Exercise is a powerful tool with a special impact on how our brains work.
It energizes our bodies, causing us to take deeper breaths and oxygenate our cells, but it also improves neuroplasticity, or the ability of the brain to change itself, well into …
Take a pay cut, communicate transparently, and give back with purpose.
Making a career change in the midst of a global pandemic might seem wild at first. After all, the unemployment rate is currently at 14.7 percent—the highest since the Great Depression.
But many people right now are considering taking a job in a …
Findings from a study of more than 20 million online reviews.
Power is not a dirty word. Power is a fact of life. Power, according to social psychologist Deborah Gruenfeld, exists in every relationship—whether we like that idea or not—and to be effective in any role, power needs to be understood. &#…
Tiffany and her boyfriend worked at restaurants in New York, and when the coronavirus emergency shuttered restaurants, they were laid off within hours of each other. Now they have no income, and working for tipped wages left them with little reserves. …
I’m Lisa Smith, I’m an engineering manager for Zapier’s developer platform, and I’m an Old. I’ve been working in tech since before there was a Google. In a previous life, I was a librarian. The kind that touches actua…
Among the storm clouds known as COVID-19, there are a few silver linings. One is that being forced to work from home all of a sudden is shaking up our calcified ideas about remote work. Although the current situation isn’t necessarily a fair yar…
Amid the rush to reopen the coronavirus economy is a marked lack of empathy for those actually asked to do it.
Leadership these days is challenging enough without throwing a global health emergency into the mix. But here we are!




