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A few times every month, I push and force my brain to come up with new ideas. The process is counterintuitive. I become bored on purpose. I believe an idle mind connects better dots. I feel guilty every time. But I push through it. I’m supposed to be working. I have a to-do list and emails to respond to. And I deliberately allow my mind to do nothing. This idea is a hard sell right now. People swear by all sorts of productivity frameworks. We’ve built entire work cultures around the idea that idle time is wasted time. So we…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Something subtle but significant happened last holiday season — and most brands missed it.Before heading to Amazon or a retailer’s website, millions of consumers turned to tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini to research what to buy. It wasn’t a novelty. It was a behavioral shift — one that could redefine how commerce works over the next decade.The data makes that clear. As many as 30% to 45% of U.S. consumers used AI during their holiday shopping journey. At the same time, Adobe reported a 1,200% year-over-year surge in traffic from generative…

“When are you looking to retire?” It may seem like a harmless question for a boss to pose to an employee, but for older workers, it can come with a coded message—it’s time for you to end your career.“There could be insinuations, like, ‘What are you looking to do after this?’ Or, ‘how long do you anticipate being here?’” says New York-based employment lawyer Mahir Nasir, who’s had multiple older clients come to him with scenarios of getting nudged towards retirement. He’s seen this play out in various ways. For instance, say an employee’s been working at a bank for 20 years, during…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Most stalled deals aren’t about lead generation, price or features. Buyers simply don’t feel confident enough to move forward. Customer stories are key. Real-life examples of success answer the four core doubts buyers have: Who else is using this? Will it work for me? How would we use it? How do I get buy-in? Even early-stage companies have customers getting real value. The key is capturing those stories continuously and making them a core part of your sales process. Most founders struggling with growth think they have a lead generation…

AI experiments are usually simple to launch and often produce promising results in controlled settings. But translating those successes into scaled, enterprise-wide impact can be much harder.  As Chair and CEO of Deloitte Consulting LLP, I have counseled many senior leaders on AI implementation, and this has become a recurring theme in my conversations with clients. Many of them turn to us to help them move beyond what I’d call “pilot fatigue.” Our latest State of AI in the Enterprise research points to the same trend: companies are launching numerous pilots but are scaling fewer than 30% of them.  The…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The standard nightly backup model leaves companies vulnerable to data loss. Anything created or modified between the last backup and a failure event is at risk. AI makes continuous data protection (CDP) practical and affordable. It can keep a discerning eye on the data it’s watching and prioritize the critical data. AI-powered backup systems continuously watch over production systems, get a good idea of what is normal, quickly notice an anomaly and raise an alert immediately. When it came to enterprise IT across organizations, there was hardly any other practice…

This year’s highest-scoring bottles span the full breadth of American whiskey: classic Kentucky bourbons, bold ryes, high-altitude single malts, Tennessee whiskeys, and even a standout peach-infused spirit. Together, they highlight just how diverse—and competitive—the modern American whiskey landscape has become.BevTest’s top American whiskeys of 2025 include revived heritage labels, carefully aged single-barrel releases, high-proof bottles built for enthusiasts, and inventive flavored expressions that show how far the category has evolved.Whether you’re stocking a bar cart or searching for your next great pour, these four bottles—especially the best bourbon—stood out among the many that impressed the judges most this year, according…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. To win top talent, start thinking like a candidateAfter more than four decades in executive recruiting — including 35 years running my own search firm — I’ve learned a hard truth: hiring strategies that focus only on what the company wants are no longer effective.Today’s candidates, especially passive ones who aren’t actively job hunting, approach opportunities differently. Before they consider making a move, they want to understand what they stand to gain — professionally, financially and personally. If you want to attract and secure top talent in a competitive and uncertain market,…

Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week via email here.Are the biggest AI labs betting on the wrong horse?Big AI companies are betting nearly all of their R&D and capital expenditure on the idea that pre-trained transformer models can deliver AI with human-level general intelligence. This approach relies heavily on backpropagation, the standard algorithm used to train deep neural networks.Ben Goertzel, who coined the term “AGI” with his 2005 book Artificial General Intelligence (co-written with DeepMind founder Shane Legg), is skeptical. “The commercial AI…

Key Takeaways Div Garg turned down a nearly $1 million OpenAI offer to build his own AI startup: AGI Inc. He bet that a startup gives more ownership and impact than a role at a big AI company. AGI Inc is working on a voice-driven AI “Siri that actually works” for phones, and saw 500,000 people sign up for the waiting list in about three months. Div Garg, a Stanford University dropout, was thinking of building his own AI company when OpenAI came calling. He was faced with a choice: accept a near-million-dollar job offer from OpenAI to work on…