While high school and college graduation can feel like the pinnacle of learning and, therefore, the ending of the education chapter of your life, this isn’t really accurate.
When I was writing my PhD in social science, which took about …
There’s a lot of social pressure to show up to work events at the scheduled time. You don’t typically have to apologize for being early (though you may need to wait for something to start), but you do call attention to yourself in a negative way…
In an essay published in The Economist in 1955, British historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson noted how work often “expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” Writing a few lines on a postcard, he observed, can take an entire day if o…
In 2015, star NFL quarterback Tom Brady and his New England Patriots were mired in a scandal known as “deflategate.” The team and its popular player were accused of deflating footballs, which was illegal as it would make them easier for their offense …
When Parentaly CEO Allison Whalen gave birth to her first child in 2017, she knew it would be a challenge to adjust to her new life as a parent. But she eventually realized she was far less prepared for how difficult it would be to return to the workp…
Target said on Monday it would employ about 100,000 seasonal workers, in line with the last three years of holiday hiring, as the retailer gears up for the all-important shopping period.
Holiday retail sales are expected to grow at their slowest pa…
Sticking to your routine can help you get more things done. It also means the brain doesn’t have to work as hard, reinventing the wheel every time you get ready for work in the morning or schedule your day. Sticking to a “same-old, same-old” approach,…
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pa…
Micro-interactions are an often unrecognized part of our everyday lives. They are what we say, and don’t say. They are what we listen to and what we ignore, consciously or otherwise. They are the smiles, frowns, blank looks, flashes of irritation that…
I am an assistant professor of management and organizations at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. My research investigates how AI, undergirded by algorithms, is impacting the nature of work and employment relationships in or…
