Career Advice

The Accidental Truth About College (from Jensen Huang)

What’s the best thing to study for the future? As we continue through graduation season, it’s a relevant question for us all to think about...

The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: Always Eat Left Handed by Rohit Bhargava

It’s graduation season and this month I have both boys graduating (one from high school and one from college), so it’s an exciting time. Several...

The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: I Bottled My Mother by Monica Nassif

This is the story behind the “cult-favorite cleaning line inspired by Monica’s real-life mom, Thelma Meyer: a whip-smart, no-nonsense Midwesterner who raised nine children with...

The Non-Obvious Book of the Week:  All the Cool Girls Get Fired by Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill

The ultimate girlfriends’ guide to “letting go of being let go,” the tone of this book is perfect for this moment in time when there...

The Man (and Book) That Might Actually Change the World

What if the greatest problem in the world was a lack of moral ambition among the best and brightest people? As a ​recent interview​ with...

Unemployment Is Low, But No One Is Hiring. Experts Are Calling It The Big Freeze.

What do you call it when unemployment is at record lows at the same time that hiring is similarly stalled? Actually, there’s no word for...

What “Jobs You’ve Never Heard Of” Can Teach You About a Better Way to Work

Sometimes a good roundup post is exactly what you need to give you a new perspective on work. That’s what this compilation from the team...

The One Time When Everyone Lies on Social Media: After Getting Laid Off

Getting laid off is hard. Though I’ve now been an entrepreneur for nearly ten years, I do remember those moments (yes, plural!) in my life...

Understanding the Woman-Led Backlash Against the “Lean In” Movement

If you are a professional woman, do you identify with this idea of "leaning in" as the right way to build your career, or do you feel that this expectation that it is your responsibility to assert yourself underestimates the cultural and institutional barriers that stand in your way?

My Non-Obvious Graduation Advice For Recent Grads

I’m just a few days away from my oldest son graduating from high school, and so I’ve been thinking a lot about graduation advice. A...

Dress Codes Suck. Do They Actually Matter?

Should people be allowed to wear whatever they want in order to be their authentic selves at work?

Tom “Marketoonist” Fishburne on How Humor Can Inspire Change | Non-Obvious Insights Show

How To Conquer Loneliness and Isolation While Working Remotely

Last week I attended a virtual book launch event hosted by a DC-based networking group called Cadre where former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy spoke about his new book...