We Asked 9 Burnout Experts Their Secrets to Protecting Mental Health at Work—and They All Said the Same Thing
It's a more universal experience than ever, according to a new study—but experts say a certain approach can help.
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How Malinformation Tricks Your Brain
A behavioral design think tank, we apply decision science, digital innovation & lean methodologies to pressing problems in policy, business & social justice
Is 2026 The Year We All Decide to Quit the Internet?
Thoughts On Infinite Content and Finite Lives
X Users Have the Power to Edit Any Image Without Permission
The new tool was announced by Elon Musk.
The Achilles' Heel of AI: The Data That Feeds It
Why AI’s Diet is Basically Wikipedia and Reddit Leftovers: A Recipe for Magnificent Disaster
The Legal Profession Cannot Yoga Its Way Out of a Mental Health Crisis
Legal organizations are pouring time and money into everything labeled ‘wellness.’ While stated interest is high, the results are flat. This newsflash doesn’t surprise anyone who has worked inside …
AI can change political opinions by flooding voters with real and fabricated facts
New experiments demonstrate that AI chatbots are better at changing minds than static media. Researchers found these systems rely on "information density" to persuade voters, often becoming less truthful in the process.
The mental toll of continuous transformation
Today’s organisations evolve faster than people can recover. In this feature, Nargiz Noimann explains the concept of adaptation anxiety — the hidden strain of continuous transformation and offers HR leaders practical strategies to manage change fatigue, rebuild trust, and create emotionally sustainable workplaces.
Why Starting Networking Conversations Feels Hard (and How to Fix It)
The Simple Conversation Trick That Makes Networking Easy
Communication Isn't Part of Your Job. It's THE Job.
For 2,000 years, we understood that communication was essential to success. Then we just stopped teaching it, and brilliant people have been paying the price ever since.
Purposeful Work Boosts Engagement, but Few Experience It
Purpose drives employee engagement and retention, but most workplaces undervalue it, and many U.S. employees say their jobs fall short of providing purpose.
AI agents are only as good as the data they're given, and that's a big issue for businesses
Agentic AI is reshaping the data landscape, impacting professionals across every industry. Here's what the changes mean for your organization.
Learning AI Feels Like a Second Job
Deep dive into why, and how to learn it without getting overwhelmed
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
Justin, a cohost of the podcast librarypunk, told me that the project of offloading cognitive capacity to AI continues apace: “Part of a fascist project to offload the work of thinking, especially the reflective kind of thinking that reading, study, and community engagement provide,” Justin said. “That kind of thinking cultivates empathy and challenges your assumptions. It's also something you have to practice. If we can offload that cognitive work, it's far too easy to become reflexive and hateful, while having a robot cheerleader telling you that you were right about everything all along.”
Justin, a cohost of the podcast librarypunk, told me that the project of offloading cognitive capacity to AI continues apace: “Part of a fascist project to offload the work of thinking, especially the reflective kind of thinking that reading, study, and community engagement provide,” Justin said. “That kind of thinking cultivates empathy and challenges your assumptions. It's also something you have to practice. If we can offload that cognitive work, it's far too easy to become reflexive and hateful, while having a robot cheerleader telling you that you were right about everything all along.”
Trust Networks as Antidote to AI Slop
In response to AI slop we will increasingly rely on trust networks in professional dealings. Trust will be the new business currency.
Productivity and Flexibility Do Not Have to Be Mutually Exclusive
Discover the relationship between return to office policies and productivity. Flexibility can boost overall workplace effectiveness.
Don’t Let AI Transcription Sink Your Ship
Artificial Intelligence has invaded the team room with the aim to make everyone more efficient, productive, and smart.
Americans Are Overworked. Could AI Change That?
AI promises to help us get more done in less time. It’s an opportunity to reverse the trend of American overwork, but powerful structural factors stand in the way.
Managing a remote team of engineers
Remote teams don’t work by accident. Here’s how to set expectations, communicate well, protect focus, and keep people healthy across time zones.
The Remote Reality Check
Why it’s time to retire the “WFH” stereotype and recognize that we’ve been working remotely for years.
Layoffs Cast a Long Shadow
We analyze post-COVID layoffs to measure the negative impact on employee satisfaction, particularly for key talent and at beloved companies.
First Malicious MCP in the Wild: The Postmark Backdoor That's Stealing Your Emails
The Hidden Job Market: Why 70% of Roles Are Never Posted Online – and How to Access Them
Margaret Buj is the UK's leading interview coach. Today, she is talking about: The Hidden Job Market: Why 70% of Roles Are Never Posted Online – and How to Access Them.
Unlearning Is an Important Part of Learning
Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.
The Real Cost of Poor Leadership in Workplaces
We’ve all had a boss who made work feel heavier than it should. In Aussie workplaces, poor leadership fuels burnout, turnover, and fading team spirit.
Most managers can’t participate in training because they don’t have time, study shows
High-performing organizations were more likely to use pre- and post-training activities, as well as bite-sized learning options, ATD says.
The Last Days Of Social Media
Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.
If You’re a Deep Thinker, You Might Not Be a Quick Thinker
When you remember what to say AFTER the conversation ends…
When Agentic AI Browsers Get Scammed
AI Browsers promise a future where an Agentic AI working for you fully automates your online tasks, from shopping to handling emails. Yet, our research shows that this convenience comes with a cost: security guardrails were missing or inconsistent, leaving the AI free to interact with phishing pages, fake shops, and even hidden malicious prompts, all without the human’s awareness or ability to intervene.
Barriers to Psychological Safety
Barriers to Psychological Safety There are many team-level, organisation-level and broader barriers to speaking up, including (most significantly) steep power gradients, cultural norms (organisational or otherwise), and others. But in this research we wanted to examine the experiential barriers to […]