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Trust hasn’t disappeared from business. It’s been renegotiated.As artificial intelligence moves from novelty to infrastructure, people are changing how they decide who deserves credibility. In Mission North’s 2026 Brand Expectations Index, we surveyed more than 1,500 U.S. adults and knowledge workers to understand what builds trust today, and what quietly undermines it.Some of the results run directly against conventional thinking. Here are five rules for 2026.1. Visibility alone doesn’t build credibilityFor years, executive communications equated presence with power: more interviews, more panels, more posts. But only 24% of respondents say frequent CEO visibility increases their trust.That doesn’t mean leaders should disappear.…
When leadership trends become corporate wallpaper, they risk losing the very edge that made them useful in the first place. That’s where psychological safety risks finding itself today. It’s plastered on slide decks, plugged into engagement surveys, and whispered in HR circles as the answer to “Why don’t people speak up?” but it’s rarely connected to what happens after someone actually does speak up.This distinction between permission to speak and protection from consequences matters more than leaders often realize.Psychological safety tells you that people feel comfortable raising questions or concerns and that they believe they won’t be overtly sanctioned for…
Finding additional memory for your PC is already a challenge. Now, connecting to the internet could get tougher, too.The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a notice Monday that will prohibit all new consumer-grade routers that were not made in the United States. Routers made in other countries, the alert read, “pose unacceptable risks to the national security of the United States or the safety and security of United States persons.”At least 60% of the routers in U.S. homes are made overseas, with the majority coming from China. Officials fear China could exploit those devices to launch attacks on critical infrastructure…
The best leaders share a few predictable traits: They’re curious, self-aware, and genuinely invested in their team’s growth. But there’s a big difference between having these traits and developing new leaders to embody them as well.A 2022 study published in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes found that when leaders visibly act with curiosity—by questioning, learning, and exploring—they signal to team members that the environment is safe for interpersonal risk-taking. In turn, employees feel more confident speaking up, sharing ideas, and contributing meaningfully.In a new book, The Power of the Learning Mindset, authors Lilian Ajayi-Ore and Marshall Goldsmith…
As soon as new AI products are released, security researchers and pranksters begin probing them for weaknesses, trying to push systems to violate their own safety precautions and coax them into producing anything from offensive content to instructions for building weapons.After all, AI risks are not just theoretical. In recent months, various AI companies have faced criticism for their software allegedly contributing to mental illness and suicide, nonconsensual fake nude images of real people, and aiding hackers in cybercrime. At the same time, techniques for bypassing safeguards also continue to evolve, with recent methods including everything from malicious prompts disguised with poetry to surreptitiously planting…
As Q1 closes, CEOs must ask: are they truly building a strategy to scale, or just staying busy filling their calendars? Source link
Another day, another Ford Motor Co. recall. This time, the company is recalling 254,640 vehicles due to a potential issue with the rearview camera image. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the affected cars all have an Image Processing Module A (IPMA) that might reset unexpectedly. This reset can cause people to lose the rearview camera image and their advanced driver assistance features. The latter includes tools such as blind-spot monitoring, lane-keeping assist, and pre-collision assist. The NHTSA warns that a person might have a greater risk of crashing without these features. Ford has not learned of any related…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Josh Kim documented the messy, unfiltered reality of opening Softies Burger, from construction delays to emotional stress. By sharing the journey on social media, the story itself became part of the brand, attracting new opportunities. The bigger things get, the easier it is to lose the plot. Stay close to why you started. Josh Kim never planned to open a restaurant. Softies Burger started as what Josh Kim later described as a joke. A side project. A way to make a little extra cash for what his business partner Sam…
A new report from the Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO), creator of the credit score most lenders use, shows that the average American’s FICO score is now down to 714—a two-point decline over the course of the last year. The current slide in U.S. credit scores began in 2023, when the government ended the temporary pandemic-era freeze on student loan collection. Missed mortgage payments have also ticked up some, contributing to the slide in credit scores. Prior to the latest report, the average American’s credit score had already dropped to 715 between 2024 and 2025, which at the time was the most…
Key Takeaways Mark Cuban says “smart, bigger companies” will let employees build and use AI agents, which will allow employees to “reduce their work day by an hour to start.” He frames this as a way to “reward people” with more time. Cuban’s vision for a shorter workweek aligns with that of other tech leaders, like Zoom CEO Eric Yuan. More than 80% of Fortune 500 companies use AI agents — or virtual assistants that can complete complex tasks autonomously — according to Microsoft’s February Cyber Pulse report. Now, Mark Cuban says the technology could cut an hour from the…