In this Nano Tool for Leaders, Wharton’s Matthew Bidwell offers six steps for creating an onboarding process that maximizes the chances of success for external hires.

A new Wharton study finds that too few women are working with emerging tech, and that exclusion is driving a growing divide in pay.

David Lilienthal’s account of his years running the Tennessee Valley Authority can read like the Abundance of 1944. We still have a lot to learn from what the book says — and from what it leaves out.

A few trillion-dollar companies are powering the market’s gains. Here’s what’s happening to most other businesses in the United States. Thanks Tom!

The democratic party is falling behind while Trump accelerates technology innovation. Related: The surprising issue driving a wedge between Trump and his MAGA base

Fundamental reform, not quick fixes, will save America’s education system. Excerpt: " Though no one has suggested it, the government’s fiscal problems could be solved by an 8 percent income tax surcharge. Nobody has suggested it because it is an absurd idea, but we have already imposed a comparable tax on K-12 students: The declines in student achievement over the past dozen years work out to similar lifetime income reductions!"

What do you do when things don’t go your way? Take a lesson from ‘Shark Tank’

Trump’s trade war is a pain, but less so than many executives expected

‘I’m the least retired person in the world,’ Amazon founder says

In the realm of business, as in personal life, major breakdowns rarely happen overnight. Most relationships don’t implode in one spectacular argument or strategic rupture. Instead, they quietly fray in the day-to-day.

The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics. Related prior post on this topic Related post today

Here’s how to find (and use) yours. Like a good jazz ensemble, everyone on your team has different styles that can be harmonized.

The definition of hybrid work must go beyond an outdated discussion of where work is being done.

Business depends on innovation, but what makes it accelerate or stagnate over time? Thanks Kimberly!

Government-spec’d glory projects produce tech demos. Enduring progress demands a better way forward. Counterpoints KEY TAKEAWAYS OF FIRST LINK ABOVE: In this op-ed, Blake Scholl, CEO of Boom Supersonic, argues that government-led “glory projects” ultimately hurt the aerospace industry they were meant to advance. He writes that both the Apollo and Concorde programs chased prestige over practicality, producing technological marvels with no sustainable path forward. Scholl belie

At the foundation of America’s progress movement are immigrants who still believe this country can build. KEY TAKEAWAYS In October, the Roots of Progress Institute organized Progress Conference 2025 to connect people and ideas in the progress movement. In this dispatch from the conference, writer and RPI fellow Afra Wang explores how immigrant founders are driving America’s new era of “physical dynamism.” She finds that America’s capacity to build — and to believe in building

Before we can build the future, we have to imagine it. KEY TAKEAWAYS In this op-ed, Beatrice Erkers argues that progress begins with culture: the stories, symbols, and shared visions that make certain futures feel worth building. She explores how cultural forces like memes and movies act as “invisible infrastructure,” shaping technology, policy, and ambition long before they materialize in the real world. According to Erkers, we must deliberately invest in a culture of hope —

New special issue “The Engine of Progress” is out now.

Across a number of key benchmarks, the new model received top scores. Related

From 2019 to 2024, the average number of minutes worked on Fridays fell by about 90 minutes in remote jobs.