Tag Archives: Hard

Patrick Mahomes’ helmet shattered after a hard hit. Was it a design feature or design flaw?

  By Associated Press January 18, 2024 The manufacturer of the helmet that Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes shattered during their AFC wild-card game with Miami says it “did its job” by protecting the league MVP “during a head-to-head impact in unprecedented cold temperatures.” The game Saturday night was the fourth-coldest in NFL history. The temperature … Continue reading Patrick Mahomes’ helmet shattered after a hard hit. Was it a design feature or design flaw?

Elon Musk biopic: Darren Aronofsky is the perfect director for A24’s film, but now comes the hard part

  By Michael Grothaus November 18, 2023 Elon Musk seems to be everywhere, so why not on the big screen, too? That’s where audiences will find him, or at least a version of him, now that arthouse studio and critical hit maker A24 has acquired the film rights to adapt Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk biography, … Continue reading Elon Musk biopic: Darren Aronofsky is the perfect director for A24’s film, but now comes the hard part

Generational slang divide at work makes communication hard for Gen Z, millennials, Gen X, and boomers

  By Michael Grothaus September 25, 2023 If you sometimes feel like your older or younger coworkers are speaking another language, that’s because, well, they are. No matter your age, the generation you belong to has unique vocabulary—slang—that makes perfect sense to you but can leave others scratching their heads. And this generational slang divide … Continue reading Generational slang divide at work makes communication hard for Gen Z, millennials, Gen X, and boomers

Halo developer says franchise is ‘here to stay’ after studio ‘hit hard’ by Microsoft layoffs

Jessica Conditt @JessConditt The best thing I can say about Halo: Infinite is that it gets better as it goes. The single-player campaign starts out as a basic first-person shooter dripping in nostalgia juice, and it ends up as a rudimentary open-world shooter swimming in sci-fi tropes, starring everyone’s favorite emotionless space soldier and his … Continue reading Halo developer says franchise is ‘here to stay’ after studio ‘hit hard’ by Microsoft layoffs

Eric Ripert: I learned the hard way that you don’t get better results if your team is scared

  By Eric Ripert December 22, 2022 My greatest mistake was leading from anger. When I was a young chef at Le Bernardin in 1992, hired to run the kitchen by brother-and-sister owners Gilbert and Maguy Le Coze, I had a really bad temper. It was my first chef position, and I was acting up … Continue reading Eric Ripert: I learned the hard way that you don’t get better results if your team is scared

It can be hard to take a pause from work—here’s how to take a sabbatical

  By Abby Falik November 14, 2022 When was the last time you paused? When was the last time you deliberately created space between waking up and immediately reaching for the phone, or feeling hurt and instantly reacting with anger, or leaving a job and leapfrogging into the next?      If you’re a human … Continue reading It can be hard to take a pause from work—here’s how to take a sabbatical

4 reasons why it’s hard to prove impact in marketing ops

Measuring impact is a common challenge in marketing operations. Here’s how to overcome this hurdle, according to marketing ops experts.  Lindsay DiLemmo on October 26, 2022 Earlier this year, a study on advanced Marketo users revealed a common theme: Measuring impact is a challenge among marketing operations teams. More than half of respondents reported that … Continue reading 4 reasons why it’s hard to prove impact in marketing ops