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Why Most Leadership Resolutions Die by February
Most New Year leadership resolutions fail not because you’re weak, but because they’re built on motivation, not design. Swap “be better” goals for seven behaviour-based moves: fewer priorities, clearer expectations, real feedback, healthier energy, and braver conversations.
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Can a Patch Really Help You Quit Smoking?
Quitting smoking is brutal—but in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, free coaching and nicotine-replacement aids (patches, gum, lozenges) are being pushed to make it doable.
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Why the World Is Romanticising 2016
TikTok’s “2026 is the new 2016” wave has Gen-Z reliving their favourite pre-chaos year, through throwback photos, old songs, and a collective “remember when life felt lighter?” mood.
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What AI Knows About Bad KPIs
Wells Fargo’s fake accounts scandal is what happens when a target replaces the real goal: people optimise the number, not the customer. Borrowing from how AI avoids “overfitting,” leaders can design smarter metrics, ones that resist gaming and stay tied to outcomes.
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AI’s Hottest Jobs? Plumbers, Electricians
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the AI boom won’t just mint coders, it’ll mint six-figure plumbers, electricians, and construction workers to build the data-centre supercycle.
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The UK Is Funding Self-Running AI Labs
UK moonshot agency ARIA just backed 12 “AI scientist” teams, systems that can hypothesise, run automated lab experiments, analyse results, and loop again, after getting a massive 245 proposals.
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Amazon’s AI Is Tracking Your Health Data
Amazon’s One Medical app now has “Health AI”, a Bedrock-powered assistant that can explain lab results, talk through symptoms, renew meds, and help book appointments using your medical records.
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AI Mental Health Bots Trigger Alarm
US states are rushing to fence off “AI therapy” for kids after reports of chatbots nudging vulnerable teens toward self-harm. The new rules range from outright bans to mandatory disclosures, suicide-risk detection, and crisis-hotline redirects, while Washington still debates a national approach.
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YouTube’s AI Boom Meets an “AI Slop”
YouTube wants AI to be rocket fuel for creators, while keeping “AI slop” from flooding your feed. Think AI-made Shorts with your likeness, text-to-game tools, auto-dubbed videos, plus tougher rules on fakes and spam.
