Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) ever be as creepy as your boss? Well, that depends primarily on how creepy your boss is. We know there are limits to AI’s “creepiness,” but it’s harder to say the same about humans.
Many peop…
Few things can feel as professionally affirming as finding a great mentor. During moments of crisis or uncertainty, mentors provide a sense of reassurance, and help less experienced individuals make career and/or life decisions.
As a mentor, your job i…
Among the many lessons from the coronavirus pandemic, this period has taught us the importance of one skill: Improvisation.
Improvisation is innovating without a net. It’s inventing on the fly rather than according to plan. It is also the way ma…
Since COVID-19 struck, more than 50 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits. Even professionals with “secure” jobs have been forced to question their future: What if my job is threatened by a prolonged downturn? And what ca…
It was late March when I realized I had some phone calls to make. Two hundred-twenty of them, to be exact, and not all of them would be easy.
The idea came up right after our entire staff transitioned to working from home. Our CEO, Simon Berg, mentione…
Are you angry? Are you frustrated? You’re not alone. In fact, chances are you’re in the majority at the moment. Springtime saw millions of workers terminated or furloughed as a cureless, rampant virus took hold. And now a surge of human r…
For most businesses, the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic were a sprint. Digital transformation that would have taken years was completed in days, as vast swathes of the workforce began to work from home. Retailers and hospitality outlets switc…
Your emotions are probably in survival mode right now. Here’s how to successfully navigate them through a crisis and in your everyday life. Read More
What marketers really need, and what Agile marketing provides us when we get it right, is focus. Read More
As Benjamin Franklin once said, “The rotten apple spoils his companions.”
At the office, we call those rotten apples “toxic employees.” They’re characterized not just by their negativity, but also their contagious eff…
