“It’s a nightmare,” says a chief operating officer of a popular sit-down restaurant with a thick menu. Exasperation seeped through our 8 a.m. Zoom call. “I’m dealing with restaurants that I have to close because we do…
“It would seem,” wrote George Orwell in his essay Can Socialists Be Happy?, “that human beings are not able to describe, nor perhaps to imagine, happiness except in terms of contrast.” Orwell wrote about those who imagine fu…
You want to start a podcast.
You’re considering adopting a dog.
You need to buy some sunglasses before summer slips away.
It’s really amazing how creative we can be when it comes to procrastination—there are so many ways we ca…
We all want to feel safe at work. But many of us end up feeling uncomfortable or hurt because of microaggressions. Intentional or unintentional, these actions can have a significant impact on our engagement and overall well-being. Microaggressions in t…
Apple is expected to unveil the new line — known as the Apple Watch 7 — in the coming weeks
The Society for Human Resource Management’s Johnny C. Taylor Jr. explains why now is the time for organizations to reset HR.
When I stepped inside the PwC Houston office 22 years ago as an intern, it solidified that public accounting was for me. Unknown to me at the time, a high school accounting class would set me on a path toward public accounting. I enjoyed it and I was g…
As the Delta variant gains ground in the U.S., so too does the topic of reopening the office. In this time of uncertainty, many business leaders are hitting pause or delaying their return-to-office plans. In some cases, the focus has been incorrectly p…
I didn’t end up in Chicago on purpose. I grew up on the East Coast and lived in New York for a few years. When my wife graduated from law school, we were ready to try something new. We picked Chicago after living here for a summer because of the…
When it comes to retaining employees, it helps if your company is cool to work for. That’s certainly the case with FlowPlay, a Seattle-based video game developer. Even still, they’ve achieved a 0% turnover rate since 2018. The number is r…




