Kevin Dobson is founder and executive director of Capital College & Career Academy, a public charter high school that trains teenagers to work in construction.

For many entrepreneurs, the past few years have served as something of a litmus test. From lockdowns and layoffs to a tumultuous economy, business owners have had to take a hard look at themselves and ask: How badly do I want to do this? 

While AI can assist with some decisions, it’s feasible that, at some level, overreliance on these technological capabilities and purely data-based extrapolation could result in society losing touch with our own intuitions as business leaders, parents and friends. 

Evil HR Lady says you can’t hold FMLA or ADA against an employee, but you can still hold them accountable for their work when they are there. 

His trick for listening to all those voices? He starts every day in the middle of the night.