Bryan Stevenson on the Frustration Behind the George Floyd Protests
The Equal Justice Initiative founder discusses the roots of police violence, how to change the culture of policing, and the frustration and despair behind this week’s protests.
We want to solve things. Puzzles, riddles, math problems and other peoples' problems in life. When people come to us with a problem, it is almost instinctual to attempt to solve it. This is due t
COVID-19 and Videoclassism: Implicit Bias, Videojudgment, and Why I’m Terrified to Have You Look Over My Shoulder
Just this week, I found myself leading an all-day webinar on antiracism for a group of over 100 Vermont educators. I was originally due to co-lead the session in person with the nation’s foremost expert on poverty, Dr.
Why leadership isn’t a miracle cure for the COVID-19 crisis (and what can really help)
A psychiatrist who’s also a professor of organizational behavior observes that times of crisis usually evoke familiar images of generals or endurance athletes. Instead, he argues, “a public health crisis is not a war or a race.” Here’s what it will take.
‘Give Away Your Legos’ and Other Commandments for Scaling Startups
Molly Graham helped forge a work culture at Facebook that's withstood huge amounts of growth. Today, she's something of a rapid scaling expert. Here's the key to doing it right, she says.
A Second Round of Coronavirus Layoffs Has Begun. Few Are Safe
People who thought their jobs were secure, including white-collar professionals, increasingly face unemployment as the pandemic causes economic pain across industries.
Virtual 'Love Sweet Love' From Quarantined Berklee College of Music Students
Student Shelbie Rassler, eager to bring her community together amid quarantine and isolation, organized a massive performance of the classic "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and put it on YouTube.
A short manifesto about the future of online interaction [Feel free to share.] The world is changing. Faster and more suddenly than most of us expected. And beyond the fraught health emergencies th…