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The official posters for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics were revealed today, and theyre designed to introduce the world to some of Italys foremost emerging artists. For next years Milano Cortina Games, 10 posters have been created: 5 for the Olympic Games and 5 for the Paralympic Games, featuring the work of 10 Italian artists (all younger than 40) hailing from different regions of the country. According to a press release from Milano Cortina, the artists were chosen in collaboration with the Triennale di Milano, an art and design museum in Milan that displayed the torches designed for the 2026 Games earlier this year. The tradition of Olympic posters goes back to the 1912 Stockholm Games, when Swedish painter and illustrator Olle Hjortzberg was tasked with advertising the Games as a newly global media phenomenon. More than a century since then, the posters have become an integral symbol of each unique edition, ranging from an explosion of color for the 2016 Rio Olympics to a series of trippy designs for the 2020 Tokyo Games and a multimedia collection of high art for the Paris Games in 2024. Giorgia Garzilli, 2026 [Image: courtesy Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026] The Olympic posters The five designers tasked with creating posters for the 2026 Olympic Games are all women: Flaminia Veronesi, Beatrice Alici, Giorgia Garzilli, Martina Cassatella, and Maddalena Tesser. Maddalena Tesser, The Mountain [Image: courtesy Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026] Veronesi, a 39-year-old from Milan, took the prompt in a whimsical direction with her work The Oasis of Play, a bubbly portrait overflowing with bright color and dynamic shapes. Flaminia Veronesi, The Oasis of Play [Image: courtesy Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026] It tells how we create a parallel world when we play that is an oasis of joy, Veronesi explained in a video promoting the designs, adding that the paintings subject represents a young athlete or young spectator dreaming about the Games. Sprinkled throughout the work are Easter eggs referencing the Biscione of Milan, a symbolic dragon; the Dolomites mountain range; and the five Olympic rings. Beatrice Alici, Silver Peaks, [Image: courtesy Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026] Alici, a 33-year-old from San Don di Piave, took a more literal approach with her work Silver Peaks, opting to render three true-to-scale Olympic athletes in the foreground of the Venetian Prealps. The compositions cold, subdued color palette draws viewers eyes to the medals held by each figuregold, silver, and bronze. In contrast, 28-year-old Cassatella, hailing from San Giovanni Rotondo, chose a warm palette for her painting Torch. The poster spotlights a close-up of two glowing, intertwined handsreminiscent of the Olympic torchin a deep range of reds and yellows. Martina Cassatella, Torch (Olympics) [Imge: courtesy Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026] Representing a poster for the Olympic Winter Games has been, especially at the beginning, a challenge, since I did not want my work to be too explicit, too didactic, Cassatella shared in a video interview. Instead of leaning too literally into the symbolism of the winter season, she chose to highlight a warmer image of unity and inclusion. Andrea Fontanari, Together We Play, Together We Transform [Image: courtesy Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026] The Paralympic posters Of the five posters created for the Paralympic Games by artists Roberto de Pinto, Andrea Fontanari, Giulia Mangoni, Aronne Pleuteri, and Clara Woods, several take a distinctly unexpected direction. Aronne Pleuteri, Untitled [Image: courtesy Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026] Perhaps the most abstract among them is 24-year-old Pleuteris Untitled. The piece is a burst of brightly colored shapes made using digital sketches on paint, inkjet prints, and mixed-media add-ons, resulting in a composition that verges on chaotic. According to an interview with Pleuteri, the poster works with the idea of escaping from visual stereotypes. Roberto de Pinto, Untitled (Snowdrops) [Image: courtesy Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026] For his work Untitled (Snowdrops), 29-year-old De Pinto chose to forgo color altogetherrelying only on black charcoal against a white background to depict a field of snowdrops, white flowers that bloom in late winter and early spring, often when theres still snow on the ground. Its captioned, Cracking the limit just like snowdrops crack cold ice. Clara Woods, You Love [Image: courtesy Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026] [I compared] the figure of the para-athlete with the snowdrop, since it is a flower that breaks the ice and snow to blossom, De Pinto said in an interview. It is a symbol of hope.” Giulia Mangoni, Victory is more than a moment [Image: courtesy Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026]
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Are you ready for reinvention? Our rapidly evolving world is demanding more from us as leaders than ever. Market challenges and opportunities used to come from competitors, economic conditions, and the quality of our products and operations. This fast-moving world once required responsiveness, an eye for detail, and efficiency. But the age of AI is introducing a competitive threat at a faster clip than weve ever faced before. With a new technology arises a new leadership style: a reinvention mindset, one primed to navigate uncertainty. Two decades ago, psychologist Carol Dweck developed the idea of the growth mindset to describe people who believe their abilities can be developed through hard work, learning, and perseverance. She also proposed the idea of the fixed mindset for those of us who think our abilities are already set and cant change no matter how hard we try. Her concepts influenced management theory for decades. But times have changed. Twenty years ago, we were flipping our phones, sending faxes, and thinking of Google as a new verb. As a transformational specialist who has worked with thousands of people, I have observed a new type of leader thats better equipped to help their people adapt to the new reality of AI: a reinvention mindset. Adapting leadership in the age of AI A reinvention mindset builds on Dwecks ideas by extending beyond the pursuit of mastery. Reinvention requires identity shifts, mindset rewiring, and stepping into unknown territory with courage. Thats also where a failure mindset comes in. It describes a willingness to see setbacks not as signals to stop, but as vital data for course correctionskills critical to face uncertainty with confidence and enthusiasm. The mindsets we model as leaders shape the culture around us. If we want an adaptive, courageous, and future-ready workforce, it begins with us embracing reinvention ourselves. How to cultivate a reinvention mindset Because reinvention is based on our own unique views, beliefs, and experiences there is an art to how we approach reinvention. Here are six steps to develop a reinvention mindset. Accept that change is coming. As experienced leaders, we have managed change before, then observed the mixed responses from ourselves and our people as we face the fear of the unknown. People either fight, take flight, or freeze in the face of change. Our job is to prepare ourselves and our people to accept change, because denial is not an option that has a future. Have a reality check. Reinvention starts with a brutally honest look at whats working and whats not. That includes ourselves. Take a moment to review the good, bad, and ugly habits that may have contributed to where you (and your business) are now or going to be. Are they still serving you? What do you need to leave behind to move forward? Empower yourself (and others). In times of change, people often feel powerless. This is when leadership matters most. Your role is to reframe uncertainty as opportunity and equip your team with the tools, resources, and mindsets to navigate it. This means more than sending them to a training course. Its about consistent communication, creating safe spaces for experimentation, and modelling vulnerability when you dont have all the answers. Because not even the AI experts have all the answers. Take action. Do something (anything!). Reinvention is not just about thinking differently; it demands you start taking action. Analysis paralysis and procrastination are the enemy of action. Learn from the experts. Create some hypotheses and then test them so you can see which one gets the best results. Do some A/B testing, where you invest small amounts into two options until you identify a clear winner, then back it. Try, try again. In a reinvention environment, failure isnt the exceptionits a part of the process. Try, miss, adjust. repeat. Your leadership sets the tone for whether your team sees failure as fatal or just feedback. Create a culture where experimentation is rewarded and resilience is nurtured, and do it quickly. Enjoy the process. Reinvention is tough. But it doesnt have to be joyless. As leaders, we need to help our teams stay present, not obsessed with what was or paralyzed by what might be. Take time to reflect, celebrate progress, and laugh together. Youre not just managing tasks, youre leading humans. And humans need hope as much as they need strategy. A reinvention mindset isnt about having it all figured out. Its about being willing to rethink, reimagine, and rebuild again and again based on the information you have. When leaders embrace this mindset, they dont just adaptthey begin to inspire.
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The fashion brand Kith just released its latest collaboration with Wilson, and the capsule manages to bring the best of each brand to the table. From Kith, you get upscale, off-court tennis-inspired apparel and accessories, and from Wilson, performance and equipment. [Photo: Kith] It’s gear for actually playing tennis in, like a $160 tennis dress and $50 Kith x Wilson sweat towel, along with shirts, jackets, and cardigan sweaters you can still wear even if you’ve never picked up a racket. A $260 Wilson tennis racket comes in a handsome Kith carrying case with a joint logo that combines the Wilson W logo with a Kith-branded wreathe laurel. The slogan embroidered on $60 caps and printed on a $70 Kith for Wilson Court Tee is “Quiet Please.” [Photo: Kith] Tennis is booming in popularity thanks to factors like the pandemic, the rise of athleisure, and 2024’s Challengers starring Zendaya. Athletic apparel brands like Nike and Adidas have cashed in on the trend. Earlier this year Fila teamed up with Hailey Bieber for a collection that took inspiration from tennis. Kith has teamed up with Wilson before for collections in 2021 and 2023. This is a long-running partnership, not just a one-season tennis theme. Kith is clearly eager to prove that it’s serious about a sport that already has tons of competition from apparel brandsand they nailed the brief on this one. [Photo: Kith]
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