Beware: Sometimes, a well-intended adviser’s words can unintentionally lead you astray.
Embrace change, self-compassion, and hope with this guided mindfulness practice from Rose Felix Cratsley.
By Leo Babauta One of the keys to living a life of calm and purpose is the art of letting go. If you’d like a more peaceful life, it’s powerful to look at what disturbs that peace, and practice letting go of whatever you’re holding onto that’s causing you anxiety and frustration. If you’d like […]
Public trust in U.S. institutions is at crisis-level lows. Luckily, there’s a way you can win some of it back.
A new framework identifies racial harms and other forms of discrimination in order to create work environments where everyone feels they belong. Part of an in-depth series that explains how racism operates within organizations.
Women are rapidly jumping onto the entrepreneurship wagon, many in the clothes, cosmetics and such businesses, as well as entering the software, light machinery, furniture and similar industries
Part of what I do is to make the complicated simple, and that is exactly what leadership needs: simplicity. It doesn’t mean the answer is easy. It’s just not complicated.
Big data is changing everything about the way we live and work. How does this change leadership in the modern workplace?
July — the month of Cancer hit me hard since the start. Yes, I am one of those folks that know a little bit about astrology and follow the moon and planetary cycles somewhat regularly. I also feel…
Oppressing women not only hurts women; it also hurts men
This is the final section of the 3 part series "How To Start A Freelance Business." We tie it all together by exploring such topics as, how to start freelancing for beginners or freelancing with no experience...and several more advanced topics.
Like FDR’s “Arsenal of Democracy,” Africa should build from the bottom: Internal instead of external, bottom-up instead of top-down, and focusing on repeatability instead of scalability.
For decades, introverts have been written off as ineffective and incapable business leaders. Here's why that's utter BS.
The Joint Cyber Defence Collaborative aims to help the U.S. defend against cyber threats to critical infrastructure by unifying cyber defence and promoting national resilience.
Digital media is evolving to become a powerful personal and business communication tool. In the recent past, social media and the conversations held on such platforms are mostly informative content and memes. Mohammed Buhariwala, a 16 year old from the United Kingdom, has been one of the early adopt
Career decision-making is simple if you follow these basic steps.
The Community Youth Cultural Centre (CYCC) has organized a week-long programme in Accra to build the vocational and entrepreneurship capacity of some youth. The skills training programme held under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and the National Commission of Culture, aims at developing the creative…
Every year, a ridiculous number of books are written on leadership, and we consume them in volume, hoping to find the secret to leadership success. It's not that hard, and it's not a secret.
The graphic also contains a breakdown of the most popular business type by state.
New avenues will be opened in space, supersonic aviation, as well as biotechnology. Products such as animal free leather, food from carbon, water and electricity, rather than plants are some examples of innovation coming forward in the next decade. STEM will also transform our perception of art.
If you don’t know what aquaculture is, you’re not alone: a 2009 survey found that a remarkable 85% of South Africans had never even heard the term, and most are still unaware of its importance. The situation hasn’t improved much, more people have heard of it but few actually know what it is. Aquaculture is […]
How communication, change agents, and a focus on the corporate middle build connection, a critical factor for managing change today.
A conversation with Harvard economist Stefanie Stantcheva about our misconceptions and their consequences.
This post discusses some of the underappreciated benefits of owning your own business. There are many extraordinarily valued, unusual, or unanticipated advantages to starting and running your own business. They rarely get discussed, but they are always there. Here are 2 key...
Starting young can have some clear advantages, but overall, the research suggests middle-aged entrepreneurs are more likely to succeed.
Is the nature of business changing? Employers and universities are requiring vaccinations of their employees and students. Companies are leading on climate too. Does this mean the workplace is now taking responsibility to address society’s ills?
It’s celebration time, as I’ve been doing my Weekend Reads for 100 weeks now, with only two weeks off at the end of 2021!
Located in the historic Stationery Factory in Dalton, KSW Printing combines art, craft, and entrepreneurship.
I spoke with Vivek Murthy about his recent Harvard Business Review article on the loneliness epidemic, how companies can reduce loneliness in the workplace, his first hand experience witnessing loneliness across the country, and his best career advice.
The era of rising valuations and cheap debt is over
Innovation Is The Key to Successful Entrepreneurship
Data scientists like Nitish Gaddam leverage cutting-edge techniques to analyze large and complex datasets while building machine learning models capable of driving informed, data-driven decision-making. As someone whose love for technology stretches back to his very first Nintendo 64, Gaddam has had a lifetime of experience tinkering around with computers and other gadgets.
Posting a photo to multiple Instagram accounts is easy
This recipe is a good reason to grab that bottle of turmeric in your spice rack and put it to work adding bright orange color and extra flavor to mild
Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?
Should their Amazon Flex drivers be considered employees or contractors?
At the age of 20, Christelle Kwizera founded her enterprise, Water Access Rwanda, a social enterprise providing access to water through innovative...
A year after the death of her beloved cat, Sunada reflects on the Buddha's teachings on love, pain, acceptance, and letting go.
The post Covid-19 market landscape can be very different to the one you have played in before.
With its potential for automating various processes in any modern organization, artificial intelligence (AI) is seen as one of the major factors in realizing the future workplace.
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. And that’s a wrap on 2017. We’ve played some amazing games in VR this year but, as always, we’re wondering what’s next. It’s a bit of a tradition here now to round […]
The financial firm's inaugural black and Latinx entrepreneur cohort is part of its $500 million commitment to invest in companies with diverse leadership.
Unless we’re plotting to start sh*t with our partner (yeah, we’ve all been there…), most fights begin because one or both people react instead of respond
So, you believe you want to start a freelance business and be your own boss? Let me guess, you want more personal freedom, work flexibility, and control of your life? Starting a freelance career will change your life. In this series, we lay out how to go about making a freelance business and career a thriving one.
Yalla Mobile Tyre Services, led by Nalanee Jones, is the Trinidad and Tobago winner of the first leg of Barbadian company Goddard Enterprises Ltd’s (GEL) 100th anniversary competition. She received US$5,000 as well as a year’s mentorship from the senior executives of the company towards bringing her idea into being. Speaking at the awards ceremony
