Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 947, the 'No Robo Bosses Act,' which bars California employers from relying solely on automated systems to fire or discipline workers. Companies that primarily use AI for such decisions must have a human reviewer confirm them using other evidence like managerial evaluations, and must notify affected employees in writing, disclose what data was used, and give them a human contact to explain the decision.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-30
An advisor recounts working with leaders at major companies, including a CEO of a $2 billion-revenue firm, who privately admitted deep uncertainty about their AI investments despite projecting public confidence. The piece argues that executives across industries are making AI decisions with incomplete information, and that unspoken fear often drives delays disguised as caution.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-30
An analysis of enterprise AI adoption argues that companies deploying chatbots internally often see disappointing results compared to personal use, despite using similarly powerful models. The piece attributes this gap to a lack of clear objectives, constraints, supervision and feedback loops around how AI is deployed inside organizations.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-28
In an Entrepreneur opinion piece, healthcare company co-founder shares a three-part framework used before major business decisions such as expansions, partnerships or pivots. The approach involves listing the best possible outcomes, assessing the worst realistic outcome and whether the business could survive it, and building flexibility into plans through pilots and gradual market entry rather than full commitments.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-23
A leadership commentary piece describes the author's personal experience of feeling defensive ego when an AI system's recommendation contradicted their own judgment. The author uses this anecdote to argue that traditional leadership habits are becoming obsolete as AI systems increasingly generate ideas that rival or surpass those of human leaders.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-23
Recounting career-defining moments to graduate students, business leaders repeatedly described relying on intuitive signals rather than data-driven logic when making pivotal decisions, such as choosing collaborators or walking away from deals. The observation, drawn from years of dinners hosted by a former strategic design MBA program director, highlights a form of 'sensemaking' that isn't rooted in rational analysis.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-22
Robby Stein, Google's vice president of product for Search, will join a fireside chat at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, running October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco. The session, titled 'From MVP to Billions of Users,' will examine how product teams manage the shift from early-stage experimentation to decision-making at massive scale.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-21
Researchers recording brain activity directly from six people found two adjacent regions in the orbitofrontal cortex that compete during risky decisions, described in a Nature Neuroscience study published September 15. One region activates when a person leans toward pursuing a reward, while the other activates when they lean toward avoiding risk, with signals rapidly alternating between the two before a final choice is made.
nature.com
· 2026-09-17
Processes originally created to solve a specific business problem can outlive their usefulness, becoming bottlenecks rather than safeguards. Leaders frequently continue enforcing these procedures long after the original risk has faded, mistaking the fact that a process once worked for proof it remains necessary today.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-15
A commentary piece argues that common sense functions like a muscle that weakens from disuse, and asks why practical judgment is so rare in modern workplaces. The piece suggests organizational structures and processes may be crowding out employees' basic instincts and reasoning.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-07
A leadership guidance piece argues that the toughest calls executives face aren't really about missing information but about competing values pulling in different directions. It recommends leaders conduct a personal 'values inventory'—systematically identifying and ranking their core priorities—to clarify decision-making when facts alone don't point to an answer.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-01
A contributor argues that enterprise AI pilots often succeed technically but fail to change business outcomes because they operate alongside existing workflows rather than inside them. The piece traces this to fragmented, inconsistent decision-making processes across teams, which limits how much impact any AI system can have once deployed.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-08-28
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