Not knowing what’s going to happen when you’re watching a movie can be thrilling. Edge of your seat excitement is fun entertainment, and we pan films with predictable endings. When the uncertainty is in your own life, however, the experience is less e…
Many of us were using focus music long before it had an official name or any trending playlists. Jazz and downtempo have been my go-tos for tuning out distractions and centering on the task at hand since my college days. Today, more people are gravita…
There has been a calculated attack on “woke businesses” from a small but loud group. As a result, businesses have quieted down their sustainability-centered communications over the past year but they are not backing away from their commitments to sust…
Australian ABC News meteorologist Nate Byrne had just told viewers about the rainy days ahead when he started rubbing his hands together. “I’m actually going to need to stop for a second,” he says evenly into the camera, during a live broadcast last w…
In the hours after Vice President Kamala Harris was announced as President Biden’s pick to replace him in the run to become our next President, more than 44,000 Black women spun into action and joined a Zoom call. They crashed the platform. Neverthele…
Last year, 11% of American workers—about 17.3 million people—described themselves as digital nomads. This number has dramatically surged since the pandemic, when remote work opportunities became the norm. As a result, employers and employees realized …
At the Exceptional Women Alliance (EWA), we enable high level women to mentor each other to enable each leader to achieve personal and professional happiness through sisterhood. As the nonprofit organization’s founder, chair, and CEO, I am honored to …
As a communications expert, I work with people to help them communicate their ideas in a way that motivates their audiences to take action. But in many of my conversations with clients, I hear about the challenges people have to motivate themselves t…
Since President Joe Biden exited the presidential race on July 21, 2024, and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, Harris’s campaign has generated widespread enthusiasm and attention. She quickly became the offi…
For generations, the conventional wisdom for Black professionals was simple: Get a good job and keep it. It’s what most of our parents drilled into us. Mom and Dad’s wisdom didn’t account for a few pretty significant events. Millennials, for instance,…
