SoftBank Group announced today that it plans to spend up to €75 billion (around $87 billion) to expand data center capacity in France. The goal, the firm said, is to develop and operate up to 5 gigawatts of additional data center capacity. The first phase of the plan involves building data centers in Dunkirk (Loon-Plage), Bosquel, … Read more
Mastering Accountability Less than half of leaders excel at creating accountability.* Don’t confuse accountability with intimidation. Pressure produces compliance but drains vitality. Real Accountability Accountability is drawing out the best in others. #1. Align desires. Help people excel where they want to excel. Line up personal goals with organizational objectives. Remove or reassign those who … Read more
For years, the SEO playbook was straightforward: earn backlinks, climb rankings, capture clicks. But as AI reshapes how traditional SEO works, a different mechanism is determining which content gets seen — and it’s not backlinks. It’s citations. The role of citations in AEO is fundamentally different from link-building: instead of other publishers vouching for your page, AI answer engines are selecting your content as the direct source behind their generated answers.
A recent Indian court ruling against Google’s keyword advertising practices has gained fresh attention after founders said competitors have long used the system to siphon off customers and force companies to pay to protect their own brands. The ruling, delivered by the Delhi High Court on May 22 in a trademark dispute involving bathroom fittings … Read more
Enterprise AI agents are stalling — not because of model performance, but because of permissioning. Every agentic workflow eventually hits the same wall: what is this agent allowed to touch, on whose behalf, and how does the system know? Workday's answer is to make its existing system of record the governance layer for agents. Gerrit … Read more
Leading Thoughts for May 28, 2026 IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz on what is required to learn: “Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. … Read more
Blue Origin’s New Glenn mega-rocket just exploded during testing at a launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida, according to live streams from NASASpaceFlight.com and SpaceFlight Now. Blue Origin later confirmed the explosion. Jeff Bezos’ space company was performing a static fire test ahead of an anticipated fourth launch of the new rocket in the coming … Read more
If you’ve been on LinkedIn lately, you’ve probably seen the AI-flex posts. Some marketer automated their entire workflow. Cut their week to four hours and cloned their voice. Built an agent that drafts, ships, and reports on itself. Maybe whitened their teeth too. Elena Verna, CMO at Lovable, called it out perfectly: “Everyone has a system, … Read more
5 Truths About Trust Trust isn’t agreement. It’s confidence that… Weaknesses won’t be used as a weapon. Leaders serves something bigger than themselves. Words and actions walk hand in hand. Symptoms of Distrust Excessive CC’ing on emails. Constant need for signoffs. Repeated clarification requests. Meetings after the meeting. Bad news hides under platitudes. Polished, self-serving … Read more
The U.S. Justice Department charged Google software engineer Michele Spagnuolo with insider trading, alleging the employee made $1.2 million trading on Polymarket based on confidential business information. Spagnuolo, who used the name “AlphaRaccoon” on Polymarket, has worked at Google for over 12 years, according to information on LinkedIn. “As alleged, Spagnuolo violated the duties he … Read more