For many of us, workplace interactions are now relegated to the narrow confines of a computer screen. Research shows that not only do constant video meetings drain your mental energy, but they can make it feel harder to form true connections, due to cu…
And how to overcome common obstacles.
As a businessperson, I generally do not mix business and politics. My dad always told me that politics, religion, and business do not make good bedfellows, but the recent events around the country are compelling me to do so. We have an administration t…
Globally, daily “in-app” payments for mobile games have jumped 24 per cent since the pandemic began
Let’s talk, corporate America. It has been a week.
Did you:
Send out a Black Lives Matter tweet and statement to social media? Check.
Send your staff an appropriate Black Lives Matter-based email? Check.
Analyze your demographic data to assess y…
Before COVID-19, “Summer Fridays” equated to team lunches sharing weekend plans to hit the beach, barbeque outdoors, or venture out of the city for some fresh air and nature. With the warmer weather also came more team outings from mini-g…
Editor’s note: Each week Maynard Webb, former CEO of LiveOps and the former COO of eBay, will offer candid, practical, and sometimes surprising advice to entrepreneurs and founders. To submit a question, write to Webb at dearfounder@fastco…
On the back of the Black Lives Matters movement, IBM decided to get out of the facial recognition (FR) business altogether. Amazon announced a one-year moratorium on police use of its FR software, Rekognition, and Microsoft declared that it would do th…
A lot of us are feeling anxious right now. When the pandemic started, anxiety came from not knowing what to expect. Now as workplaces make plans for employees to return, uncertainty is at the forefront again.
While coronavirus-fueled anxiety can have n…
The world of work looks astonishingly different than it did just three to four months ago. In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, companies around the world have shifted to remote-first cultures, some even going as far as allowing employees th…
