But the state of interest rates, and when the Fed might cut them, remains a major hangup. Problems at Salesforce, and investor pressure on CEO Marc Benioff, caused massive disruption and change at the cloud-software giant early in 2023. Business Insider reporters Ashley Stewart and Ellen Thomas led coverage of this from inside the company. They finished off this series with an exclusive and insightful profile of Benioff’s tough 18 months. Melia Russell wrote a very personal essay that captured the harsh realities of entrepreneurship and its impact on close relationships. Meanwhile, Nvidia, which saw its stock price skyrocket this year, had the unique problem of dealing with employees who have gotten so rich they are in “semi-retirement.”
In the past few years especially, women have been leaving the workforce in droves, or cutting back hours, over burnout or a lack of childcare options. “This can be problematic for their long-term career trajectory, their pension contributions, and the dynamics of power within the household,” Kelly said. Cutting back working hours for everyone helps women stay in their full-time jobs and not feel as if they’re getting pushed out of the workforce.
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We’re still at the FOMO stage of enterprise AI adoption. Companies are more interested in trying this new technology and less worried about how much it costs. But Microsoft insiders know the conversation will soon switch to topics like return on investment. A recent Morgan Stanley survey of chief information officers, the executives who decide how billions of dollars are spent on technology every year, suggests the first part is beginning to happen. The bank found that AI and machine learning were the top priority for CIOs in the final quarter of 2023. More than two-thirds of these execs said AI had already affected their IT budgets.