I am sure you are a little fed up with all the discussions about AI, so don’t worry: I promise you this article is about humans rather than machines.
However, since it has long been customary for cognitive and behavioral scientists to examine compu…
My plane had just landed. I was anxious to get to the office after the departure of our team leader, a reduction in force culling hundreds of jobs just days before, and an organizational move to an unfamiliar part of the enterprise. As my team’s senio…
If you’re an executive, there might be a time when you find yourself showing up on edge. You feel burned out, frustrated, and confused. The symptoms are familiar: You take longer to make decisions that typically come easily to you. You find it harder …
In an age that prizes specialization, we’re often encouraged to distill our identities into a singular narrative—your specialization, your personal brand, a streamlined profile that fits neatly into a predefined box.
Yet while the world rewa…
If you want to land a new role, you’ve got to deal successfully with the Q&A portion of the job interview. Fumble in responding to a question or offer a garbled answer, and you could miss out on that next dream role.
That’s why it&#…
Job openings saw an unexpected rise for the month of April. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, available jobs rose by 191,000 from the previous month to nearly 7.4 million.
The increase was higher than the 7.1 million jobs Fact…
Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s workplace advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer your biggest and most pressing workplace questions.
Q: Is it okay to lie (a little) on…
For decades, the one-on-one meeting has been a sacred ritual of managerial life. It’s the office equivalent of a treadmill session: repetitive, well-intentioned, and mostly endured out of guilt.
Conventional wisdom says every manager should have re…
We often think of serendipity as luck—a fortunate coincidence or a happy accident. But what if it’s something more intentional? What if serendipity is less about chance and more about conditions?
Whether it’s a hallway conversation that spark…
When organizations face disruption, whether it’s a corporate restructuring, the sunsetting of a product line, or a shift in return-to-office policies, executive teams often turn to internal communications professionals to guide the messaging and navig…
