've, Jeri Doris, Doris, We're, Rinne, it's Organizations: Companies, JPMorgan, Manchester Business School, Dell

☆ 'Glossing' at work is a form of toxic positivity, and it may be holding you back
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewIf you have a tendency to say "everything's fine" at work and brush things under the rug, you might be "glossing." Glossing is a form of toxic positivity — in which people suppress and deny their negative emotions — and it could be holding you back. AdvertisementIt's not rocket scienceRinne said some signs of a glossing workforce are people not talking about tough issues at all or talking only behind their manager's back. If that's happening, leaders need to do some self-reflection, Rinne said, and ask themselves if they've been glossing. "You get more when people feel safe and feel engaged than if they're punching that clock and glossing for hours," Rinne said.

Persons: —, Leena Rinne, Rinne, don't, they've, it's, There's Organizations: Service, Business, People

☆ The Great Detachment is looming for employees, experts warn — especially for Gen Z
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

And Gen Zers, as the cohort associated with "quiet quitting" and a job being just a job, are leading the charge. "And then there's about 17% who are actively disengaged, they are unhappy. According to Gallup data this year, millennials and Gen Zers are seeing the biggest drop in engagement. Millennials have dropped seven points, from 39% to 32% being actively engaged, while actively engaged Gen Zers have dropped from 40% to 35%. The percentage of actively disengaged millennials has risen from 12% to 17%, while for Zoomers, it has increased from 13% to 14%.

Persons: Zers, Richard Wahlquist, It's, We've, Wahlquist, millennials, Millennials, Leena Rinne, Rinne, they're, I'm, hasn't, Khyati Sundaram, Sundaram, Gen Zs, Zs, Skillsoft, — Organizations: Service, Business, American Staffing Association, Gallup, Skillsoft, BI

☆ A CEO went viral with a list of things he's 'sick' of hearing from his employees — and he has a point
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewA CEO caused a stir on X with a post about the workplace culture he promotes. Rob Dance, who is the founder of Rock, one of the UK's largest IT consultancies, wrote a list on a whiteboard of things he was "sick of hearing" from his employees. Some people responded to the thread, thinking Dance was suggesting he expected his employees to always be at their desks. "Well, I would also say that means you're extremely stressed, and you're going to burn out," she added. "Rather than driving to the point where they start adopting destructive behaviors that affect themselves or affect the company."

Persons: —, Rob Dance, I've, Gandy, Gen Xers, There's, Kevin Legg, Sage, Legg Organizations: Service, Business, Skillsoft, Junior, CNBC, Gartner Locations: millennials

☆ The crucial skills for middle managers to survive the 'great unbossing'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Rather, we need to remember what makes a middle manager valuable. AdvertisementWith improved communication and listening, more empathy, and emotional intelligence, middle managers could save themselves from the "great unbossing," Gandy said. The attack on middle managersCompanies have been axing middle management positions as a way to cut costs. For starters, middle managers provide mentorship to junior employees and graduate staffers. A lack of trainingGood middle managers need training and guidance, which is severely lacking in current workplaces, Gandy said.

Persons: —, Koma Gandy, Gandy, Zers, Z, Micromanaging, doesn't, shouldn't, it'll Organizations: Service, Business, Companies

☆ Top executives say they’re training workers on AI. Managers and employees disagree
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

There's a disconnect between the level of AI training that leadership teams believe they're giving their employees and the level of training that managers and employees think they're getting, research shows. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of C-suite executives believe their company fully embraces generative AI, including training for the technology, according to a 2023 Upwork survey. "Executives sometimes have a broad-brush approach to AI training," said Apratim Purakayastha, chief technology officer at Skillsoft. Plus, they were 1.9 times more likely to have a formal generative AI skills program in place for their workforce, as well as 3.8 times more likely to have a well-defined generative AI strategy. Generative AI, Monahan notes, can usher in a new era of productivity — if we let it.

Persons: Kelly Monahan, it's, Apratim Purakayastha, Monahan, Purakayastha, Job redesigns, Robert Solow, redesigns, that's, they're, — Organizations: Upwork's Research, IBM, Pew Research Locations: upskilling, American, Davos, Switzerland

☆ Who are OpenAI's new board members as Sam Altman returns?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Acquire Licensing RightsNov 22 (Reuters) - ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Tuesday said it reached an agreement for Sam Altman to return as CEO days after his ouster, and also agreed in principle to partly reconstitute the board of directors that had dismissed him. Bret Taylor, formerly co-CEO of Salesforce and Larry Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, along with Quora CEO and current director Adam D'Angelo will be part of the board, OpenAI said. Here's what we know about them:* Taylor, 43, is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur, who is also a board member at Shopify (SHOP.TO). Taylor will chair the OpenAI board* Summers, 68, is an American economist who has served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001* A professor at Charles W Eliot University, Summers is also President Emeritus at Harvard* Summers is also on the board of Jack Dorsey's Block Inc (SQ.N) and Skillsoft Corp (SKIL.N)* D'Angelo, 39, is an American internet entrepreneur, best known as founder of California-based social question-and-answer website and online knowledge market Quora* A Computer Science graduate, D'Angelo was previously CTO of Facebook for nearly two years till June 2008(Sources: TechCrunch, Reuters reporting and LinkedIn)Reporting by Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva and Nivedita BhattacharjeeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sam Altman, Carlos Barria, OpenAI, Bret Taylor, Larry Summers, Adam D'Angelo, Taylor, Charles, Summers, Jack Dorsey's, D'Angelo, Aby Jose Koilparambil, Anil D'Silva Organizations: Economic Cooperation, REUTERS, U.S . Treasury, Quora, Treasury, Charles W Eliot University, Harvard, Skillsoft Corp, Science, Facebook, Thomson Locations: Asia, San Francisco , California, U.S, American, Shopify, California, Bengaluru

Jack Guez | Afp | Getty ImagesAfter a weekend of crisis and tumult, Sam Altman has returned as the CEO of OpenAI. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBret Taylor, board chair Bret Taylor is currently a board member at the e-commerce platform Shopify . It isn't clear if Taylor's involvement with his own AI startup will cease with his appointment to lead OpenAI's board. OpenAI's board fired Altman Friday after determining he was "not consistently candid in his communications," but its members never elaborated further. Jack Guez | AFP | Getty ImagesIlya Sutskever Ilya Sutskever co-founded OpenAI and serves as its chief scientist.

Persons: Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Jack Guez, Altman, There's, Satya Nadella, Nadella, Here's, Bret Taylor, Nathan Laine, He's, Elon, Taylor, Salesforce, Larry Summers, David A, CNBC Larry Summers Larry Summers, Clinton, Summers, Jack Dorsey, Adam D'Angelo Adam D'Angelo, D'Angelo, Helen Toner, CSET, Vox, Jerod Harris, Helen Toner Helen Toner, Toner, Tasha McCauley, Carlton Laguna Nigel, Tasha McCauley Tasha McCauley, Joseph Gordon, Levitt, McCauley, Ilya Sutskever Ilya Sutskever, Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Brockman, Brockman's, Sven Hoppe Organizations: Tel Aviv University, Afp, Getty, Microsoft, CNBC, Sequoia, Tiger Global, Salesforce, Viva Technology Conference, Bloomberg, Google, Economic, Grogan, Harvard University, Obama, Economic Council, Twitter, Meta, Facebook, The Ritz, Carlton, Georgetown University's Center for Security, Emerging Technology, Philanthropy, Business Development, Ritz, Rand Corporation, GeoSim Systems, AFP, University of Toronto, Stanford, Technical University of Munich Locations: Tel Aviv, Paris, Davos, Switzerland, Washington, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point , California, Russian Israeli, Canadian

☆ More companies see ChatGPT training as a hot job perk for office workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Mikaela Cohen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesWorkplaces filled with artificial intelligence are closer to becoming a reality, making it essential that workers know how to use generative AI. Whether or not companies embrace or reject AI, offering specific AI chatbot training to current employees could be the best way to keep those workers. "It's important to offer [AI] training to help employees but also maintain the posture of your company; it's about embracing emerging technologies and moving quickly." "AI is impacting everybody's job in one way, and generative AI will have a particular impact on knowledge work," Atkinson said. This will not only alleviate job loss concerns, but it will retain employees, Purakayastha said.

Persons: Jaap Arriens, Joe Atkinson, ChatGPT, Stacie Haller, Atkinson, Apratim Purakayastha, Purakayastha, They'll Organizations: Nurphoto, Getty

☆ Why waiting for A.I. laws, regulations from government could be a catastrophic mistake
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Mikaela Cohen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, parent company of ChatGPT, warns AI poses risk of human extinction, and Geoffrey Hinton, known as the "godfather of AI," cautions that AI can bring a dangerous future. These AI leaders and others support intervention from the federal government and other industry leaders before AI proliferates throughout society. With rapid growth, Palmer said companies of all sizes need to track AI efforts and disclose the information publicly. After a company has established metrics for tracking AI, or even while it's figuring that out, companies need to do a risk assessment for AI, Palmer said. "Within most companies, AI doesn't have an owner," Palmer said.

Persons: Sam Altman, Geoffrey Hinton, Altman, Asha Palmer, Palmer, Genies, Akash Nigam, Nigam, we've, ChatGPT, François, Candelon, Let's Organizations: OpenAI, CNBC, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Organization for Economic Cooperation, IT, Boston Consulting Group's Henderson Institute Locations: Washington , DC, OpenAI, Japan

☆ How generative A.I. and ChatGPT will influence jobs at all professional levels
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Mikaela Cohen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

A new C-suite role of chief AI officer is comingAsha Palmer, senior vice president of compliance solutions at digital learning platform Skillsoft, says every C-suite has executives who oversee privacy and data, so AI could prompt the creation of a chief AI officer and entire departments overseeing AI security. As AI takes off, a chief AI officer will be a key decision maker over tech priorities that filter down through the organization. Companies need to take precaution and set up guardrails to oversee AI use, Palmer said, and that starts with training employees on how to use chatbots and generative AI. "For companies using or buying AI, they should ask AI companies what their transparency metrics are, how often they audit and check these, and ask them to make this information public facing." Office workers face a challenge, but it is the roles in middle management, specifically, he said, "where it's ambiguous how AI will impact them."

☆ U.S. says seven board directors resigned under antitrust pressure
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Seven directors on the boards of five companies have resigned because of the U.S. Justice Department's concerns over the directors holding similar board positions at rival companies, the department said on Wednesday. Two others representing Thoma Bravo on the SolarWinds board also resigned, the department said. SolarWinds said in a legal filing dated Oct. 14 that the three board members had decided to resign after receiving a letter from the Justice Department alleging that their board service broke antitrust law. A spokesperson for Udemy said a director stepped down on Sept. 23 because of U.S. Justice Department concerns. Directors also resigned from the board of Definitive Healthcare (DH.O), Redwire Corp (RDW.N) and CTS Corp (CTS.N) because they were on the boards of competing companies, the department said.

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