March 23, 2024 Work is harder than it should be for many people. Here’s how to make it better for yourself Andre Martin maintains you should spend more time looking for the right fit so that you spend more of your 13.5 years at work energized, engaged, fulfilled, and happy. BY Next Big Idea Club Andre … Continue reading Work is harder than it should be for many people. Here’s how to make it better for yourself
March 21, 2024 A new generation of social media apps is helping people find ‘their people’ As larger social networks fracture, upstart platforms like Letterboxd, the Nudge, Spill, and Lex are pulling in users. BY Veronica Irwin The desire to feel supported, included, and in community with others, online or IRL, is universal. But many huge … Continue reading A new generation of social media apps is helping people find ‘their people’
March 11, 2024 How we can make AI less biased against disabled people Disability bias is rife in trained AI models, according to recent research from Penn State. Here’s what we can do about it. [Source Photo: Jack S/Pexels] AI continues to pervade our work lives. According to recent research by the Society for … Continue reading How we can make AI less biased against disabled people
Google pauses Gemini’s ability to generate people after overcorrecting for diversity in historical images The AI tool produced images of Nazis and America’s Founding Fathers as people of color. Will Shanklin Updated Fri, Feb 23, 2024 @JohnLu0x / X Google said Thursday it’s pausing its Gemini chatbot’s ability to generate people. The move comes … Continue reading Google pauses Gemini’s ability to generate people after overcorrecting for diversity in historical images
By Melissa Powell February 05, 2024 The business world talks a lot about accountability, but what are the tangible impacts of accountability within an organization? It’s a question that has intrigued executives, leaders, and employees for years. The concept of accountability has grown to be more than just a buzzword —now, it’s a vital … Continue reading 4 red flags that you’re not holding people accountable (and how to get it right)
By Fatimah Gilliam February 02, 2024 I believe it is time to lift the veil on a workplace reality some white leaders, managers, and employees may find surprising. Many white people aren’t on nearly as good and friendly terms with some of the Black people they work with as they might think. In … Continue reading 3 blunt things Black people want their white coworkers to know, but won’t say to their faces
By Judith Humphrey January 25, 2024 We regularly read about entrepreneurs starting their companies at a young age. Bill Gates was 19 when he founded Microsoft—the same age Mark Zuckerberg was when he launched Facebook, and Michael Dell when he began Dell Technologies. These are classic cases of successful entrepreneurship among the young. But … Continue reading It’s not too late: 5 reasons people over 40 make great entrepreneurs
By Victoria Repa January 25, 2024 As a business leader, there is one strategy I always follow whenever my company enters a period of crisis and instability. And no, it has nothing to do with business analytics or metrics. Instead, I start investing more energy in maintaining my physical and mental well-being: meditations, physical … Continue reading People should be at the center of your business strategy
By Chris Morris December 01, 2023 Red Lobster’s biggest promotion might be gobbling up its profits and causing some concerns in the finance department, but it may still be a win for marketing. The restaurant chain made headlines this week when it announced its Endless Shrimp deal was part of the reason it reported … Continue reading Red Lobster vastly underestimated how much shrimp people could eat—but it may still be a marketing win
Ad blocker users may experience five-second delays in loading video pages, irrespective of their browser choice on YouTube. Nicola Agius on November 22, 2023 YouTube has admitted to intentionally creating a suboptimal experience for users employing ad blockers. Reports of a deliberate five-second delay in loading video pages on Mozilla’s Firefox have emerged on forums … Continue reading YouTube is deliberately ‘suboptimal’ for people using ad blockers
