Ana Altchek

Dropbox co-CEO Ashraf Alkarmi maintains a productivity system where he selects five core priorities each quarter. He uses this list as a 'filter' to guide how he spends his time, allowing him to skip meetings and tasks that fall outside these central objectives. These stated priorities help structure his weeks and determine where the company devotes its attention.

Paul Griggs, PwC senior partner and US CEO, built a customized AI agent called "PG's Whisperer" and uses it daily for various professional tasks. This tool helps him review lengthy documents, test ideas against news, and pressure-test strategy work, allowing assessment at previously impossible speeds. The development of the assistant stemmed from conversations with a PwC colleague in the firm's intelligent enterprise offerings.

An author tested AI-generated LinkedIn headshots against real photos and found users struggled to distinguish them, with more preferring the AI version. The AI-edited image, created using Gemini and ChatGPT, altered subtle facial features and added a polished, airbrushed effect.