As a researcher who has studied decision-making, I have spent a lot of time immersed in research about how people make choices. I have taught decision-making biases and strategies for more effective choices to students and people in companies.
Over the…
“Hire the best.” For managers, that bit of business wisdom goes without saying. When you recruit new employees, recruit the most capable. When you build a team, build one with the most proficient members. The idea is so widely acknowledge…
It’s been 15 years since Thomas Friedman declared that “the world is flat,” given the many ways that technology and lower trade barriers had collapsed national boundaries and fostered a new wave of globalization in which everyone d…
Just a few years after founding my first startup in 2004, and bootstrapping it into a revenue-generating business with about 15 employees, the Great Recession descended on us. Miraculously, the business survived, and I remember thinking to myself when …
In the land of startups, it’s easy to drown in metaphors and analogies when you’re talking about the trajectory of growth. Rockets anyone? How about a hockey stick?
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman even describes the startup growth journey a…
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a dire shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare professionals. In response, engineers, designers, researchers, and makers nationwide are applying their talents to crowdsource new solutions to this…
Working from home can be challenging under the best of circumstances, but even more so in the midst of a global crisis. Here, experts share their best tips for working from home. Read More
Move comes after talks failed to yield a voluntary code to address complaints by media that the tech giants have too tight a grip on advertising
We may need to rethink the rules around data sharing.
When a child faces a long-term physical or mental health challenge, it can mean a major emotional adjustment for parents.
