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These three skills are critical to become an effective leader.

Skills that managers need to encourage thriving teams in hybrid work.

Saying “no” to your boss is never easy.

High-trust organizations refuse to leave people second-guessing.

Confidence is a trait you can get better at with practice.

The things you do outside your working hours directly affect how much you get done during the work day.

If you’re waking up tired every day, you might need to take a lesson from truck drivers who maximize their sleep schedules.

OpenAI, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion are roiling every creative industry. Are generative AI tools a creator’s best friend or an existential threat?

In one of my very first jobs, not managing up cost me my job.

It could be used near buildings, in cities, or on the side of a highway.

Clive Wilkinson Architects championed open offices for big companies such as Google and Microsoft. Now, as the pandemic has led to a massive overhaul of work life, they envision something completely…

Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Laurene Powell Jobs are also donating huge amounts.

Gates says Jobs cast “spells” to keep Apple alive.

Self-promotion might not come naturally for some, but less outgoing people can use their natural strengths to create an authentic online presence.

Talent can only take you so far. The reason some people are high performers is because they’ve formed good habits.

«Success is often drawn from something you learned along the way. It may not have impact in the moment, but it may contribute to success later.»

Where did we go wrong?

«UX processes in many organizations these days amount to little more than UX theater»

The design industry has been caught up in Eurocentric ideas for too long. We talked to leading experts from MIT, Twitter, and more, who want to help break the spell.

Organizations that don’t actively support remote work are limiting their capacity to engage with top talent.

Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook remain overwhelmingly white and male. Here’s a look at their diversity numbers, visualized through their logos.

The explosive growth of their AI voice assistants has Google, Apple, and Amazon racing to put your entire smartphone in an earpiece.

Video games. Augmented reality. Plastic shoes. And headphones made of microorganisms.

Airbnb wants to get into the housing business in a big way.

Rent the Backyard will get a tiny house into your backyard in a matter of weeks—and hopes it can add some cheaper apartments in cities to help alleviate the housing crisis.

It will likely require shifting your mindset in a few key ways.

«Once you know your priorities, everything on your to-do list should serve them.»

These great apps will help you organize your digital life, avoid unwanted distractions, and more.

«As an answer to all the cruft that Google’s email service has built up over the past 17 years, Simplify Gmail is a revelation.»

Under Tim Cook’s leadership, Apple saw just how critical an issue user privacy would become. Now it’s at least as important a feature as shiny industrial design or a nice camera.

In this exclusive interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook, he explains the culture and approach that led to iPhone X, Air Pods, Apple Watch 3, and HomePod.

Juicy Marbles is rolling out one of the first high-end plant-based steaks. What does it taste like? And why is cofounder Vladimir Mićković willing to sing for reporters? We’ve got the answers to your…

The faux meat has cleared a regulatory hurdle and now will be available to cook in your kitchen.

Effective remote work involves these five habits, which prevent feelings of burnout and isolation.

«Instead, have a reductive mindset, where it becomes second nature to get rid of unnecessary things. “Developing a reductive mindset means you adopt a habit—a reflex, tendency, effortless first inclination—to . . . eliminate, or cut the unnecessary,” says Funt. “We must dismantle the additive instincts most companies and professionals have developed.”»

The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly changed how the world does business. Work shifted, where possible, into people’s homes and online in accordance with social distancing guidelines. As a result, businesses’ longstanding resistance to remote employees dissolved, and the lines between work and family life, long blurred, blended overnight. Even when life returns to some form of normal, some of these changes will stick, according to tech journalist Mark Sullivan's interviews with CEOs and business leaders from a cross-section of industries.

Before climbing the ladder to CEO, this ad exec had 19 different jobs at the same company.

Fast Company’s 2021 World’s Most Innovative Companies.

These thoughts may increase our negative self-talk and lower our energy, leading our stories to hinder our growth when they could be propelling it.

«Now, when they arise, I hear Dr. Taylor saying,“We have the power to choose who and how we want to be in any moment,” and befriend my inner voice instead.»