Over the past few weeks, both Meta and Microsoft have announced that they will be conducting company wide performance-based layoffs. Meta even put a marketing spin on the practice of getting rid of employees based on poor performance, calling it “non-…
In the classic rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, there’s a moment when a band member demonstrates an amplifier that goes to 11—one louder than 10. While it’s a cheeky metaphor, I’ve often thought about how leadership can adopt a similar ethos, pus…
It’s okay to admit it: You want to stand out, get ahead, and achieve all you can. And while you may feel that you can’t mention these goals, they don’t actually make you a narcissist. In fact, it’s natural for people to want a sense of status at work….
My mom used to always say, “If you want something done, give it to a busy person.” She was a very busy person who seemed to have endless energy and a knack for outperforming others in her real estate firm.
While the origin of the quote isn’t clear,…
The co-founder and CEO of an Indonesian healthtech is simplifying and enabling healthcare access in the world’s fourth most populous country.
Imagine this: A team meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. in California. For software developers in Mumbai, it’s 5:30 a.m. the next day—prime sleeping hours or, at best, the tail end of an exhausting night shift. In Poland, where other team members are bas…
Dozens of employees at the U.S. Education Department were put on paid administrative leave in response to President Donald Trump’s order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government, according to a labor union t…
New research has found that data centres can reduce their energy usage by up to 30% simply by altering around 30 lines of code in the Linux kernel’s network stack.
Efforts to diversify workplaces and promote equality are under attack—most recently with a sweeping crackdown from the Trump administration. But advocates and professionals who’ve dedicated their careers to diversity, equity, and inclusion are s…
Conventional wisdom says to use your tax return to pay off debt or add to your savings, but psychologists say it’s also acceptable to use a tax return to invest in your own happiness.
“When people get a tax return, it’s seen as a bonus and it…
