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10/09/2020

What’s in a name? https://www.futurity.org/uncommon-names-ceos-unique-strategies-2435792/

Research on CEOs with uncommon names shows they tend to pursue unorthodox strategies. It's all about how a name shapes the way people see themselves.

02/09/2020

Nice guys do finish first, after all!

https://www.futurity.org/disagreeable-personality-work-coworkers-2431632/

People with selfish, deceitful, and aggressive personality traits may not have an edge over generally nice people, a new study finds.

03/08/2020

A bold startup by a group of women entrepreneurs in Chicago!

https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-first-womens-bank-chicago-20200731-am5tf4wzbvfsfg7zorvwgyfc2m-story.html

A group of local women from the banking and professional services industries is looking to start a new commercial bank in Chicago, with a focus on lending to women-owned businesses. First Women’s Bank, which received conditional approval this month from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., would b...

30/07/2020

The brain naturally gravitates toward negative thoughts. Here are ways to steel yourself in rocky patches, from deep breathing to caring for others.

25/07/2020

13/07/2020

The Wall Street Journal

03/05/2020

27/04/2020

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/great-affordability-crisis-breaking-america/606046/?utm_source=atl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share

In one of the best decades the American economy has ever recorded, families were bled dry.

08/09/2019

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/toxic-work-culture-forcing-high-performing-people-quit-tim-denning

If micro-management thrives and there is no trust in your organization, you are looking down the barrel of a toxic work culture. If you don’t believe me, use one of the many employee engagement products to find out for yourself.

21/08/2019

Putting people above profits... a new corporate trend? If so, that would be great news.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/business/business-roundtable-ceos-corporations.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_190820?campaign_id=2&instance_id=11593&segment_id=16305&user_id=a8aa92891c2d88c6024409a1cab40f56®i_id=704848380820

Chief executives from the Business Roundtable, including the leaders of Apple and JPMorgan Chase, argued that companies must also invest in employees and deliver value to customers.

26/06/2019

A humble boss is, apparently, the best boss.

18/06/2019

How about attaining a good education AND embracing our true talents?!

Our obsession with early achievement shortchanges people of all ages. Research shows that our brains keep developing deep into adulthood and so do our capabilities.

31/03/2019

Once in a while, you need to stop and smell your roses: Not only is it good for you, it will motivate you to plant even more.

31/03/2019

Is this true at your workplace?

According to a new study, attractive women are seen as less trustworthy than their peers at work.

21/03/2019

Why PhDs Don't Become Billionaires. Why we might be pushing our kids in the wrong direction

21/03/2019

Yet another way sexism can suck the fun out of being a woman at work.

27/01/2019

Studies show that the Flynn Effect—when IQ scores steadily increased over decades, is now reversing.

Are our terrible diets, bad schools, tech obsession, or even increasingly trashy media to blame?

26/01/2019

Hmmm... how many of those daily morning meetings do you attend?

Research shows the IQs of many meeting attendees drops as soon as the meeting starts.