The combined revenues of the companies on the 2026 Fortune 500 Europe list hit a record high of $15.5 trillion this year, equivalent to half of Europe’s GDP. The list, now in its fourth year, ranks the continent’s largest companies by revenue. Despite fiercer global competition, geopolitical instability, and technological disruption over the past…
The English engineer, Henry Mill, submitted the first-ever patent for a “machine transcribing letters” in 1714. It never actually went into production, but it was a forerunner of the typewriter and then the electronic keyboard: 312 years later, Christian Klein, CEO of software giant SAP, is noting the end of an era. “The end of the keyboard is near,” he tells me. “When you encounter voice recognition…
FOMO—the fear of missing out—used to be a shorthand favorite of young people worried about not being at the right party on a Saturday night. Now, chief executives are increasingly having FOMO over applied AI. The financial bets are large enough for boards to wince at capital expenditure implications. The outcomes are shrouded in mystery, a particular irritant for leadership teams obsessed with data and clarity. Step…
In her latest work, ‘Story Telling,’ literary icon Isabel Allende holds a conversation with the reader to demystify the craft of writing.