The Guardian
The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world
20+ min · · We check our phones every 12 minutes, often just after waking up. Always-on behaviour is harmful to long-term mental health, and we need to learn to the hit the pause button · Shared by 1635, including Gabriele, Andreas Heer, Leo Babauta, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Dominik Grolimund, Harpreet Singh, John Battelle, Thomas Power, fernand0, Stefan Niemeyer, Mark Kaigwa, Ines Bieler, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Mark Little, Sachin Rekhi, Klaus Eck, Josep M. Ganyet, Katja Evertz, Jane, Liliane Ferrari ™
The Atlantic
We Need a New Science of Progress
8 min · · Humanity needs to get better at knowing how to get better. · Shared by 641, including Jason Crawford, Ward Plunet, John Hagel, Bill Johnston, Balaji, Martina Pugliese, tylercowen, Tim O'Reilly, Howard Getson, Nir Eyal, Nathan Baschez 📧, Mark Kaigwa, vitalik.eth, sircharlsxavier, Nico Luchsinger, Max Roser, Yvette Dubel, Patrick Collison, Thomas Pleil, Andreas Staub
medium.com
How to apply a design thinking, HCD, UX or any creative process from scratch
9 min · · This how-to article aims at providing designers, creative thinkers or even project managers with a tool to set up, frame, organise… · Shared by 354, including Nir Eyal, Matthias Lampe, kp, Vincenzo Tremonte, Parin Vachhani, Henning von Vogelsang, Ines Bieler, designshard, Philippe Gauvin, Evan (he/him), Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Mark Kaigwa, Bertrand Maltaverne, Stephanie A Kowalski, Chris Calo, Matthijs Kleverlaan, Abdelsalam Smadi, Gabriele, Janosch Tröhler, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷
FORTUNE
America’s CEOs Seek a New Purpose for the Corporation
Summary · 15+ min · · Putting the needs of shareholders above all else has been the leading aim of the US corporation for decades. The Business Roundtable, an influential association of the top bosses of America’s most noteworthy firms, is seeking to alter that singular focus. Alan Murray, head of Fortune magazine, pens a succinct yet wide-ranging look at what is prompting these executives to rethink capitalism’s mission, at a time in which employees, customers, suppliers and voters are demanding greater accountability from their leaders. Readers could regard this insightful analysis as a manifesto for corporate change. · Shared by 124, including rudolph regter, Mark Kaigwa, felix salmon, Thomas Power, Tiffani Bova, Jonathan Kogan, davidabrock, getAbstract, Marc Benioff, Gerd Leonhard
The Guardian
Facial recognition is now rampant. The implications for our freedom are chilling
5 min · · This new technology is being secretly used on streets and in shopping centres across Britain, making potential suspects of us all · Shared by 111, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Tris Hussey, Gerrit Eicker, Tauno, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Power, Evan Selinger, Ines Bieler, ahg, Matthias Lampe, Ste Davies, Azeem Azhar, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛
The Guardian
Greta Thunberg: ‘We are ignoring natural climate solutions’
2 min · · Film by Swedish activist and Guardian journalist George Monbiot says nature must be used to repair broken climate · Shared by 97, including Joanna J Bryson, Jochen Burkhard, Ray Monk, Mayhem, Just Mayhem., Thomas Power, Shyla Raghav, Ines Bieler, Katja Evertz
UX Collective
The great balloon of User Experience: from UX to Product Design
11+ min · · This is about my journey from me being an Information Architect to UX Designer to Product Designer, and what I think about the current… · Shared by 87, including David Teodorescu, designshard, Massimiliano Aroffo, Hannah Milan, Diane Lee, Philippe Surber, Fabricio Teixeira, Chris Peterson, Luca Longo
Esquire
Dave Karpf On Calling Bret Stephens a 'Bedbug' and Free Speech
4 min · · This, after embarrassing himself on Twitter and on national television. · Shared by 58, including Yvette d’Entremont (@thescibabe.bsky.social), Bjorn Larsen, trudy, Jonathan Eisen, Steve Silberman, Deborah Blum, Chris O'Brien, Jeff Atwood
The Washington Post
Group of top CEOs says maximizing shareholder profits no longer can be the primary goal of corporations
6 min · · The new statement, released Monday by the Business Roundtable -- whose members are CEOs of America’s largest companies -- suggests balancing the needs of a company’s various constituencies and comes at a time of widening income inequality, rising expectations for corporate behavior and proposals from Democratic lawmakers that aim to restructure American capitalism. · Shared by 41, including luis antónio santos, Chris Gledhill, Deborah Blum, Philanthropy News Digest, Guy Kawasaki, Thomas Power
The Independent
People who cheat on their partners more than twice as likely to engage workplace misconduct, study claims
3 min · · Researchers use data from Ashley Madison user exposure · Shared by 27
donorschoose.org
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and DonorsChoose.org Supporters Break Records for Classrooms
1 min · · Yesterday was a day for the record books in classrooms across America, thanks to the enthusiasm inspired by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and DonorsChoose.org community. Propelled by a 50% boost… · Shared by 26, including Tim O'Reilly, Tom Connor
Donna Moritz
9 Best Instagram Tools for Visual Storytelling
16+ min · · If you're looking for the best Instagram Tools for Visual Storytelling then you're in the right place. In this post, I share 9 of the Instagram Tools I am using right now to create amazing · Shared by 22, including Ian Cleary, Mari Smith, Marc R Gagné MAPP
TNW
Tumblr traffic dropped by nearly 100M views the month after it banned porn
2 min · · Tumblr’s ban on adult content is costing it dearly. In December, we reported on news of Tumblr invoking the nuclear option and banning pornography and other adult content from the popular blogging… · Shared by 20, including Christian P. Stobbe, Mathew Ingram, TNW Top Stories, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
beejameditation.com
Beeja App - Beeja Meditation
1 min · · Learn to meditate at your own pace and convenience. Any time. Anywhere. For those who feel confident meditating on their own, choose this timer to help you hone your practice. Choose from a selection… · Shared by 19
CNN
Twitter is under fire for removing 'vagina' from ads for a gynecology book
1 min · · Twitter removed advertisements for a book on gynecology because they used the word "vagina," a prominent medical practitioner has claimed. · Shared by 16, including Deborah Blum, Amber Mac
STAT
Kentucky Supreme Court clears way for release of Purdue records
4 min · · Purdue has fought STAT to keep the documents out of view, but the Kentucky Supreme Court's refusal to review the case is final and can't be appealed. · Shared by 16, including Deborah Blum