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Giving Humans the Final Say Can Make AI Decisions Worse

September 14th, 2026
6 mins
Olivier Sibony

When algorithms outperform experts, human oversight may protect legitimacy... but it may also simply restore the errors AI was meant to correct.

How Structured Mentorship Helps Deep Tech Startups Scale

Great mentorship helps deep tech founders focus, de-risk, and build the clarity needed to scale breakthrough science into viable companies.

Not All Managerial Experience Sharpens Strategic Foresight

Managers build strategic foresight through experience, but not all career paths sharpen judgment. Which job moves improve the ability to predict success, and which undermine it?

6 minutes
Nauman Asghar, John Mawdsley

What really prevents deep tech breakthroughs from becoming scalable companies?

Turning discovery into a market-ready company is not only a question of science or funding. It takes business knowledge, the right people, and an ecosystem that connects them. 

She Learnt That Changing Habits Starts With Desire

Charlotte Figarede is betting on pleasure to change drinking habits and make the ecological transition tangible in restaurants and hospitality.

Middle Managers Could Be the Key to Effective Corporate Purpose

New research shows what happens when companies ask employees to believe in purpose, and then fail to act accordingly – and how middle managers could save the situation.

5 min
Pauline Asmar, Rodolphe Durand

Intellectual Humility Helps Adolescents Thrive

Adolescents can learn to recognize the limits of what they know, and schools could play an important role in fostering this humility, especially in our times of heightened polarization.

6 minutes
Daniel Newark

Price Signals Cut the Carbon Footprint of Lunch

Tracking 140,000 meals, a field experiment found that carbon-linked prices changed food choices far more than labels or a weekly red-meat restriction.

5 min 30
Stefano Lovo

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