How to Redesign Work for Real Business Value from Agentic AI
AI agents can access records, initiate actions, and make decisions across multiple systems—but humans need to remain accountable for the con...
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Welcome to CEO Perspectives, a new podcast series by The Conference Board. Hosted by our President & CEO, Steve Odland, this twice-monthly conversation will take an objective, data-driven lo...
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Europe's Workers Are Ready for AI—Are Their Organizations?
Europe's workers may be more prepared for AI-driven change than their employers. While 78% say their organization helped them adapt to recen...
State of the Economy for October 2026: Consumer Confidence Rises, CEO Confidence Falls
Consumer confidence rebounded in October, while CEO confidence moved back into negative territory in the fourth quarter. What do these contr...
How to Build Retirement Income That Lasts: Prudential's Phil Waldeck
Americans are living longer, transforming retirement security from a question of how much people can save into a more complicated challenge:...
Why Tariffs and Protectionism Are Here to Stay
Uncertainty dominates today's business environment and can leave leaders hesitant to make decisions. But beneath this ambiguity are five cer...
What Will Define AI Winners: Former Cisco CEO John Chambers
AI is advancing so quickly that companies may need to rethink their strategies every nine to 12 months. But keeping pace is not simply a mat...
How Solar and Battery Storage Can Meet Rising US Power Demand
After two decades of relatively flat US electricity consumption, power demand is growing again as AI, data centers, and advanced manufacturi...
How NetApp CEO George Kurian Turns Disruption into Opportunity
An established company can be profitable and still lose its place in the future. Avoiding that fate requires treating disruption as an oppor...
Why the Best CEOs Act as Catalysts, Not Commanders
No CEO can personally master every technological, geopolitical, and economic challenge confronting a modern organization. The leadership adv...
Salary Budgets Are Flat—But Jobs and Skills Are Changing Fast
US salary increase budgets are projected to remain at 3.5% in 2027, unchanged from 2026. But stability in the headline number does not mean...
How Better Boards Navigate Disruption and Transformation
S trategic errors rarely begin as obviously bad decisions but emerge when a strategy outlives the assumptions on which it was built—and lead...
State of the Economy for September 2026: Consumer Confidence Takes a Tumble
US Consumer Confidence fell to 81.9 in September, marking a third consecutive monthly decline. In this episode of C-Suite Perspectives, The...
Leading for the Next Generation: Graybar CEO Kathy Mazzarella
What changes when employees are not only part of a company but its owners? At Graybar, employee ownership has fostered a long-term approach...
Why Empathy Is a CEO's Strategic Advantage: Terumo CEO Antoinette Gawin
Leading a global organization does not mean making every decision yourself. It means creating enough strategic clarity for people to act, un...
Why AI Alone Won't Fix Health Care Staffing: Covista CEO Steve Beard
The US has no shortage of people who want careers in health care—or employers eager to hire them. Yet tens of thousands of qualified nursing...
From Vinyl to AI: What the Music Industry Teaches Business About Disruption
Few industries have survived as many waves of disruption as music—from vinyl and MTV to streaming, AI, and now virtual artists. The performe...
How AI Is Changing Health Care - from Diagnosis to Discharge
Health care systems face a widening capacity challenge: an aging population and rising rates of chronic illness are increasing demand for ca...
How CEOs Lead Through Uncertainty: Zoetis CEO Kristin Peck
Leadership does not get easier—leaders get better at doing hard things. For Kristin Peck, navigating uncertainty requires discipline, a grow...
Can Climate Goals Survive the AI Energy Boom?
The era of corporate climate pledges is giving way to the harder work of execution. As 2030 deadlines approach and AI drives demand for ener...
How AI Is Reshaping the Future of Employee Reward
Reward is moving out of the HR back office and into the heart of business strategy. From improving frontline productivity to navigating AI a...