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The Lithium Mine Versus the Wildflower
wired.com Jun 17, 2021
Whatever act of violence occurred in the midsummer heat on that lonely white hill in Nevada, there was no one around to see it. By the time Naomi Fraga arrived there in mid-September, the air had cooled but the evidence of a selective massacre...
Attracting Talent During a Worker Shortage
hbr.org Jun 14, 2021
As of late April 2021, there were over 9 million open jobs in the U.S., a record high. Recent reports show employers across the country are scrambling for ways to fill their open requisitions. While it might sound contradictory, the U.S. is...
How Some Americans Are Breaking Out of Political Echo Chambers
wired.com Jun 14, 2021
Use of these sites is growing, but their numbers remain tiny compared with Facebook. AllSides has more than 190,000 Instagram followers, while the Flip Side has 250,000 subscribers. It’s far from clear that they’ll make a difference when social...
When the Bison Come Back, Will the Ecosystem Follow?
wired.com Jun 12, 2021
This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a blustery October afternoon at the Wolfcrow Bison Ranch in southern Alberta, Canada, Dan Fox and his ranch hand, Man Blackplume, tried to wrestle fence...
Forward Thinking on artificial intelligence with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott
mckinsey.com Jun 10, 2021
In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward Thinking podcast, MGI’s James Manyika explores the implications of artificial general intelligence (AGI) for jobs, particularly in rural America, with Kevin Scott, Microsoft’s chief...
Employees Are Lonelier Than Ever. Here’s How Employers Can Help.
hbr.org Jun 9, 2021
Rising rates of loneliness among employees during the pandemic have put the well-being of employees top of mind for most companies as they map out the future of work. They know that loneliness brings health problems, reduced productivity, turnover,...
You Need a Skills-Based Approach to Hiring and Developing Talent
hbr.org Jun 8, 2021
With the global economy experiencing massive change, upskilling and reskilling have taken on a renewed sense of urgency. Success through these transitions requires major shifts in thinking about how hiring and employee development are done. The...
Anxious About Hybrid Work? Ask Yourself These 4 Questions.
hbr.org Jun 8, 2021
You may feel the same, especially after over a year of fewer commutes and the ability to get serious tasks done in your own environment. But you may also be feeling pressure or anxiety about jumping right back into full-time office work. Some of...
The Real Value of Middle Managers
hbr.org Jun 7, 2021
The idea of middle managers as unexceptional, mediocre supervisors has been around for decades — at least since a seminal 1977 HBR article by Abraham Zaleznik that made a clear, explicit distinction between being a leader (an inspirational...
3 Strategies to Convince People That Your Startup Is Legit
hbr.org May 28, 2021
To start and grow their firms, entrepreneurs need a lot of things from other people. They need funding from investors, skills and commitment from a founding team, approvals from regulators, collaboration from suppliers, and attention and demand...
WhatsApp’s Fight With India Has Global Implications
wired.com May 27, 2021
WhatsApp is fighting for the privacy of citizens of the world’s largest democracy. This week, the Facebook-owned messaging platform sued the Indian government in a bid to challenge new IT rules that ask messaging apps to trace the “first...
How to Measure Inclusion in the Workplace
hbr.org May 27, 2021
There’s no doubt that in 2021 and beyond, companies will continue to devote more attention and resources to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Unfortunately, many organizations still struggle to measure the impact of their strategies...
AI Could Soon Write Code Based on Ordinary Language
wired.com May 26, 2021
Still, researchers who conducted that study conclude that tests prove that “machine learning models are beginning to learn how to code.” To challenge the machine learning community and measure how good large language models are at programming, last...
Unequal America: Ten insights on the state of economic opportunity
mckinsey.com May 26, 2021
As parts of the United States begin the long path to recovery from the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, we set out to understand what Americans think about their current economic standing, their views on economic opportunity,...
Why You Should Invest in Unconventional Talent
hbr.org May 25, 2021
What do an administrative assistant, exercise physiologist, and music composition major have in common? They are all among our top hires for software developer roles. Many stellar engineers have no formal certifications or degrees; some didn’t go...
Don’t Let Employees Pick Their WFH Days
hbr.org May 25, 2021
As U.S. states and the federal government start to roll back Covid-19 restrictions, and companies and workers start to firm up their office return plans, one point is becoming clear: The future of working from home (WFH) is hybrid. In research with...
STEM’s Racial Reckoning Just Entered Its Most Crucial Phase
wired.com May 25, 2021
One year later, the legacy of George Floyd’s murder continues to permeate the entirety of society. The slow, barbaric nature of his public execution and its associated images and sounds captured our attention like few events have, offering a...
Transform Your Technical Expertise into Leadership
hbr.org May 24, 2021
In most organizations, technical experts who perform well will eventually be asked to lead a team and to deliver results through that team. This is because advancing in one’s career typically means moving into management, even if your area of...
3 Strategies to Reduce Bias in Leadership Assessments
hbr.org May 24, 2021
Leadership questionnaires are ubiquitous in organizations today. Surveys are a common tool to measure leadership potential, help determine whether employees should be promoted or afforded a bonus, and understand the leadership culture of an...
It’s Time to Free the Middle Manager
hbr.org May 21, 2021
The shift to remote work has taken its toll on us all, but middle managers have faced particular challenges over the last year. A global survey of over 3,000 remote knowledge workers found that middle managers (defined as those managing 1-6 people)...
Marketing Still Has a Colorism Problem
hbr.org May 20, 2021
“She’s too dark,” the creative director snapped at me when I recommended the image of a dark-skinned Black woman washing her face for our hero campaign shot. “We can’t use that image for this global campaign.” And we didn’t. In one of my first...
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