interview
Interviews with successful executives and top corporate culture influencers.
Did the Time Change Today? Understanding Daylight Savings 2025
Every fall, Americans wake up wondering the same thing: Did the time change today? On Sunday, November 2, 2025, the answer is yes — clocks officially fell back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time, marking the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST).
By KAMRAN AHMAD2 months ago in Journal
Xi Jinping’s Trade Pledge at APEC 2025: What Trump’s Absence Reveals About Global Power Shifts
A Stage Without America The 2025 APEC Summit, hosted in Kuala Lumpur, was meant to be a stage for collaboration and progress. Instead, it became a mirror reflecting shifting global power. As dozens of world leaders gathered to discuss trade and digital economies, one chair remained empty — that of U.S. President Donald Trump.
By Shakil Sorkar3 months ago in Journal
Sara Yahia Melted a City’s Cold Heart
It was a freezing morning in New York. The kind where the wind doesn’t just brush your face, it stings it. The sky was still that winter-gray shade that makes the whole city look like it hit snooze too many times. Picture rush hour chaos, everyone doing that fast-walk-slash-grumpy-face thing, shoulders hunched, eyes down, headphones in, coffee cups clenched like survival gear. You could almost hear the collective thought: Don’t slow me down.
By Sara Yahia3 months ago in Journal
When HR Meets Art: Sara Yahia’s Journey as Cultural Commentator, Film & TV Critic, and Storyteller
You know, I used to think I had to pick a lane. HR? Check. Film critic? Uh… maybe that’s a different lane. But turns out, you can dance on all the lanes at once, and oh boy, it keeps life interesting!
By Sara Yahia3 months ago in Journal
ChatGPT Meets PayPal: The Dawn of In-Chat Payments
Your digital assistant just got a wallet — and it’s about to change how you buy everything. For years, we’ve been talking to machines. We ask Siri for directions, Alexa for weather updates, and ChatGPT for everything from recipes to resumes. But now, for the first time, those conversations can lead directly to transactions.
By Shakil Sorkar3 months ago in Journal
The Quiet Deal That Could Reshape the World: Inside Trump and Xi’s Surprising Trade Truce
When two of the world’s most powerful leaders sit down together in a near-secret meeting, the headlines tend to shout. But in the case of the October 30, 2025 meeting in Busan, South Korea, the change was more subtle than sensational. What emerged was less a loud victory and more a quiet shift.
By Shakil Sorkar3 months ago in Journal
The Art of Automation: How AI Is Quietly Replacing Creativity with Code
When machines start making art, what happens to the artists who taught them? A few years ago, “artificial intelligence” was a buzzword — something futuristic, fascinating, but distant. Today, it’s everywhere. It edits our photos, writes our headlines, paints our portraits, and even suggests how we should feel about the world. For many of us, that shift happened so smoothly we didn’t even notice it.
By Shakil Sorkar3 months ago in Journal
“Trade, Power, and Rare Earths: What Trump and Xi’s Busan Meeting Really Means”
When two of the world’s most powerful leaders sit down together in a near-secret meeting, the headlines tend to shout. But in the case of the October 30, 2025 meeting in Busan, South Korea, the change was more subtle than sensational. What emerged was less a loud victory and more a quiet shift.
By Shakil Sorkar3 months ago in Journal
