Workplace, Teams, & Culture

Brains are not hardwired to focus simultaneously on day-to-day activities and long-term objectives.

The employment landscape is rapidly changing, demanding that employees build new skill sets.

HR’s move away from traditional performance reviews is a mistake that will backfire.

Leaders need to take active roles in preparing their employees for the new world of work.

Leaders can foster stronger collaboration by using digital platforms to increase employee diversity.

Part 2 of our eight-part video series explores design as the starting point for digital production.

How a tweet about corporate culture made the wrong point go viral.

For many leaders, the allure of best practices is strong and their expectations for results are unrealistic.

Enterprise social media is most effective when both cultural and IT factors are addressed.

People who are satisfied with the current way of doing business are not likely to transform it.

Robots that use body language can have a positive effect on their human colleagues.

Emotion-sensing technologies can lead to better decisions and alleviate stress — if privacy issues are addressed.

The number of women on corporate boards has risen substantially over the past decade, but the growth rate is slowing. Why?

Some women who feel like they won’t “fit” a job description will talk themselves out of wanting it.

To facilitate speed, companies must design themselves to minimize obstacles to getting work done.

The “intangible assets” people bring to their jobs are valuable — but challenging to quantify.

Featured excerpt from Big Mind: How Collective Intelligence Can Change Our World.

There’s a significant correlation between net profit growth and a corporate culture of innovation.

Leading teams with complicated hierarchies of power demands both curiosity and humility.

Artificial intelligence is beginning to replace many of the workplace roles that men dominate.