Middle managers are often blamed for stifling innovation within large companies. But how fair is this characterization of middle management?

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Organizations are biased towards continuing whatever action they are doing. Leaders want to inject moments of thinking and decision into this continuous...

The great big thing we're forgetting in the hubbub over psychological safety.

The challenges organizations face today call for a new kind of leadership.

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An analysis of 360-degree assessments done during the pandemic.

Companies across the U.S. are pledging to hire and promote more women and people of color, in many cases saying they want to make their workplaces reflect their customers. Boston-based Eastern Bank has made sustained efforts yet still says “we have a long way to go.”

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Form 1099-NEC isn’t a new form, but it's set to replace 1099-MISC for non-employee compensation. Learn about the changes taking place for tax year 2021.

Nearly four million Americans have stopped working or looking for jobs, a 2.2% contraction of the U.S. work force. A smaller labor market leaves fewer workers to build machines and clean tables, restraining the economy’s long-term prospects.

Before making a tough decision that impacts your team's future, Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price has a simple suggestion: Ask them for advice. It worked for him.

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Mapping the technology adoption curve to ideas gives insights as to which business models work on which parts of the addressable market.

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'It takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.'

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We spent 3 weeks working alongside Anna Rubincam a contemporary stone carver working in London as she carved a portrait from start to finish. Check out the showcase on @directorsnotes http://directorsnotes.com/2017/05/15/eyes-ears-a-continuous-shape/

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Karen Kaplan, science and medicine editor for The L.A. Times: If you want to know why public health officials are so nervous about how much worse the COVID-19 pandemic will get as the holiday season unfolds, consider what happened after a single, smallish wedding reception that took place this summer in rural Maine.

I am looking to read more Native American authors. Do you have any recs or historical books? Thanks.— Minda Harts (@MindaHarts) November 13, 2020

A toy company owner decided the benefits of having everyone together, with safeguards, outweighed the risks. Some were readier than others to return.