We live in a world that reveres speed and worships breadth over depth. But a quiet revolution is brewing, and it’s called the slow movement (or specifically, the slow work movement). It’s gaining traction in the business world, especially …
The socialization women receive around money produces a set of money beliefs that hold women back on a un/subconscious level. Spotlighting these “money lies” helps us see how we are thinking about money in ways that serve the powers that be, but don’t…
On June 24, 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade through the Dobbs decision, I was in an airplane seat next to my 11-year-old daughter. My phone was flooded with text messages—people asked for my opinion on the decision, requested comme…
A colleague once lamented about a controversy in their academic department (computer science) involving a potential new hire. The candidate in question was formally trained in physics but had a strong record studying information theory, which was of i…
Parenting makes the heart grow fonder, and the brain grow … smaller? Several studies have revealed that the brain loses volume across the transition to parenthood. But researchers like me are still figuring out what these changes mean for parents.
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They operate in places like an airport, a resort, and a distribution center, tucked away from the public eye but close enough for easy access. They often emit laughter — and the sound of tumbling blocks, bouncing balls, and meandering tricycles.
Th…
Middle managers have had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad couple of years.
Playing the middleman between senior leadership and frontline supervisors has always been a little miserable, but the role reached a tipping point in the 2020s. Middl…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: You set a big goal. You’ve outlined the steps and used your study of goal-setting to make sure they’re achievable and assigned deadlines to each. On paper, it all looks good.
Then, self-limiting beliefs and …
When one of our clients joined the leadership team of an international financial institution based in Germany, there was a standing item on the executive team’s meeting agenda: burnout cases. That was costly from a time perspective, of course, but tha…
Imagine you’re a leader, and you’ve been tasked with driving a big culture change strategy. The company’s usual ways of doing things aren’t working, and it’s up to you to identify changes that would allow people to do their best work and deliver top-t…
