For leaders, the challenge of guiding people through uncertainty and into the new reality brings timeless needs into sharper focus. Empathy and flexibility are important leadership qualities at any time. Read more in BCG Leadership in the New Now By…

Five years ago, Cortana was going to be Microsoft’s answer to Siri and Alexa, an AI-powered personal assistant capable of responding to voice commands,Today, if you click the Cortana button on a Windows 10 PC, you still get the “Ask…

Disney+ is now the third-biggest subscription-based streamer on the market. Netflix is still king, with 167 million subscribers worldwide, and Amazon AMZN is just behind with 150 million members (though that is linked to its flagship delivery service, rather than…

The underlying technology that powers a Fitbit and a motion-sensing medical device might be very similar, but the sensitivity or quality of its sensors and the algorithms each one uses to draw conclusions could span the difference between a budget…

A new study from researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which looked at pollution data from more than 3,000 counties in the U.S. and COVID-19 death counts through April 4, found that even relatively small differences…

As our collective attention has shifted toward the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbury and the resulting international protests, the role of social media in amplifying injustice has become even clearer. But for many of us, the…

With Apple and Google announcing more details for their exposure notification API, it’s clear coronavirus contact tracing apps are coming. But it’s not clear people will use them. Read more in Fast Company   Contact tracing apps are on the way.…

Startup and then scale-up. What’s next? Well, when startup companies reach that level of growth, it’s true that the challenges they’ll have to deal with change. They’ll now have to focus on sustaining a leading position in their market, probably…

In the world of retail, business failures are easy to find. Identifying a successful business turnaround, on the other hand, is far more difficult. Even the professionals paid to inject new life into troubled businesses admit that the hogh street…

In our study of Women in the Workplace, we found that African American or Black women face larger hurdles to advancement compared to their Caucasian or White counterparts. In fact, they are the least likely group to feel included in…

Sales leadership has a gender gap problem. Even though women meet their sales quotas as well as or better than men, there’s a dearth of women in top sales roles. Indeed, there are fewer women leaders in sales than in…

In the wake of the death of George Floyd and the current global protests against inequality and police brutality, many brands have been using their platforms to speak out Read more in Fast Company  From Nike to Ben & Jerry’s—the…

Employee review site Glassdoor now racks up an estimated 60 million users a month, according to SimilarWeb, while a 2019 survey by Wonderful Workplaces found 94 per cent of jobseekers consider an employer’s reputation when applying for jobs. Read more…

Across the web, a ton of smart architecture and design experts are speculating about what post-pandemic offices will look like, highlighting changes like better air filtration and different finishes. While these articles are jam-packed with innovative ideas to cut the…

When the world gets back to whatever the next normal may be, do you want your life to be the way it was before, or are there things you’re learning? Read more in Fast Company How to design your post-COVID-19…