Chief heart officers are invading the C-suite, but don't let their titles fool you: they can still fire you, Drew Limsky writes for @thisisinsider.

Feelings-centric job titles try to paper over a fundamental part of work: its transactional nature. 👇
businessinsider.com/companies-inve… Today, wacky C-suite titles are all the rage. Chief amazement officers, chief heart officers, and chief empathy officers are popping up across companies.
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Hirakawa Yasuhiro is one of the only blacksmiths in Japan who still makes scissors using techniques that date back to the 5th century.

We went to Sakai, Japan, to see how this bonsai-scissor-making craft is still standing. 👇
Like knives, these scissors start with a small piece of metal.

Yasuhiro uses Japanese Yasugi steel because it's more durable and helps the blades stay sharp.

Remote work sparked a surge in whistleblower complaints. There's more free time, less risk, and more support to call out wrongdoing when you work from home.

@BrittaLokting explains why so many remote workers are deciding to squeal on their companies. ⬇️

businessinsider.com/remote-work-su… In 2017, Simon Edelman blew the whistle on his former employer, the US Department of Energy, as he leaked photographs to the news site @inthesetimesmag of a meeting between the Energy Secretary Rick Perry and the CEO of one of the largest coal companies.

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Feel like starting your own company?

Data from the Yellowstone Wolf Project hints that it's just the side effect of a protozoan inhabiting our brains in a failed attempt to make more protozoa, Adam Rogers (@jetjocko) writes. ⬇️
businessinsider.com/parasite-cat-f… Curious about what motivates a wolf to leave its pack, Kira Cassidy, a field biologist with the Yellowstone Wolf Project, and her team hypothesized that a parasitic infection was egging them along. Specifically, a microorganism called Toxoplasma gondii. businessinsider.com/parasite-cat-f…

It takes dozens of people, expensive robots, and special cameras to bring a fast food commercial to life.

We look at how production company The Garage works against the clock and films an advertisement for the perfect burger.👇
Steve Giralt has filmed commercials for big brands like Hershey's, Heinz, and Pepsi through The Garage.

Filming one 30-second ad can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. And they're working against the clock because they use real food.

No molds are used in the process of making bangjja yugi, or Korean bronzeware — only skill and an experienced eye.

One rice pot can cost $350. We found out what makes it so expensive.👇
While making bangjja yugi has largely been modernized, Lee Bong-ju is one of the few yugi masters still using traditional methods.

Bong-ju, who is 96, has been making traditional Korean bronzeware for over 70 years.

Metates have been used across Mexico for over 7,000 years to prepare traditional dishes.

We visited chef Evangelina Aquino Luis in Oaxaca to see how she makes chichilo mole using the ancient cooking tool. 👇
Chichilo mole is a special kind of mole that is typically made for people who are in mourning.

While other chefs have switched to using blenders and store-bought sauces, Aquino Luis has dedicated her life to cooking it in the traditional manner.

Deserted downtowns have been haunting US cities since the beginning of the pandemic.

Buildings gutted by work from home will cost cities an estimated $453 billion — leading to fewer jobs, dirtier streets, and higher crime, @EmilSkandul writes.👇
businessinsider.com/remote-work-gu… Before the pandemic, 95% of offices were occupied. Today that number is closer to 47%.

Less foot traffic, less public-transit use, and more shuttered businesses have caused many downtowns to feel more like ghost towns.
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Why didn't the regulatory agencies and congressional committees charged with safeguarding financial investors and consumers catch on to what was happening at FTX?

Rob Price, Dakin Campbell, Jack Newsham, and Darius Rafieyan write for @thisisinsider. ⬇️

businessinsider.com/sam-bankman-fr… The answer is simple. Over the past two years, SBF set out to rig a notoriously rigged system through a potent mix of charm, charitable giving, and political contributions, the writers say.

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Noom frames itself as using psychology to address weight gain, helping users lose weight by reframing their thinking around food.

But coaches often found themselves working with clients who exhibited complex and sometimes frightening behaviors. ⬇️
businessinsider.com/noom-a-magnet-… According to interviews with former coaches, as well as other employees, users and experts, Noom attracted users who appeared to be suffering with their mental health and understood its “psychology-based” offerings to be something like therapy. businessinsider.com/noom-a-magnet-…

In an ideal world, there would be no foreclosures, James Rodriguez (@jamie_rod) writes.

Everyone who buys a home would get one that fits their income and needs. But in a housing market built on debt, foreclosures are a painful reality. Here’s why. ⬇️

businessinsider.com/foreclosures-c… Too many foreclosures is obviously a bad thing — losing a home is devastating both financially and emotionally — but it's also a problem to have too few foreclosures, Rodriguez writes.

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The Federal Reserve has spent the past year trying to break the US economy. But doing so has proved quite difficult.

Neil Dutta, an economist, says there will be more pain ahead for the stock market and the US economy. 👇

businessinsider.com/stock-market-c… Despite the near-constant proclamations that the US has been teetering on the precipice of a recession all year, the real surprise is just how resilient it has been.

And there are even signs it'll get stronger from here, Dutta says.

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More and more, candidates are applying for jobs with no intention of jumping ship.

They're just looking to land an offer that they can use to force their current employer to give them a raise, @AkiIto7 writes. 👇

businessinsider.com/salary-raise-c… Have you applied to another job in hopes of receiving a raise?

The stock market — for the foreseeable future — is royally screwed, @lopezlinette writes.

The problems facing the market and the economy may seem the same. Both are trying to deal with excesses, but those excesses are wildly different.

Here’s why. ⬇️

businessinsider.com/stock-market-c… On the economy side, the US is experiencing a violent bout of inflation created by the pandemic.

But some of the pandemic-related conditions that got us here — like clogged supply chains — are normalizing, Lopez writes.

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What does Elon Musk do all day as the CEO of three companies: SpaceX, Tesla, and, of course, Twitter?

@edzitron explains why CEOs like Musk have turned into chief hypocrisy officers from running multiple businesses and juggling side hustles. ⬇️

businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twit… Like many CEOs, Musk’s accumulated a huge fortune by juggling several companies and directorships at once.

But with so many roles and no one to answer to, he could say he works 24 hours a day — it would be nearly impossible to disprove him.

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Known for being an intense workplace, the private-equity firm Apollo gives associates opportunities that would be difficult to find elsewhere.

Casey Sullivan (@caseyreports) and Hayley Cuccinello (@HCuccinello) take a look at the investing powerhouse. ⬇️

businessinsider.com/apollo-global-… As an associate at Apollo Global Management, Reed Rayman once considered quitting. Now at 36 years old, Rayman has made it. He is the chairman of Yahoo, and a partner at Apollo, with a seat on the board of eight different companies.

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Simone and Malcolm Collins are "pronatalists."

They’re part of a quiet but growing movement taking hold in wealthy tech and venture-capitalist circles.

Insider’s @mjnblack sat down with them. 👇

businessinsider.com/pronatalism-el… People like the Collinses fear that falling birth rates in certain developed countries like the US will lead to the extinction of cultures, and ultimately, the collapse of civilization.

It's a theory that Elon Musk has championed on his Twitter feed.

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Weaving threads of silk from cocoons is a tradition that goes back over 1,000 years in Cambodia — until a brutal regime nearly wiped it out.

We visited a silk farm in Siem Reap to see how a new generation ensures this ancient craft is still standing.👇
Making silk starts from the ground up.

Farmers plant fields of mulberry trees for the golden silkworms, whose habitat was mostly torn out by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s.

Every year, Insider surfaces 100 leaders across 10 industries who are driving unprecedented change and innovation. The #InsiderT100 features the power players behind the most significant trends of the year. Meet the change-makers below. ⬇️ businessinsider.com/100-people-tra… Meet Cynthia Choi, cofounder of Stop AAPI Hate. Hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have climbed since 2020 but so has awareness thanks to Choi’s data and advocacy.

In the age of remote work, many people have left coastal hubs for more affordable cities across America. This means many more workers are in different time zones from their coworkers, bosses, and companies, @lwheatma writes. ⬇️

businessinsider.com/companies-boss… @lwheatma While working remotely offers benefits that often weren't available in a pre-pandemic world, @lwheatma says the issue of time zones is already causing confusion, miscommunication, and even prejudice against employees working on a different clock.

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The United States of America, home of purple mountain majesties, amber waves of grain, and seas of shining … solar farms?

@mattkahn1966 and Robert Huang explain how the US is finally starting to take meaningful action to tackle the climate crisis. ⬇️

businessinsider.com/great-american… The Biden administration's signature legislative victory, the Inflation Reduction Act, includes $370 billion in subsidies, some of which is to accelerate the adoption of the "green grid," an array of solar panels, wind farms, and power lines.

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