In the Media
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FedEx Shooting Is Reminder Why Corporate Crisis Teams Should Be In Place Before They’re Needed
April 20, 2021
A crisis can happen any time to any business without any warning. Last week’s mass shouting at the FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana is the latest reminder that there are two things all companies should have before they are needed: a crisis management plan and a team to implement it.
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Chris Rock’s Joke About Actress Jada Pinkett Smith Creates Crisis For Academy Awards
March 28, 2022
In what could be called the slap that was heard and seen around the world, last night comedian Chris Rock took a figurative shot at actress Jada Pinkett Smith when he made a joke about her appearance during the Academy Awards.
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What Business Leaders Can Learn From Will Smith’s Apology For Slapping Chris Rock
March 28, 2022
Actor Will Smith apologized Monday for slapping comedian Chris Rock in response to his joke about wife Jada Pinkett Smith at Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, California.
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Remote work isn’t the problem. Work is.
February 1, 2022
Employees want to work from home. Their bosses, however, can’t wait to get back to the office. Knowledge workers think being remote makes their jobs better, while managers worry the arrangement could cause the quality of work to suffer. But in scapegoating remote work, companies may be disguising the real scourge of creativity right now: too much work.
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The real stakes of Apple’s battle over remote work
September 24, 2021
For the past several months, a fight has been brewing inside Apple, the world’s most profitable company, about a fundamental aspect of its business: whether its corporate employees must return to the office.
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Why Presenteeism Wins Out Over Productivity
June 7, 2021
If the pandemic has taught us anything about work, it's that we don't need to be pulling long hours in an office to be productive. So, why is presenteeism still so important?
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How Boston Consulting Group's vision of a 'bionic workplace' can help companies build a seamless and resilient hybrid model
May 11, 2021
With the Biden administration setting a goal of 70% of US adults having at least one vaccine shot by July 4, business owners and employers are now anticipating a return to the workplace in some form.
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Coronavirus Unemployment: How the Tech Industry Has Fared
May 28, 2020
Layoffs have slammed tech companies both large and small since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in mid-March. The industry has cut more than 40,000 jobs so far, but this month was the cruelest yet. In a single week in early May, Uber Technologies Inc. announced it would slash 3,700 positions, Airbnb Inc. said it would cut 1,900 and Lyft Inc. fired or furloughed more than 1,000.
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Inside the Seething Boardroom Drama That Poisoned HQ Trivia
February 24, 2020
The app was America’s favorite gameshow until a toxic culture and co-founder feuding drove it off the air. Now, the CEO wants to bring it back.
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What Boeing Has Taught Us About Not Neglecting Company Culture
December 18, 2019
In the last two years, 346 people have tragically died in two crashes involving Boeing’s recently introduced 737 Max Aircraft model.
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Boeing’s Cultural Shift
October 26, 2019
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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Your Startup Can Learn From LeBron James’ Twitter Habits, Says CMU Researcher
May 16, 2018
During the 2014-15 season, Cleveland Cavaliers small forward LeBron James followed his teammates back on Twitter. Carmelo Anthony, then on the New York Knicks, did not.
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Enron Emails Reveal What a Web of Deceit Really Looks Like
July 13, 2011
The shape that a social network takes may be a new kind of digital smoke to spot the fires of corruption within an organization.
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Better Networking Begins With Your Beliefs
September 17, 2020
It doesn’t take very much to bridge the “knowing-doing” gap in networking – even during a pandemic.
“What Business Leaders Can Learn From Will Smith’s Apology For Slapping Chris Rock”
“Chris Rock’s Joke About Actress Jada Pinkett Smith Creates Crisis For Academy Awards”
“FedEx Shooting Is Reminder Why Corporate Crisis Teams Should Be in Place Before They’re Needed”
”What Boeing Has Taught Us About Not Neglecting Company Culture”