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?? Semafor's editors interviewed BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon, Land O'Lakes, Inc. CEO Beth Ford, and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore at the 2025 Retirement Summit hosted by BlackRock and the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC. Read our coverage and sign up for the Semafor Business newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eJjm_HMz BlackRock CEO calls for Social Security reform https://lnkd.in/eRq7kAwR Dimon: ‘Uncertainty is not a good thing’ https://lnkd.in/ejyUx2J7 CEOs need ‘a measure of predictability’ from Trump: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore https://lnkd.in/ebQCfrc5 Senior House Republican pushes senators on debt ceiling increase https://lnkd.in/ew9GAzsp ??: Ruby Ella Photography/BlackRock

?? Amb. Leena-Kaisa Mikkola of Finland will speak at The State of Happiness 2025 on March 20. Register now to join us virtually or in person: https://lnkd.in/ezaUt5mM

?? Valdis Dombrovskis will speak at the World Economy Summit in April. Apply to be an in-person or virtual delegate:?https://lnkd.in/eT35VqEH

Around the world, leaders are navigating geopolitical instability, economic uncertainty and declining trust in institutions – forces that shape community bonds and influence life satisfaction. Yet amid these challenges, new insights highlight the powerful impact of kindness, generosity and social connections in fostering happiness and wellbeing. ? Join Gallup, the World Happiness Report Editorial Board and SEMAFOR on March 20 for conversations with leading experts on what leaders need to know from the World Happiness Report 2025. Attend the launch event virtually or in person in Washington, D.C. Register here:? https://lnkd.in/egAS6Khc

"I think that the culture is just different amongst independent creators," former Mixed Signals co-host Nayeema Raza says of going independent and starting her new show, Smart Girl Dumb Questions. "There's this non-zero sum game in that economy, which is just a very different world than I think traditional media has lived in." Listen to the full interview: https://lnkd.in/eYrs_C7Y

?? Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., will speak at the World Economy Summit in April. Apply to be an in-person or virtual delegate: https://lnkd.in/eT35VqEH

A good Dungeon Master is always looking to make sure that he’s leading a well-rounded group, that all its members understand their goals, and that “everyone has a heroic moment,” Chris Cocks explains. Hasbro's CEO has been playing Dungeons & Dragons for 40 years. As he marks his third anniversary at the helm of the company behind the role-playing game, he says running “fantasy improv” campaigns is how he decompresses. But it has also shaped how he leads his company. “A team can only go as fast as they trust each other. And leading a campaign in D&D, the players have to trust that you have an outcome in store for them, and you’re not going to do a total party wipe, as fun as that might be for a DM,” he says, sitting in a nerd-friendly board game café off New York’s Union Square. CEOs should also allow “table talk” disagreements among their team members, he says, while keeping them unified on the outcomes they want. Cocks plays regularly, including a campaign with his sales team last Sunday, for which he constructed an adventure featuring a Scooby-Doo theme, mini figures, sound effects, and an “incredibly elaborate” PowerPoint presentation. “It was?Scooby-Doo and The Haunting of Merkmiss Manor, and they had to go and figure out who the Merkmiss monster was, and unmask a bunch of local townspeople, and then clearly they weren’t the real villains. It was evil Lyle Blackwood who was trying to steal the Blackwood fortune,” he recounts, reveling in the world he created. Read the full interview from Semafor's Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson: https://lnkd.in/eBcxxWMU

?? Governor Tate Reeves of Mississippi will speak at the World Economy Summit in April. Apply to be an in-person or virtual delegate: https://lnkd.in/eT35VqEH

?? Mixed Signals gets an inside look at the independent creator model of media with a two-part conversation: First, Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie on the platform’s appeal for the resistance on the left, their move into video, and why they turned down an Elon Musk offer to buy them. Then, former Mixed Signals co-host and newly independent creator Nayeema Raza discusses her foray into the new media landscape, what she’s learned about the space, and why her new show, Smart Girl Dumb Questions, isn’t on Substack. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eYrs_C7Y

“I want universal childcare,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., tells Semafor’s Burgess Everett. “But here’s what I know for sure: If Elon Musk and a handful of billionaires are gonna get $4.6 trillion in tax cuts, and that our federal government is going to be forced to put old people out on the streets because we’re not gonna give them help on their nursing home bills, then there’s not gonna be a lot of room for having a childcare discussion.” Watch more from Tackling Washington’s Tax and Spend Priorities here: https://lnkd.in/eBtFwvk7