How Do You Reach the Other Side of Change?

We're never taught how to navigate transitions, but that skill is essential to modern life and business.

DAVID ZASLAV UPSET NEARLY EVERYONE IN HOLLYWOOD. GET READY FOR THE PLOTTWIST.

Since he took the helm of the newly merged Warner Bros. Discovery last year, the headlines about CEO David Zaslav have been relentlessly cringe-worthy: He has been booed while giving a commencement speech, criticized for his massive salary, and mocked for seemingly out-of-touch business decisions. During strikes by actors and writers, his smooth visage became the face of corporate fat-cat indifference to the demands of Hollywood's creative class.

Sometimes It's Bravest to Not Take a Stand

In a divided, violent world, leaders' humility, willingness to listen, and core values are what matter most.

TROUBLE BELOW AT THE BORING CO.

Shelved projects, politics, and slow progress seem to have dulled Elon Musk's tunneling dreams at the Boring Company.

CEOs Share Tips for Tightrope Walking

The Fortune CEO Initiative rallied business leaders to collaborate on global problems including inflation, geopolitical tension, and the AI revolution.

Tracking the New Boom in AI

The inaugural Fortune 50 AI Innovators list is the definitive guide to a sector that's now attracting one out of every four startup investment dollars.

Ukraine. Israel. Taiwan?

Business leaders fear that crosss-trait tensions may cause the next geopolitical blowup, putting Taiwan and its top chipmaker TSMC at risk.

Cloud Giants Are Making It Rain for AI

Amazon's big investment in Anthropic shows what's really at stake in the chatbot wars: binding customers more tightly to Big Tech cloud providers.

Going to War Against Deepfakes

Companies are racing to detect videos that have been manipulated with the help of AI-before they cause even more violence and confusion in battle zones.

In Focus LAURA ALBER

Laura Alber became Williams Sonoma CEO at just 42 years old. Thirteen years later, she’s the Fortune 500’s longest-tenured female chief executive, and in that time has doubled annual revenue at the parent company of West Elm and Pottery Barn. But economic headwinds are now forcing the CEO to develop new revenue streams at the luxury home furnishings retailer, something Alber—creator of Pottery Barn Kids—has done before.

A Caregiver's Guide to Retirement Homes

The rapidly expanding eldercare industry means more - and tougher - choices for family members.

FORTUNE 500 EUROPE

Our first-ever ranking of the largest companies in Europe by revenue shows that Old World companies are reaching new heights. They're setting the global agenda in energy, finance, the auto industry, and elsewhere.

COMFORTABLE IN THE HOT SEAT

Relentless, ambitious, and media-savvy, the former Goldman Sachs banker has become an unlikely hero among critics of Wall Street. But the SEC chair's over-the-top intensity could set him up for a fall and undermine the very investor protections he's fighting for.

The Office You Want

Business leaders want workers back. Workers are loath to resume their commutes. We asked five leading design firms to create plans that might make leaving home seem worthwhile.

Fan With a Plan

Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin parlayed a ski shop in suburban Philly into a $31 billion sports apparel juggernaut. Now, he's adding trading cards, gambling, live events, and more.

Chick-Fil-A's New Testament

Boycotted for years by liberals - and now by conservatives, too - a christian-driven brand is trying to walk the narrow path toward growth. What happens next could be enlightening for businesses everywhere.

The Helpful Hardware Man

Marques Brownlee has rewired the way people shop for gadgets-and how companies sell them. Inside the humble factory with the power to shape the $1 trillion consumer electronics industry.

REAL ESTATE

Field of Schemes The farming community of Solano County, California, is facing down a group of Silicon Valley titans with dreams of building a utopia.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TAKES ON WEEDS

The latest tool in the fight against weeds powers precision spraying technology.

THE FUTURE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE

Equipment companies turn to artificial intelligence to speed up response time.

WEED-ELIMINATING ROBOTS

By creating WeedBot, Kansas farmer Clint Brauer wants to help other farmers reduce and eventually eliminate herbicide use.

KIMBERLY RATCLIFF

Bridging the gap between urban and ranch life.

FIELDS OF DATA

The rise of Alis bringing transparency to farmland values.

Next Big Things in Tech

FOR THE PAST YEAR, THE TECH WORLD and pretty much everyone else has been enraptured by generative AI.

PIZZA, ROBOTS, and MONEY

THE ZESTY TALE OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST FLOPS IN SILICON VALLEY HISTORY

SOIL HEALTH PRACTICES YIELD PROFITS

Economic analysis shows the benefits of building soil health

ELECTRIFYING THE FUTURE

MAJOR MANUFACTURERS INTRODUCE ELECTRIC MACHINES IN THEIR LINEUPS.

FARMING AS A SERVICE

With the rise of new technologies and practices, farmers may be faced with new business models from manufacturers

AN EYE ON THE CROP

Become a better crop scouter with the help of cameras mounted on irrigation pivots

FARM SCHOOL

An educational series for farmers who want to take their skills to the next level