New research shows only 30% of workers want to become managers. Here’s why, and what your organization can do about it.

Sam Altman says the one-person billion-dollar company is coming. Maybe I could be that person—if only I could get my colleagues to shut up and stop lying. Thanks Kimberly!

Progressives have embraced the rhetoric of “moral clarity.” It won’t help their cause.

Brookings experts weigh in

NASA’s Caleb Scharf talks with Big Think about life’s long experiment in expansion.

Books like ‘Lean In’ encouraged women to privilege career advancement over family. But did the result put some on a road to burnout?

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The Telepathy Tapes claims that autistic children have the ability to read minds. It's also one of the most popular podcasts in America, with a surprisingly robust audience in tech. Where do their claims come from — and why do so many people believe them? Excerpt: " ... . I’ve found myself vexed by the tight grip these psychic notions have, particularly on otherwise skeptical individuals and organizations. When something strikes so close to your heart, you have no choice bu

Soft batteries and water-walking robots are among the many creations made possible by studying animals and plants.

The winds of technological and geopolitical change have reached gale force and businesses everywhere must adjust their course or risk sinking. Some changes, such as price adjustments, supply-chain moves, or new marketing approaches, require insight and agility. But others demand major redesigns of processes, strategy, or even business models: genuine transformations that depend on system-wide innovation.

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"Death by Lightning" dramatizes the stranger-than-fiction true story of 20th U.S. President James Garfield, and admirer Charles Guiteau, who assassinated him. New Netflix mini-series.

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The U.S. is cracking down freedom of speech with a new viciousness, but the First Amendment won’t go down without a fight.

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When the "Greatest Generation" returned home from World War II, many veterans had suffered psychic wounds that were not diagnosed or understood at the time to be PTSD. For his new book, "The Wounded Generation," historian David Nasaw researched the experiences of WWII veterans – from suffering survivor's guilt, to receiving electro-shock therapy treatments – that give insights into the emotional traumas facing veterans of all wars. To all military veterans, we thank you!