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Employees may not voice it directly, but they are eager for their manager’s response.
A record number of 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in November while employers continue to scramble to lure talent to join their organizations. To combat turnover and attract new talent, leaders are implementing a myriad of benefits, including flexible work options, offering employee referral bonuses, and introducing additional merit increases. But for many who have quit and are looking for the next opportunity, they are looking beyond the free lunches and fitness reimbursements. This is actually the number-one question on their minds: Why should I work here?
Transportation leaders know they need to cut their emissions, but where to start? Data on how long their trucks idle, or where they can use EVs, can be the first step toward change.
Investors, government regulators, and companies around the world are focused on sustainability in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and limit global warming—and a big part of that work will focus on transportation. The U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will make a lasting impact on this front, with billions of dollars allocated to purchase electric school buses, build EV charging stations, and make other innovative transportation investments. Making a difference doesn’t have to mean waiting for these programs to get up to speed. Companies can take steps today to make daily operations more efficient and build the foundation for significant reductions in emissions and costs over time.
Benedict Cumberbatch’s portrayal of 1920s cowboy contest culture in the Globe-winning ‘Power of the Dog’ is a stark reminder of how little has changed a century later.
I couldn’t sleep after watching Jane Campion‘s Golden Globe winning film, The Power of the Dog, an emotionally dense Western starring Benedict Cumberbatch as a 1920s rancher in rural Montana. Notwithstanding the fact that my father’s family is from Montana, and that his father lost his thumb breaking a stallion, it’s the film’s sickening, real-life portrayal of toxic masculinity that really hit close to home.
Veteran tech exec Leslie Pitterson wrote an article in 2010 that would provide Issa Rae the fuel she needed to produce Insecure. Now, more than a decade later, she reflects on how far workplaces still have to go to be inclusive.
In 2010, when I was freelancing out of a brownstone in Harlem, I wrote an article titled “Where is the Black Liz Lemon?” that touched on the lack of complex Black female characters in media. A few days after I posted the piece, I got a note from a woman named Issa, thanking me and saying the article was the inspiration she needed to start a project she had been putting off. A few months later, she sent me a link to Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl, the YouTube series that would be the launchpad for HBO’s Insecure.
We know negative results influence our thoughts and actions more than positive ones. But it has a particularly bad effect in the workplace because studies show rudeness decreases productivity.
The Monday round-robin begins on screen. Despite being asked to be on video, some team members still have their cameras off. A new staffer begins an update when another jumps in: “Look, I’ve got the latest numbers, I’ll go.” The interrupter takes over as the new staffer grimaces and shuts off her camera.
How to easily hide ads, auto-play videos, and other clutter in every major browser.
Ever get annoyed by the intolerable reading experience on certain websites? By activating your browser’s reader mode, you can make web pages more reader-friendly by hiding ads, menus, pop-ups, and other distractions. Some web browsers even let you switch to reader mode automatically on specific websites. Here’s how:
Bernard Kress from Microsoft’s HoloLens optics is likely to play a leading role in the development of Google’s forthcoming AR glasses, which could arrive in 2024.
Google has hired a key architect of Microsoft’s HoloLens Project to work on its own “Project Iris” augmented reality glasses project.
The company recently settled a class action lawsuit requiring it to pay $58 million to consumers, which include Venmo, Robinhood, and Coinbase users.
Plaid is ubiquitous—and not just in winter.
Apple TV’s hilarious new ad features one mad man.
Apple may have spent billions on original Apple TV content last year, but none of it included Jon Hamm. And the former Mad Men star is not happy about it.
At a recent congressional hearing, one key question kept coming up: Why does crypto eat so much carbon, and how can we lower its appetite?
Blockchain may be swimming into the mainstream with the force of a torpedo, but there are dams standing in the way. Among the biggest is its impact on the climate. Take a look at cryptocurrency mining—one of the most widely used consensus mechanisms for determining how blockchain ledgers are written. It’s a greenhouse-gas giant that won’t stop growing.
Using an iPhone and its color-coded weights, Tempo Move can give real-time feedback on form and speed during a workout, then tuck away when you’re done.
I am a big fan of work smarter, not harder. Unfortunately, learning how to work out smarter is usually really, really hard. That said, when left to my own devices, my solution looks more like sitting on my couch with my Bala Bangles, multitasking with the latest season of Insecure while strengthening–something. (They *do* work, I swear.)
Many leaders understand the importance of delivering feedback, but forget it can be more harmful than effective if delivered improperly.
“You’re not good enough. You need to change.”
Pumped hydro is a solution in plain sight. And the U.S. is brimming with potential.
To cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half within a decade, the Biden administration’s goal, the U.S. is going to need a lot more solar and wind power generation, and lots of cheap energy storage.
The connected fitness company’s shares rose in pre-market Friday after a memo from John Foley downplayed a damaging report.
Shortly after leaked Peloton documents were shared with the press, which suggested the connected-fitness company was pausing the production of its treadmills and bikes, the company has announced that Peloton will pursue legal action against the alleged leaker.
A new survey breaks down how even well-meaning organizations are dropping the ball during COVID-19.
A global pandemic. An uptick in police brutality and racially targeted hate crimes. A country so polarized by fear, hate, and misinformation that insurrectionists stormed our own Capitol only a year ago.
Whether you’re interviewing, networking, or writing a cover letter, it’s all about crafting a compelling narrative. Here’s what to include.
If you’re looking for a new job this year, you’ll greatly improve your chances if you craft a narrative that tells your story clearly, honestly, and convincingly.
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