Kindness can go a long way when it comes to reshaping a business. Having saved a fashion company from the brink of bankruptcy, entrepreneur James Rhee shares the value of investing in a culture of com...
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Feeling anxious? The way you breathe could be adding to it
Scrolling social media, amid frantic posts about politics and COVID-19 cases, you may have come across a friend or two reminding everyone to “just breathe.” But can just breathing really make a di...
How to escape the cynicism trap
Some days, it’s hard to be optimistic. But cynicism — the idea that people are inherently selfish, greedy and dishonest — is making humanity lonelier and more divided, says psycholog...
How to disagree productively and find common ground
Some days, it feels like the only thing we can agree on is that we can’t agree — on anything. Drawing on her background as a world debate champion, Julia Dhar offers three techniques to re...
Which box do I check?
How we identify makes a difference in our lived experiences, but it’s not always reflected in the checkboxes we see on forms. In this episode, Mona Chalabi explores why language matters in data ...
An ER doctor on triaging your “crazy busy” life
How do doctors in the emergency room stay calm and focused amidst the chaos? Drawing on years of experience, ER doctor Darria Long shares a straightforward framework to help you take back control and ...
What we miss when we focus on the average
It’s tempting to focus on averages when we think about data, but the world is a lot messier than those numbers can make it out to be. So what could we gain if we shifted our attention to the out...
Why Diversity in Product Matters
Özlem is a passionate, highly skilled and knowledgeable product consultant who leverages modern management principles, practices and methods. By influencing the way people think and act in the comple...
My identity is a superpower not an obstacle
America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) talks about how presence creates possibility and how powerful representation of culture in the world, particularly in media is.
How language shapes the way we think
Something I try to be aware of and have talked to my team about (likely to their dismay) is the importance of precision of language and the impact the words you can use can have. Consider the differen...