Scenario number one: You’re walking across your front lawn when you hear the clatter of falling objects. You turn to see your neighbor, whose bag of groceries has just split open, watching mournfully as oranges and soup cans roll away in all direction…
Not too long ago, America’s Pastime was in danger of being left in the past. As recently as 2017, Major League Baseball attendance had dropped in four out of five years with more than half the league experiencing year-over-year declines. Youth partici…
Sometimes, it feels like everyone needs you all at the same time. Your elderly parents are not so steady anymore and need you to shovel their snow and figure out how to pay for their expensive heart medication. But your kids are at a tough age, too, a…
What does your leadership canvas look like so far? Is it full of powerful images or is it quite sparsely populated so far? Is it mainly positivity and light, or is there some negativity and darkness that is in urgent need of being surrounded by someth…
Gender discrimination doesn’t always end after a woman dies. Newspapers have long treated women differently in the number, wording and presentation of obituaries.
Since the 18th century, newspapers have published short death notices with basic fact…
This week, SHRM, a leading organization for HR professionals, announced that it would no longer be using the term “equity.” In a LinkedIn post, the organization—formerly known as the Society for Human Resource Management—shared that it wou…
Imagine this: You’ve got a team of ten rowers on your boat. Three people are rowing their hearts out, dripping sweat, and giving all they’ve got. There are five people just sitting with their arms crossed, disengaged and adding dead weight. Moreover, …
One of Mark Twain’s most famous quotes is, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” Profound, it can also be perplexing. We all have a purpose in life but discovering it can often feel like an o…
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits dropped more than expected last week, but volatility around this time of the year as automobile manufacturers idle plants for retooling makes it harder to get a clean read on th…
Will AI be your dream assistant or the boss you never asked for?
Artificial intelligence is changing how we work. But it is still unclear what tasks AI will ultimately take over. Will we leverage AI as our own personal executive assistants? Or will…
