Anxious leaders need to learn new skills in a crisis
They are supposed to guide us through the crisis. But what happens if the leaders start to shake?
Harvard Business Review
What leading with optimism looks like
In these dark times, instilling a positive attitude among workers has never been more important.
Learning a new business model
Companies should be continually finding opportunities to digitise problematic processes in their core operation.
Cooking up the new normal
Everyone is wondering what the ‘new normal’ will look like when it comes to shopping, cooking and eating.
Be careful how you cut
The top-down approach is not the best way to fix your problem with costs. Try listening to people throughout your organisation.
We need a rational approach to reopening
A polarised debate must give way to fine-grained, targeted responses.
Walk off your problems
It was a safe alternative during COVID-19 but will you let your staff walk and talk at the same time?
How to build a ‘new normal’ on race
So many people are blinded to the ways that racism is built into society and the economy. US corporations, in particular, face many challenges.
Dangers in the race for coronavirus vaccine
An unseemly nationalism has broken out as research centres across the globe search for a COVID answer.
What universities can do to help their students
As the emergency subsides but normality fails to return, higher education institutions need to do more.
Block and tackle
Blockchain can enhance trust, efficiency and speed.
Subtraction is the name of the game
Want to be more productive? Then try doing less.
Note to CEO: Take a cut
Executives who self-sacrifice during uncertain times can improve morale and trust, and lead to better organisational outcome.
Market forces
Google AdsWords, Instagram, Dropbox. If you thought they emerged fully formed by their creators, listen up. All three products were built on implicit rules and patterns.
Charity at checkout
Trying to get customers to donate to a good cause can backfire.
Say goodbye to the ‘ideal worker’
The pandemic invites us to update a 50-year-old model of perfection.
Frontier techs ditch Silicon Valley’s values
Growth at any price is rarely a sustainable model.
Is failure overrated?
Sometimes our mistakes make us feel so bad we can’t find any upside.
We need new rules to avert serious risks
To some, AI seems clever but benign. But as Michael Kanaan writes in T-Minus AI, it can be coldly efficient at bad stuff too.
Marie Kondo: Not too shabby
The Japanese star has built fame — and fortune — on a banal idea: everyone’s happier when the desk is tidy.
Wuhan’s lockdown revealed China’s advantage
China’s approach to the coronavirus crisis shows how digital technology was key in dealing with social and business disruptions.
Minding your email manners
It’s crucial to take steps to avoid miscommunication when working as part of a virtual team.
Silence of the lambs
Despite a narrowing of the gender gap in science, women still lag behind men, especially at the highest levels.
Melinda Gates’ go-girl program
Women’s power and influence could be so much more, says the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Learning to work with new tech tools
Training must change so workers can master the sophisticated skills needed.
Learning to work with new tech tools
Training must change so workers can master the sophisticated skills needed.
How #MeToo hurts women
Some employers are less willing to hire attractive women, and some are likely to avoid those on staff.
Office envy a ‘destructive force’
It damages team morale, poisons company cultures and creates employee disengagement.
A tale told in reverse
A new study highlights a measure of mood.
Dual-career couples’ big dilemmas
Dual-career couples have special challenges to overcome. How do they decide whose job to relocate for — or who becomes the primary carer for children?
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