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Beating 'Not Invented Here' Syndrome

Resistance to external ideas hinders innovation. The right incentives can open minds.

Don't Round the Discount!

What appeals to you more: a pair of jeans on sale for 8% off, or the same pair listed for 7.7% off? Any rational shopper will know that the 8% discount will save them more money and is the more attractive deal.

Managing the Human Risks of Biometric Applications

The intimate surveillance afforded by biometric technologies requires managers to consider negative impacts on privacy and human dignity.

Build the Right C-Suite Team for Your Strategy

CEOs can foster a more effective leadership team by understanding when to tap senior executives' competitive instincts and when to encourage collaboration.

it takes a village

Revolutionizing multifamily living and bolstering property profitability

OPEN MINDS

WHAT RESCHEDULING WILL MEAN FOR MEDICINAL CANNABIS RESEARCH

MAKE THE MONEY LAST

OUTLIVING OUR SAVINGS IS THE NO. 1 RETIREMENT CONCERN. THESE ARE SOME WAYS TO OVERCOME THAT.

The Ultimate Integration

Rackspace Technology is propelling the industry forward with game-changing innovations in Cloud, Data Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence

GREAT EYES ON THE SKY

Exciting developments in the search for extraterrestrial life

WHAT CAN BOTS DO FOR YOU?

The dream of an autonomous supply chain

United Site Services: Procurement Progression

With their digital evolution underway, the portable sanitation powerhouse is rethinking their approach to procurement and sourcing - and change management is just one key to its success

What's Your Flavor?

Personalizing food with the power of Al

FLIPPING THE RETAIL SCRIPT FOR GOOD

SPECIALTY RETAILER ALTAR'D STATE IS HOT. HERE'S HOW THEY'RE REBUILDING THEIR IT TO ACCOMMODATE THE BLAZE.

Soft Skills & SOFTWARE

There's a lot AI can do for businesses. There's a lot only humans can do. Striking the balance will deliver success.

Natural Selections

Balancing synthetic biology with sustainable materials production

COLD CONFIDENCE

FOOD INDUSTRY FAVORITE FREZ-N-STOR IS GLIDING INTO A VERY CHILL FUTURE

KKR's $1 trillion gamble

The co-CEOs of KKR have a radical strategy to supercharge growth—and chart a path far different from that of their mentors Kravis and Roberts.

The Amazon Way has its midlife crisis

Jeff Bezos’s famed management rules are slowly unraveling inside Amazon. Can they survive the Andy Jassy era?

The startups betting you can quit GLP-1s and stay thin

Some weight-loss companies are marketing Ozempic and Wegovy as a short-term holy grail. Doctors say it doesn't work that way.

The troubled Tyson heir

The youngest Fortune 500 CFO was set up to run his family’s $21 billion chicken empire. His erratic behavior could change that.

Inside one of Silicon Valley's most mysterious venture capital funds

Iconiq Growth, which has long avoided the spotlight, recently closed a $5.8 billion startup war chest.

The rise and fall of Jump Crypto

A secretive trading firm got itself a crypto arm and a 25-year-old whiz kid to run it. Then came the $40 billion Terra disaster.

Well the Fortune 50 Best Places to Live Will Serve Families in the Years to Come - When 51-year-old Pazit Aviv walks her dog in her Silver Spring, Md., neighborhood, it takes an extra 30 minutes as she inevitably gets lost in an impromptu chat with a neighbor.

“What we’re seeing is a longing of older people to age in place, and younger people, like Gen Z, to have a sense of place that they consider home,” says Jon Jon Wesolowski, an urbanist and housing advocate who sees more people eager to change their house to suit them as they age rather than to move.In this year’s ranking, we analyzed over 2,000 cities and nearly 200 data categories, assessing livability, financial health, resources for aging adults, education, and wellness. The winners are communities that are sustainable for their youngest and oldest residents—including many fast-growing suburbs and edge cities that find creative ways to improve people’s well-being.

Tech AI's Hidden Biases May Be Influencing What You Think. Here's What Should Be Done to Stop It - In less than two years, artificial intelligence has radically changed how many people write and find information.

In less than two years, artificial intelligence has radically changed how many people write and find information. While searching for details about Supreme Court precedent or polishing a college essay, millions seek help from AI chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT or Anthropic's Claude.In his newly published book, Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future, Fortune AI editor Jeremy Kahn explores this new tech-infused reality and what should be done to avert the inevitable pitfalls. In the following excerpt, he focuses on the little-recognized problem of subtle bias in AI and the potentially profound influence it can have on what users believe.

2024 Election Vanceonomics: What Trump's VP Pick Could Mean for Business - Vance has cultivated some of the wealthiest elites in tech and venture capital—including former Google chairman Eric Schmidt and the billionaire VC Peter Thiel—to help him win a U.S. Senate seat and, in July, the Republican nomination for vice president.

J.D. Vance first caught the public’s attention with his 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, a populist howl about Appalachia that accuses elites of betraying the white working class. Since then, Vance has cultivated some of the wealthiest elites in tech and venture capital—including former Google chairman Eric Schmidt and the billionaire VC Peter Thiel—to help him win a U.S. Senate seat and, in July, the Republican nomination for vice president.

Norway's Nicolai Tangen Runs the World's Biggest Sovereign Fund. Can He Leverage its Assets to Change Business for the Better? - Nicolai Tangen, the Norwegian founder of London hedge fund AKO Capital, was picked by Norway's central bank to be the next CEO of its gargantuan oil-and-gas-financed investment fund, whose value had soared above $1 trillion.

Oslo, with its neatly painted houses and serene waterfront, is not known for high drama. But in 2020, Norway’s capital erupted in controversy over one spectacularly wealthy investor, a splashy event in Philadelphia—and the biggest sovereign wealth fund on the planet.

A Return of the Entrepreneurial Spirit- As Japan finally emerges from a long period of slow growth, soy sauce producer Kikkoman continues its global advance.

In February 2024, the Nikkei Stock Average in Japan surpassed the record high that it set in 1990. To some, this peak signified that the country could finally put the "lost decades" of deflation and anemic growth behind. Yuzaburo Mogi, honorary CEO and chairman of the board of Kikkoman, is cautiously optimistic about this milestone. With a generational shift in motion, he sees Japan's leadership regaining some of its old dynamism and entrepreneurial spirit.

The AI Hangover- For thirty-five years, Fortune has been tracking the world's largest companies in our Global 500 ranking.

For thirty-five years, Fortune has been tracking the world's largest companies in our Global 500 ranking. We recently sat down with the head of Sequoia Capital, Roelof Botha, at our Brainstorm Tech conference in Park City, Utah, and at greater length for this issue's cover story. As he told Fortune's Michal Lev-Ram: "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." To learn how he's guiding the firm to sort winners from losers amid the noise and hype, see page 60.

Smokin - Dickey's barbecue pit is on a serious growth track with their humble beginnings in mind

Dickey's barbecue pit is on a serious growth track with their humble beginnings in mind. Since 1941, the Dickey family have combined their hankering for legit Texas Barbecue™ with business acumen and a love of giving back and have grown from a single rib shack by the railroad tracks to the largest barbecue chain in the world.

What If?- Supply chain simulations deliver the answers to complex questions

Supply chain simulations deliver the answers to complex questions. Models like SCM globe's use predictive data analytics to pinpoint areas of risk and highlight the severity of potential disruptions based on different risk appetites.