By Melody Wilding February 20, 2023 Meet Darren, a senior director at a large education company. Warm and kindhearted, Darren is the type of leader who takes you out to lunch when you have a bad day and listens to clients and their needs. This is different from other leaders at his organization … Continue reading Why being a highly sensitive person could be your greatest professional asset
By Michael Grothaus February 14, 2023 Elon Musk’s Valentine’s Day gift this year from Tesla workers in New York is a unionization effort. The effort is led by Autopilot analysts at the company’s Buffalo plant. The analysts make up about 800 employees who work in non-engineering roles and label data from the company’s Autopilot … Continue reading Tesla workers in New York want to unionize: ‘People are tired of being treated like robots’
By Tracy Brower January 24, 2023 Impatience has long been a characteristic that people try to improve, control, or reduce. “Good things come to those who wait,” goes the common wisdom. But what if impatience is actually good for your career? As a matter of fact, it may be exactly what you need to … Continue reading 3 unexpected reasons why being impatient can be good for your career
By Sam Becker December 20, 2022 Millions of Americans dream of owning their own businesses and, in recent years, more and more have brought that dream to fruition. During 2021 alone, roughly 5.4 million new companies were registered in the United States, an increase of 23% over the previous year. While the pandemic has … Continue reading An extra year of education could boost your chances of being your own boss
By Porter Braswell November 24, 2022 When I was raising capital for Jopwell, my first startup, I remember going in to meet with a notable investor at a very well-known firm. I was nervous—so was my cofounder Ryan Williams. And when we walked into the board room our stomachs dropped again. We immediately noticed … Continue reading The hidden power of being “the only” in the room
Google Employee Who Protested A Contract With Israel Resigns by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, August 30, 2022 Ariel Koren — a product marketing manager for Google for Education who has worked for the Alphabet company for seven years — wrote a memo to colleagues announcing her plan to leave Google at the end of the week. Ariel, … Continue reading Google Employee Who Protested A Contract With Israel Resigns After Being Forced To Relocate
By Peter Krapp July 27, 2022 The U.S. has the largest number of surveillance cameras per person in the world. Cameras are omnipresent on city streets and in hotels, restaurants, malls and offices. They’re also used to screen passengers for the Transportation Security Administration. And then there are smart doorbells and other home security cameras. Most Americans are aware … Continue reading Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for you
By Kathryn Finney June 08, 2022 How do you find “good” people? First, be a good leader. In order to build and lead a great team, you have to be the kind of person that people want to build with. What does that look like? It looks like centering your humanity (yep, those … Continue reading Being a good leader means nothing without investing in yourself. Here’s how
Brands that put purpose at the heart of what they do can future-proof themselves in an ever-shifting marketplace. Here’s a framework for becoming purpose-driven. Kim Davis on June 10, 2022 Diane Primo, CEO of Purpose Brand. “For us, it’s about working on things that are focused on making money – that’s really important – … Continue reading Why being purpose-driven goes hand-in-hand with being profit-driven and resilient
By Brian Honigman April 26, 2022 “Have you been physically or emotionally injured by Duolingo?” asked the attorney, who promised to get victims millions in compensation. It wasn’t a real TV ad from a scummy lawyer, but an April Fool’s prank released earlier this month by Duolingo, the popular education app known … Continue reading How Duolingo built a successful $250 million brand by being kind of a jerk
