Digital Gems

A record number of employees are quitting or thinking about doing so. Organizations that take the time to learn why--and act thoughtfully--will have an edge in attracting and retaining talent.

“Flow to work” operating models match scarce skills to high-priority work, improve people development, and increase business responsiveness. While the approach isn’t new, the pandemic has demonstrated its value.

The Postal Service’s plans will delay a third of mail in 27 states, according to a Washington Post analysis, hitting states west of the Rocky Mountains especially hard.

New federal flood insurance rates that better reflect the real risks of climate change are coming. For some, premiums will rise sharply.

Over the last few weeks, the WSJ has run a series of posts generally called "The Facebook Files," which have exposed a variety of internal documents from Facebook that are somewhat embarrassing. I do think some of the reporting is overblown...

A huge but little-known industry has cropped up around monetizing people’s movements

Review of 50,000 historical monuments across the country concludes that they ‘misrepresent our history.’

Surging rents and low mortgage rates mean that the monthly cost of buying a starter home is more affordable than renting in nearly half of the biggest housing markets across the country.

New research shows insider trading is everywhere. So far, no one seems to care.

Study after study shows that financial-literacy courses don't change behavior.

How could that change our understanding about, for starters, chronic disease, aging and obesity?

Some places lift children out of poverty. Others trap them there. Now cities are trying to do something about the difference.

Usage is surging in regions where the top U.S. connected TV device platforms don’t have as big of a presence

The Case-Shiller house price indexes for July were released this morning. Zillow forecasts Case-Shiller a month early, and I like to chec...

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-we-hiccup-john-cameronThe longest recorded case of hiccups lasted for 68 years … and was caused by a falli...

PlantPaper's unbleached, toxin-free, brown-hued toilet paper is reckoning with cultural attitudes about the color white.

aka Mortgage Equity Withdrawal (MEW)

The cost of improvement is becoming unsustainable

We have just completed our latest nationally representative Climate Change in the American Mind survey and find that American views about climate change have shifted significantly in the past 6 months. The results are timely, as members of Congress are […]

It’s past time to subsidize child care in America

The long read: Medical research and practice have long assumed a narrow definition of the ‘default’ human, badly compromising the care of anyone outside that category. How can this be fixed?