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CEO Picks - The best that international journalism has to offer!  S36S1How tech leaders spend their time | MIT Sloan   A recent research briefing from the MIT Center for Information Systems Research reports that technology executives at high-performing companies are spending more time with customers and developing complementary enterprise capabilities, and less time collaborating with coworkers and working on their organization’s technology stack.The research briefing by Peter Weill, Stephanie Woerner, and Gail Evans is based on surveys of executives in 2007, 2016, and 2022. Reflecting an ongoing shift in job titles, the first two surveys focused on chief information officers while the 2022 survey included chief technology and chief digital officers as well.
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S2Great Apes Know Just How Much to Annoy One Another  Playful teasing might have evolved to help our ape ancestors gather crucial intel on their family's and friends' thoughts.In the late aughts, while working on the island of Jersey, in the United Kingdom, Erica Cartmill found herself staring at a daughter giving her mother some grief.
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S3Sucking Carbon from the Air Becomes A Lead Strategy - Scientific American (No paywall)  The first, biomass carbon removal, uses organic materials — including trees, other plants, algae or even animal products — that naturally draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. The biomass can then be harvested and used to produce energy, paired with carbon capture and storage technology to snatch the emissions it produces before they go back into the atmosphere. Or it could be harvested and stored to keep the emissions contained.The third opportunity calls for test bed facilities involving multiple carbon removal pathways combined. These could include both biomass and mineralization removal projects, but could also involve other strategies like direct air capture — machines that suck carbon dioxide straight out of the atmosphere.
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S4Apple Vision Pro: what does it mean for scientists? - (No paywall)  Apple’s virtual-reality (VR) headset, the Vision Pro, was released only 10 days ago — but scientists are already grappling with some of the research implications. Researchers say that the headset could be a watershed in the path towards widespread VR use, and that its high precision could aid research tasks and analogue activities such as surgery. All have implications for human behaviour, opening up a torrent of research questions for scientists.“This is insane for me,” says Ken Pfeuffer, who studies human–computer interaction at Aarhus University in Denmark. In 2017, Pfeuffer designed a ‘gaze and pinch’ feature that is similar to the one Apple Vision Pro uses for virtual navigation. When he gets hold of a Vision Pro headset, Pfeuffer plans to study how it uses this feature.
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S5New CRISPR Gene-Editing Treatment Approved In Europe For Inherited Blood Disorders - Forbes (No paywall)  The European Commission approved the therapy, known as Casgevy or exa-cel, to treat patients with sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia (β-thalassemia), both rare inherited blood disorders characterized by abnormal hemoglobin production, the protein used by red blood cells to ferry oxygen around the body.It has been approved for patients with the most severe form of beta thalassemia that requires treatment with regular blood transfusions (transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia) and anyone 12 years and older with severe sickle cell disease experiencing recurrent vaso-occlusive crises, a severe and painful complication caused when misshapen, or sickled, red blood cells block blood flow and deprive tissues of oxygen.
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S6To Develop Leadership Skills, Practice in a Low-Risk Environment - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)  Most leadership trainings are about teaching ideas, sharing best practices, and increasing knowledge. But successful people rarely become better leaders because they know more. They become better leaders because they follow through on what they know. That follow-through requires “emotional courage” — willingness to feel the feelings that come when we take risks and break old patterns. That courage is essential in managing people effectively to build bridges, raise and address hard issues, and handle opposition. How do you get emotional courage? You don’t learn it by listening to a lecture. Even role plays don’t quite do the trick because the feelings aren’t there. The best way is to practice in situations where the perceived risk is much higher than the actual risk.
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S7After Breakups, the Brokenhearted Are Creating AI Clones of Their Exes  But even an empty happily-ever-after is tantalizing in the bleakness of 2024. AI platforms like ChatGPT claim to offer infinite solutions to infinite problems, from parking tickets to homework — and apparently now heartbreak as well. That's right: if you’re still hung up after a breakup, now you can plug your ex's emails and texts into a large language model, and date the simulacrum instead of moving on.There are signs of the trend across the web. An AI-powered app called Talk to Your Ex, currently on waitlist, gives instructions on how to "import your ex's chats into the app so you can still text/date her even though she dumped you." On social media, reports of the brokenhearted Frankensteining together emulations of their exes using public tools are sources of both fascination and derision.
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S8S9The 25 Best True-Crime Stories of All Time  True-crime fandom may be booming, but that doesn’t mean that our cultural fascination with evil and transgression is new. Most innovations in media have taken up notorious crimes as a favored subject, from the cheaply printed broadsheets of the 18th century to the serialized magazines of the Victorian era to the cable TV networks of the 1990s. Now tales of crime and punishment inspire internet forums, podcasts, and streaming miniseries.The creators of true crime, and the fans who consume it, will always exist in an ethical gray zone. Haters of the genre complain that it’s voyeuristic, intrusive, and crudely sensational, and they have a point. Defenders maintain that the best true crime illuminates dark corners and instigates change—even, sometimes, saving lives. They have a point too. What began in penny dreadfuls has evolved as it has flourished. Yes, some of today’s true crime doesn’t rise above lurid sensationalism. But the best of it exhibits sensitivity, intelligence, and empathy—while still tapping into the primal narrative power of the crime story.
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S109 Ways to Say No to Busywork and Unrealistic Deadlines - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)  The difference between living a life of peace and productivity versus a life of stress and resentment could lie in one simple skill: Learning how to say no. Saying no makes the difference between a packed schedule and an open one, but it might also make you a little uncomfortable at first. Here’s how you can say no in three different areas: time commitments, tasks, and time frames. Do the math to see how much time a commitment would cost you. Do you have the time for that right now? If not, respond by thanking them for the invite and respectfully declining. Feel free to delegate the task to someone with more time or better expertise. Try stepping back from volunteering for a bit. Make sure to ask for reasonable time frames that gives you back your evenings and weekends. Communicate with confidence instead of being overly apologetic. By saying no, you are saying yes to giving time to what matters most.
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S11Improve Your R  There’s nothing wrong with listing your definitive actions and quantifiable results on your resume — this is standard advice. The problem is, however, that you may not be telling an employer what they really need to know. Details are important, but what’s your story? By telling a story in your resume, employers will be able to see what you can do for them based on what you’ve been able to do in the past.
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S12Joan Didion on Keeping a Notebook  As a lover — and keeper — of diaries and notebooks, I find myself returning again and again to the question of what compels us — what propels us — to record our impressions of the present moment in all their fragile subjectivity. From Joan Didion’s 1968 anthology Slouching Towards Bethlehem (public library) — the same volume that gave us her timeless meditation on self-respect — comes a wonderful essay titled “On Keeping a Notebook,” in which Didion considers precisely that. Though the essay was originally written nearly half a century ago, the insights at its heart apply to much of our modern record-keeping, from blogging to Twitter to Instagram.Why did I write it down? In order to remember, of course, but exactly what was it I wanted to remember? How much of it actually happened? Did any of it? Why do I keep a notebook at all? It is easy to deceive oneself on all those scores. The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself. I suppose that it begins or does not begin in the cradle. Although I have felt compelled to write things down since I was five years old, I doubt that my daughter ever will, for she is a singularly blessed and accepting child, delighted with life exactly as life presents itself to her, unafraid to go to sleep and unafraid to wake up. Keepers of private notebooks are a different breed altogether, lonely and resistant rearrangers of things, anxious malcontents, children afflicted apparently at birth with some presentiment of loss.
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S13For Valentine's Day, red roses and heart-shaped chocolates are out. Self-care is in  At 1-800-Flowers, shoppers can easily snap up a dozen red roses ready to ship for Valentine's Day. But this year, they'll also have the choice to purchase a social media-inspired "Girls Night In" flower arrangement, complete with Ghirardelli chocolate, Popcorn Factory kettle corn and rosé spritzers."We're constantly looking out for the next big thing, evaluating different colours, styles, varieties and add-ons that may be appropriate for the brand and our products – and attract a younger consumer," says Jason John, chief marketing officer at 1-800-Flowers, a US gifting conglomerate.
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S14Super Bowl 2024 announcement: Why Beyonc  She's the artist who mastered the surprise album drop back in 2013, and last night Beyoncé proved she can still catch us off-guard when, midway through the Super Bowl, she dropped two brand new tracks, announced details of her upcoming album, and revealed that she is heading in a whole new direction: country music.More like this: - The real meaning of the song Slut - One of modern music's greatest enigmas - How Amazing Grace has transcended its links to slavery
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S15Why the trailer for blockbuster musical Wicked has been slammed  Among all the film and TV trailers that dropped during this weekend's Super Bowl game, none has been more discussed than the first teaser for the upcoming two-part movie adaptation of Wizard of Oz-inspired musical Wicked. In the opinion of certain sections of the internet, the result, far from defying gravity – to namecheck the show's most beloved song – is a flop.- The 1979 cult hit that shows an ultra-violent New York- Ten of the best films to watch in February- The 'motiveless' crime that shocked the US
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S16European farmers are angry: addressing root causes would overcome polarisation  On Wednesday February 1, I stood side-by-side with the farmers who had taken over Place Luxembourg and the streets adjacent to the European Parliament in Brussels. On my way, long lines of tractors with Belgian, French and Dutch plates could be seen almost a kilometre away from the square. As I drew closer to the scene, the sound of their horns and the smell of burned tires saturated my ears and nose. In truth, there were at least two squares in one. Close to the entrance, a banner cloaking the statue of English-born industrialist John Cockerill called on farmers to “Say no to despotism” and organize against environmental measures. Further down to the central garden, members of an Italian farmers’ confederation gave interviews on the need to liberalize New Genomic Technologies to boost productivity, and yet others discussed the limitations of animal welfare laws, while lining up to eat a sandwich with some grilled meat.
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S17Ten of the best romantic films to watch this Valentine's Day  The shape of love and romance seems to be an ever-evolving facet of the human experience, but somehow the marketer’s dream of Valentine’s Day never seems to move beyond cliché. However the nature of love and the portrayal of different kinds of relationships have always been explored on film, right from the early days of “talkies”.So if we must indulge in Valentine’s Day, let’s do it with ten very different romantic films that examine the variety of configurations of this most human of conditions. From throuples, to “just friends”, to the unforgettable blush of first love and the one that got away, there’s something here for everyone.
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S18Tea, weather and being on time: analysis of 100 million words reveals what Brits talk about most  Lovely weather today, isn’t it? Time for a cuppa? The way someone talks, and the words they use, tell us quite a bit about where someone is from, their social background and even their age. Language both reflects and shapes society – as a linguist, it’s my job to find out how. One way to do this is by analysing large collections of language, which linguists call corpora (or “bodies”). By measuring the frequency of words, we can determine what a particular society or group prioritises and values.
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S19As US-China tensions mount, the UK will need to work closer with Europe in the Indo-Pacific  US-China rivalry – already a growing concern of global leaders, policymakers, pundits and business elites – is set to heat up further as we head into a US election year. The UK’s strategy for the Indo-Pacific region is built around its alliance with the US. This was formalised in September 2021 with the announcement of Aukus, a military alliance with the US and Australia. Yet its major interests there – in security, economy, diplomacy and human rights – appear more closely aligned with Brussels than Washington.
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S20Giving birth in Sweden: outcomes are worse for foreign-born mothers  Sweden has consistently reported some of the lowest rates of maternal and child mortality in the world. Unfortunately, these achievements don’t extend to foreign-born mothers who face higher risks for all forms of negative pregnancy outcomes.The COVID pandemic was a strong reminder of the gaping health inequities when providing care to these women. Foreign-born mothers reported higher rates of infection, intensive care admission, preterm birth, underweight babies and stillbirths compared with Swedish-born mothers.
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