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Google’s Pixels are simpler than the iPhone now
Here’s a confession: Over the past week, I’ve been mostly neglecting the AI features on Google’s Pixel 9 series. As before, those features range from marginally useful to superfluous to just plain...
View ArticleAmbitious? This is how you can take control of leadership development
As ambitious professionals strive to steer their organizations through complexity and change, a robust leadership development plan is paramount. But what does it truly mean to develop as a leader in...
View ArticleThere’s a bitter fight over Project 2025 hidden in Google’s search results
When Taraji P. Henson hosted the BET Awards in July, she told viewers to look up Project 2025. They did. Search interest for Project 2025, the blueprint for a second Trump term in the White House...
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The Minnesota Zoo turned an old train into a gorgeous, elevated walking path....
The Treetop Trail, a sprawling elevated walkway that snakes its way around the Minnesota Zoo, presented a unique challenge for the designers behind it. For one thing, it was suspended in mid-air. For...
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Chicago wants to open a city-run grocery store. It could be the solution to...
Aldi, Whole Foods, Walmart, Save a Lot: These grocery stores have become a sad commentary on the challenges facing historically disinvested communities in Chicago. In the past few years, all these...
View ArticleWhy we will still need math in the future of work
Both the dreams of young people and the reality of jobs have changed dramatically over the last 30 years, moving math success from optional to a necessity. But the way we educate children hasn’t...
View ArticleThese 3 phrases are a recipe for being misunderstood. Here’s what to say instead
George Bernard Shaw famously said, “The single biggest illusion about communication is that it has taken place.” Yet communication based in curiosity about each other can infuse life back into the...
View ArticleHere’s why someone is driving a 9-foot bust of Elon Musk around Texas
Drivers around the town of Brownsville, Texas have gotten a bit of a shock over the past few days, as a Cybertruck has been spotted hauling around a nine-foot sculpture of Elon Musk. Even in the...
View Article4 leadership tips from Tara VanDerveer, the winningest college basketball...
Tara VanDerveer, former coach of Stanford University’s women’s basketball team, is the most winning college basketball coach in history—men’s or women’s. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing...
View ArticleThis is how you focus when everything feels like a distraction
Ori was in the midst of giving a big keynote speech about lessons from his Olympic career when it happened: A series of loud, jarring noises erupted from the back of the room. Staff started running...
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This simple carbonated water gadget could upend the beverage industry
I love carbonated water, but I hate the waste of packaged carbonated water. And while a Sodastream might have been a solution a decade ago, it doesn’t allow you to refill your bottle when the water is...
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How Elon Musk’s secretive super PAC is trying to move the needle for Trump
The ads swept across Facebook and Instagram feeds last month, mostly in battleground states, just three days after the attempted assassination on Donald Trump. Above a now iconic image of the former...
View ArticleHate reading contracts? MIT study explains the real reason legal documents...
Legalese has been frustrating and intimidating anyone not in possession of a law degree since time immemorial. Marked by a cosmic gumbo of antiquated language, mind-numbing repetition, and dense...
View ArticlePsychologists have figured out why you get so bored scrolling through TikTok...
We are all guilty of grabbing our phones and scrolling through social media when times get boring. Most of us think this helps keep us entertained. A new study published in the Journal of Experimental...
View ArticleCourt allows DeSantis’s anti-trans legislation to go into effect in Florida,...
Advocates say transgender patients are facing barriers to “potentially life-saving healthcare” after a federal appeals court ruled that a Florida law banning gender-affirming care can be enforced...
View ArticleCompliance inflation is crushing small businesses
The U.S. is known for being an incredible place to start a business. Every day, entrepreneurs create jobs, contribute to their communities, and foster innovation. And they’re not slowing down. In...
View ArticleNew Alternative Pathways to Career Success
At the Exceptional Women Alliance (EWA), we enable high level women to mentor each other to enable each leader to achieve personal and professional happiness through sisterhood. As the nonprofit...
View ArticleWe need to talk about NVLD, or Non-Verbal Learning Disorder, at work
Conversations about neurodivergence often suffer from a common pitfall: overgeneralization. We lump neurodivergent differences such as ADHD, dyslexia, or autism together. We also often fail to...
View ArticleA Las Vegas casino tried to bully workers into voting down a union. It backfired
Five years ago, after a majority of workers at Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas signed cards to join the Culinary Workers Union, supervisors marched them into a series of mandatory meetings. The company...
View ArticleThis online community college wants to flip the script on higher education
Every school year, the value of a college degree seems to diminish, and the price tag continues to soar. But Tade Oyerinde, founder of Campus, an innovative online community college, intends to flip...
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