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Short term goals, work happiness and leadership
PwC research shows that employees who set short-term goals are more likely to hit performance targets and be happy at work. Leaders can...
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11 hours ago1 min read
The surprising link between creativity and risk
The squeaky wheels in your organization may also be important sources of innovation. Related: make sure EVERY voice is heard
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11 hours ago1 min read
Will AI create more jobs than it replaces?
The predictions of evolutionary theorists and current advances in “multimodal AI” offer strong clues to the future of employment. KEY...
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13 hours ago1 min read
From the Congo to Hiroshima: The colonial propaganda that powered the Manhattan Project
In this excerpt from “Tales of Militant Chemistry,” Alice Lovejoy exposes how the need for uranium during WWII led the Allied governments...
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13 hours ago1 min read
How “contemplative leadership” can help us face uncertainty with confidence
A contemplative approach to leading others can help us accept the tension of not always knowing how things will play out. KEY TAKEAWAYS...
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13 hours ago1 min read
The Fight for Truth (...first, we must discover, ... and agree, .... upon a common reality)
Jonathan Rauch on the “constitution of knowledge,” disinformation’s dangers, and why reality always wins. Related, a common reality we...
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1 day ago2 min read
The Marriage Effect
A common narrative has it that commitment and motherhood make women unhappy. New data suggest the opposite is true.
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1 day ago1 min read
The Wrong Way to Win Back the Working Class?
Automatic deference to labor unions has not paid off for Democratic politicians.
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1 day ago1 min read
"Portraits of a persons who are not there": Documenting the bedrooms of school shooting victims
Over the past six years, the parents of school shooting victims opened their doors to CBS News' Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp,...
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2 days ago1 min read
A.I. @ work
Artificial intelligence has already become a disruptor in the labor market, as job postings declined over the past year by 6.7 percent,...
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2 days ago1 min read
The Millionaire Who Left Wall Street to Become a Paramedic
After making millions in a job he came to hate, Jonathan Kleisner joined the Fire Department as a rookie paramedic at the age of 41. Now...
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2 days ago1 min read
GDP: We Really Don’t Know How Good We Have It
Everyone loves the hockey stick graph of long-run economic growth. For some, it's the basis of an entire worldview. Unfortunately, the...
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2 days ago1 min read
Constructing a plan for a happier life
Arthur Brooks shares five key insights from his new book, ‘The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life.’
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3 days ago1 min read
I Study Stress. This Cure Surprised—and Helped—Me.
How strangers in Hawaii taught me that self-care can mean caring for others. "We’re all carrying invisible stressors. We’re also all...
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3 days ago1 min read
My Family Went Off Ultra-Processed Foods for a Month. The Results Surprised Us.
What started as an experiment has become our new diet.
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4 days ago1 min read
Your Boss Doesn’t Have Time to Talk to You
Amazon wants bigger teams. Bank of America is flattening. Corporate America is shedding managers, and the workplace is changing radically .
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4 days ago1 min read
The Boss Has Had It With All the Office Activists
It isn’t just Microsoft. Companies are adopting a new, harder-line playbook for dealing with political debate at work.
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4 days ago1 min read
What are the skills critical for the future of work?
A study from Stanford says AI is taking jobs and making it harder for young people to find work. Tech education company founder Sinead...
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4 days ago1 min read
The End of Minimalism
Keeping a cluttered house has long been considered a little tacky, a little weak. But now it’s looking very wise.
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4 days ago1 min read
Implications of Pantakinesis to A.I. jeopardies, ... as well as to personal empowerment (... and accountabilities thereof) UII w/Claude
DM Good morning Claude. Let's revisit Pantakinesis ™ , ... and perhaps discover intriguing aspects as we do so. Before we begin, and...
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4 days ago19 min read
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