As we looked ahead to a new decade a few months ago, no one could have predicted what was to come. We were ripe for the continuing evolution of the workplace with workers prioritizing flexibility and autonomy, and employers utilizing artificial intelli…
In spite of all the doom and gloom in the media, founders continue to raise money and convince VCs to write checks. It’s happening every day, but success requires new strategies and company milestones. Recent customer traction, relevant market f…
A few weeks ago, Tom Herbst, former CMO of the North Face, extended an open invitation on LinkedIn to brainstorm with other leaders on how to navigate the COVID-19 impact on business and brands. He’s been recognized in the industry as one o…
Small businesses everywhere are struggling as we all shelter in place, with bars and restaurants hit particularly hard. We were braced for the worst ourselves. Instead, a game-changing home-delivery platform launched on the fly gave us priceless insigh…
When my youngest son was a preschooler, he had a knack for knowing when I was on a call for work. It didn’t matter what I did to prepare or circumvent an interruption—he would suddenly require my immediate attention. He once hijacked an i…
Few things upset me more than productivity bias. It’s based on the premise that working hard is good, working smart is better, but working productively is best. The idea is productivity makes us great employees and CEOs. It’s an aspi…
It may feel like a million years ago, but social distancing measures really only started in earnest in early or mid-March, depending on where you live. Just two months later, mandatory social-distancing guidelines are being lifted, stores are being reo…
Searching for a job is stressful.
Searching for a job in the age of AI résumé reviewers, online assessments, and automatic “no” piles is excruciating. And we haven’t even scratched the surface of anxiety around the pandem…
The job market is undergoing an unprecedented shakeup. Jobless claims topped 20 million in the U.S. since the start of the COVID-19 shutdown and month-to-month activity on freelance platforms nearly doubled in some industries.
To ride out the storm, pr…
I think it’s fair to say that we’re living through a time of peak uncertainty. Several months into the COVID-19 crisis, we still don’t know how long we’ll have to socially distance, or what our new “normal” wil…
