09 2022 June
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?
Read Now05 2022 June
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...
Read Now26 2019 December
5 Non-Obvious Megatrends Changing Our World In 2020
For the past ten years I have gone through an annual ritual of publishing a book about trends that describe our shifting culture and business...
Read Now12 2019 July
6 Marketing Lessons From Ed Sheeran
There is a moment during a show at the Austin City Limits where Ed Sheeran finally starts to perform his biggest hit at the time:...
Read Now06 2019 July
Is Social Media Making It Impossible To Grow Up?
It should be a basic human right to remember the past with fondness as being better than it actually was. Unfortunately, for today’s generation of...
Read Now28 2019 February
Digital Undertakers, On-Demand Grandkids And Other Jobs Of The Future
One of the most consistent signs of our shifting future is how quickly new jobs and industries are emerging. Even as some fear technology making...
Read Now20 2018 August
Why More Millennials Are Uncovering Their Tattoos At Work
For the past several years the debate about tattoos at work has gone back and forth between those who think a tattoo is taboo in the...
Read Now27 2018 June
Why Our Economy Supports (And Sometimes Needs) Bullsh*t Jobs
“A titanic amount of our economy is presently bullshit, and we’re working crazy hours to ensure that all the bullshit gets done.” This review of...
Read Now24 2017 August
The Mask That Displays Your Emotions In Real Time
Rather than wearing your emotions on your sleeve, a new product called the Hyperface lets you wear them on your face. The idea from London-based...
Read Now23 2017 August
Books Are Getting “Swearier” And This Is What It Means …
Apparently the shift towards swear words in book titles and content has not gone unnoticed by researchers. As Cory Doctorow notes in this article: “books...
Read Now08 2017 August
Your Next Camera Will Retouch Your Pictures While You Take Them
Starting with a set of 5,000 images that were retouched by five different photographers, Google and MIT built an algorithm that can automatically retouch a...
Read Now03 2017 August
Have An Accent? It Might Help You Get Your Next Job
AI voice-assistants have long had difficulty understanding foreign accents, but now Amazon may be taking steps to address this frequent issue. In Australia, the brand...
Read Now26 2017 July
Why Chief Marketing Officers Don’t Last
The tenure of most Chief Marketing Officers is woefully short, but this fact is often dismissed as a symptom of changing leadership or sometimes ineffective...
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