Spriha Srivastava

We were skeptical about boarding flights and leaving the country. So we settled on a Disney staycation cruise, sailing around the UK for three days.

I love food, but I’m not the one to go on unconventional food journeys. Food, however, is a very important part of any holidays my family or I take where we love to try local delicacies, jot down recipes, and bring back spices. During my recent trip to China, I spent a lot of time walking around the markets, visiting food stalls, and trying local flavors. By the end of my six-day trip, I had eaten everything from wonton soup to hotpot to Peking duck to pork and shrimp dim sums. I was also intrig…

Only 7% of the population in China speaks English. Insider's writer got around the country with a translation app and made a number of friends.

Some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are landing in Davos, as the Swiss ski resort gets ready to host the World Economic Forum.The annual gathering brings nearly 3,000 world leaders together to discuss the world’s most pressing issues.This is my first time attending the winter meeting in Davos. While I’ve got a schedule packed with meetings with everyone from top executives to government ministers, I’m also completely blown away by the beauty of this village.Snow-clad Alps, ic…

If I had a dime for every time I’ve heard the term “AI” at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, then I’d be very rich indeed.The annual meeting is in full swing, with AI at the center of all conversations. From panels to coffee meetings, AI has found its way. Walking up and down the Promenade — the main street in Davos — I’ve heard several conversations start with “I am not an expert in AI, but …“However, several leaders told Business Insider that while companies and governments attendin…

Gen Z is choosing to “work to live″ rather than “live to work,” like previous generations, because they’re reaping fewer rewards for their hard work, an expert on the future of work told Business Insider. Ravin Jesuthasan, the global leader for transformation services at the consulting giant Mercer and a future-of-work expert, spoke with BI at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week and touched on the topic of Gen Z in the workplace.Gen Z “has some very different attitudes to…

AI isn’t just going to change your job — it’s going to change your manager too.While studies have suggested AI can give average workers a big productivity boost, there are indications that it won’t simply automate jobs and replace human workers, but play a more complicated role in the workforce.Fabian Stephany, who lectures about AI at the Oxford Internet Institute, told Business Insider that it was having a more “ambiguous role in the labor market” than simply causing jobs to be “automated away…

My 6-year-old looked at me as I stood by the door, suitcase in hand, before leaving home for a weeklong business trip to the other side of the world. He walked over, held my hand, and said, “Why are you going away for so long? I’m going to miss you a billion trillion times.“My heart skipped a beat, and my not-so-new best friend, “mom guilt,” walked through the door. I felt like it would stay with me for the entire trip. Still, I gave my son a big hug and walked out the door.I have always enjoyed…