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 S25Sex, birth and whalesong: life on the humpback highway   Thousands of bus-sized humpback whales are currently on their way to Australian waters. They’ve spent the summer feeding in the cold waters of Antarctica before heading north to breed and calve.You can see humpback whales as they travel along Australia’s east and west coasts. These migratory routes are generally referred to as the “humpback highway”.
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S24A sustainable future begins at ground level  In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a “call to action” in “global partnership.” By 2023 it appears that our progress has been far from satisfactory in achieving these goals. Setbacks due to natural disasters, rising costs, armed conflicts, and the COVID-19 pandemic have even reversed progress already made on some of the goals.
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S41Why aren't there solar-powered cars?  Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] cars exist. The best place to see them is the World Solar Challenge, a race that’s held every two years in Australia. Competitors have to drive about 1,870 miles (3,000 kilometers), from Darwin on the country’s north coast to Adelaide on its south coast, using only energy from the Sun.
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S8The Intelligence of Emotions: Philosopher Martha Nussbaum on How Storytelling Rewires Us and Why Befriending Our Neediness Is Essential for Happiness  “The power of ‘the Eye of the Heart,’ which produces insight, is vastly superior to the power of thought, which produces opinions,” the great British economic theorist and philosopher E.F. Schumacher wrote in his 1973 meditation on how we know what we know. He was responding to the Persian poet and philosopher Rumi who, seven centuries earlier, extolled “the eye of the heart” as seventy-fold more seeing than the “sensible eyes” of the intellect. To the intellectually ambitious, this might sound like a squishy notion — or a line best left to The Little Prince. But as contemporary scientists continue to shed light on how our emotions affect our susceptibility to disease, it is becoming increasingly clear that our emotional lives are equipped with a special and non-negligible kind of bodily and cognitive intelligence.The nature of that intelligence and how we can harness its power is what Martha Nussbaum, whom I continue to consider the most compelling and effective philosopher of our time, examines in her magnificent 2001 book Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions (public library). Titled after Proust’s conception of the emotions as “geologic upheavals of thought,” Nussbaum’s treatise offers a lucid counterpoint to the old idea that our emotions are merely animal energies or primal impulses wholly separate from our cognition. Instead, she argues that they are a centerpiece of moral philosophy and that any substantive theory of ethics necessitates a substantive understanding of the emotions.
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Editor's Note: If emotions are suffused with intelligence and discernment, and if they contain in themselves an awareness of value or importance, they cannot, for example, easily be sidelined in accounts of ethical judgment, as so often they have been in the history of philosophy. Instead of viewing morality as a system of principles to be grasped by the detached intellect, and emotions as motivations that either support or subvert our choice to act according to principle, we will have to consider emotions as part and parcel of the system of ethical reasoning. |
S7Knockout success of Yolo - the feelgood female boxing movie from China  Released for the lunar new year holiday on 10 February, Yolo (You Only Live Once) has become the highest grossing film of the year in China, earning more than 3.4bn yuan (£375m) in less than two months, according to the China Movie Information Network. Globally, it is second only to Dune 2.Critics and cinemagoers are divided about whether the film, a lighthearted comedy which has drawn comparisons with Rocky, is feminist or not. It is directed by and stars Jia Ling, a well-known comedian, who reportedly lost 50kg for the role in order to perform the physical as well as mental transformation of the main character, Du Leying, sparking a debate about body image. In February, Jia wrote on Weibo: "It's not a diet movie, it's not even about boxing".
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Editor's Note: In China, where an increasing number of women are choosing, like Yolo's Du, to remain unmarried and child-free into their 30s, the film has resonated beyond Jia's star quality. And although Yolo "is not a perfect feminist film," said Yu, its popularity will "still encourage female directors in China, not just in film, but across the whole arts industry" |
S22How universities can move beyond a 'diversity crisis' mode of equity planning  The higher education system plays an essential role in advancing sustainable development goals. These range from providing knowledge and innovative solutions to educating and equipping generations to navigate the future. I have worked as a senior equity leader in four Canadian public universities in the last two decades. I am concerned about two key aspects surrounding taking action on equity, diversity and inclusion: ensuring senior equity leaders have sufficient authority to implement changes, and shifting away from a “diversity crisis mode” of planning.
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S33S6How Men Can Confront Other Men About Sexist Behavior - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)  Confronting other men for sexism, bias, harassment, and all manner of inappropriate behavior may be the toughest part of male allyship. But it’s also utterly essential. While the prospect of speaking up against transgressions can feel overwhelming, there are steps you can take to make it easier. Within two seconds of hearing an inappropriate comment, call it out — even if it’s just saying “Ouch.” When you say something, own it. Use I-statements to signal that the behavior didn’t land the right way with you. Alternatively, try Socratic questions to disrupt gender bias and trigger self-reflection, or share what you’ve learned through a personal experience or relationship. Humor can also work now and then, particularly if you have an existing relationship with a male coworker. Finally, show him that you’re on his side and follow up with positive reinforcement.Globally, most men support gender equality and believe they are contributing in meaningful ways. While some men may be doing their part in interpersonal allyship — mentorships and other professional relationships and support to push women forward — few are helping with public allyship — becoming courageous watchdogs for equity, dignity, respect, and fairness in the workplace. Perhaps this explains evidence showing that 77% of men believe they are doing all they can to support gender equality, while only 41% of women agree. That means men must do more to speak up and speak out when they see bad behavior.
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Editor's Note: Particularly when you have an existing relationship with a male coworker or peer, try a short humorous observation as an intervention. For instance, when a guy calls a female colleague "sweetheart," try, "Do you call all your software developers 'sweetheart'?" Or, when a team member regularly interrupts your female colleague in a meeting, try some sports-related humor. Toss a yellow sticky note on the table, and say, "Penalty! That.s 10 yards for interrupting." |
S9Human Brains Have Gotten Astonishingly Bigger Over the Last 75 Years  The human brain is one of the most impressive organs in the animal kingdom. By far the most advanced cerebrum nature has ever produced (at least, as far as we know), the brain consistently confounds scientists who are trying to understand its many mysteries—and those mysteries can even extend to its very size.Over the course of human biology—measured in millions of years—some scientists have put forward the idea that the human brain is actually shrinking, fueled in part by the knowledge that human bodies have shrunk in size. Some research even posits that a warming world could be an engine behind brain change.
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Editor's Note: Increased brain size could also help explain why the incidence of dementia is decreasing, as bigger brains offer a buffer against 'late-life effects' of brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's. |
S47This Legendary Steve Jobs Mantra Foreshadowed the Biggest Challenge Apple Faces Today  Apple has had a rough time the past few months. First, it was passed by Microsoft as the most valuable company on earth--a title it had held for a decade (other than brief periods in 2018 and 2021). Then the European Commission's Digital Markets Act went into effect, forcing Apple to open the iPhone to both third-party app marketplaces, and side loading. Interestingly, one of Steve Jobs' most famous mantras explains both the reason Apple was the most valuable company in the world, as well as the reason it's getting sued today. Surely you've heard one of the many times Jobs stood on a stage, describing some kind of new product or feature, when he uttered his legendary catchphrase: "It just works."
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S49Marquise 'Hollywood' Brown Just Joined the Kansas City Chiefs. Travis Kelce's Exuberant Reaction Is a Lesson in Leadership  Three-time Super Bowl champions the Kansas City Chiefs have a new wide receiver, Marquise "Hollywood" Brown, formerly of the Arizona Cardinals and before that, the Baltimore Ravens. The signing met with vocal approval from Chiefs fans, as well as the team's quarterback Patrick Mahomes and its head coach Andy Reid. And Chiefs tight end and Travis Kelce, perhaps best known for his romantic relationship with Taylor Swift, put into words exactly why Brown may be such an asset to the Chiefs--not only because of his considerable athletic talents, but because of "the person he is." Kelce's take on Brown is a great reminder for every entrepreneur and business leader about what's really important when hiring a new member for your team. From an athletic point of view, the main reason the Chiefs are so happy with Brown is that he's fast. He was a track star in high school before playing football in college. He ran a 40-yard dash in 4.27 seconds as a college student in 2019, which is just 0.06 seconds slower than the NFL record set earlier this month. Mahomes, who's worked out with Brown, noted that he really flies even when he's not trying to run that fast. Mahomes also noted that Brown is "hungry" and clearly wants to be "part of greatness." Which is a good quality to have when you've just joined a team that's hoping for the first-ever three-in-a-row wins in Super Bowl history.
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S3The Art of Being Alone  Loneliness has more to do with our perceptions than how much company we have. It’s just as possible to be painfully lonely surrounded by people as it is to be content with little social contact. Some people need extended periods of time alone to recharge, others would rather give themselves electric shocks than spend a few minutes with their thoughts. Here’s how we can change our perceptions by making and experiencing art.At a moment in time when many people are facing unprecedented amounts of time alone, it’s a good idea for us to pause and consider what it takes to turn difficult loneliness into enriching solitude. We are social creatures, and a sustained lack of satisfying relationships carries heavy costs for our mental and physical health. But when we are forced to spend more time alone than we might wish, there are ways we can compensate and find a fruitful sense of connection and fulfillment. One way to achieve this is by using our loneliness as a springboard for creativity.
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Editor's Note: There are so many things that art can.t do. It can.t bring the dead back to life, it can.t mend arguments between friends, or cure AIDS, or halt the pace of climate change. All the same, it does have some extraordinary functions, some odd negotiating ability between people, including people who have never met and yet who infiltrate and enrich each other.s lives. It does have a capacity to create intimacy; it does have a way of healing wounds, and better yet of making it apparent that not all wounds need healing and not all scars are ugly. |
S4How Can Firms Prevent Cyberloafing?  Amid seemingly never-ending layoffs and a laser focus on efficiency, companies are expecting their employees to make productive and focused use of their time on the clock. Yet, research has shown that employees often spend a significant amount of time cyberloafing – using the internet for personal purposes during work hours – with one study putting this figure as high as 60 to 80 percent.Remote and hybrid work arrangements and a significant uptick in social media use have likely exacerbated cyberloafing, making it an important workplace challenge for companies to overcome. Compared to slacking off entirely, cyberloafing can be perceived as a more harmful work behaviour, as employees can pretend to be working while actually spending time online engaging in personal tasks. Productivity, efficiency and focus invariably take a hit, which can hurt firm performance.
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S5Brain-cell transplants are the newest experimental epilepsy treatment - MIT Technology Review (No paywall)  Graves’s passion was swimming. He’d been on the high school team and had just gotten certified in open-water diving. But he lost all that after his epilepsy diagnosis 17 years ago. “If you have ever had seizures, you are not even supposed to scuba-dive,” Graves says. “It definitely took away the dream job I had.”And stem cells could badly use a win. There are plenty of shady health clinics that say stem cells will cure anything, and many people who believe it. In reality, though, turning these cells into cures has been a slow-moving research project that, so far, hasn’t resulted in any approved medicines.
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Editor's Note: Now he is ready to believe he can get parts of his life back. He hopes to swim again. And if he can drive, he plans to move home to Louisville to be near his parents. .Road trips were always something I liked,. he says. .One of the plans I had was to go across the country. To not have any rush to it and see what I want.. |
S16How to Create Slides That Suit Your Superiors: 11 Tips | Nancy Duarte  The spring 2024 issue’s special report looks at how to take advantage of market opportunities in the digital space, and provides advice on building culture and friendships at work; maximizing the benefits of LLMs, corporate venture capital initiatives, and innovation contests; and scaling automation and digital health platform.The spring 2024 issue’s special report looks at how to take advantage of market opportunities in the digital space, and provides advice on building culture and friendships at work; maximizing the benefits of LLMs, corporate venture capital initiatives, and innovation contests; and scaling automation and digital health platform.When you’re pitching ideas or budgets to execs in your organization, you need to deliver slides that fit those particular people just right. This checklist identifies the key considerations.
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S18The six priestesses who kept the flame of ancient Rome alight at risk of death | Aeon Videos  Composed of six women from aristocratic ancient Roman families, the Vestal Virgins were priestesses dedicated to praising Vesta, the goddess of family and domestic life. Picked for their lineage and good health, their lives revolved around ritual acts of worship. The most important of these duties was keeping the fire at the Temple of Vesta, believed to symbolise both the chastity of these women and the flourishing of the Roman Empire, burning in perpetuity. And, as this short from TED-Ed explores, if the flame went out at any time, a Vestal Virgin could be accused of impurity and put to death in a harrowing ceremony of sacrifice. With vivid animations bringing the world of the Vestal Virgins into focus, the short provides a small window into gender and spirituality in ancient Rome, highlighting the ways in which religion and state were intrinsically linked.‘If you’re creative, why can’t you create a solution?’ One artist’s imaginative activism
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S23S37S40Is this the least productive congress ever? Yes, but it's not just because they're lazy  Congress has once again been making headlines for all the wrong reasons, with multiple news outlets in recent months touting the current 118th Congress as possibly the least productive in the institution’s history. In 2023, Congress only passed 34 bills into law, the lowest number in decades. Congress was only recently able to pass a budget bill that will keep the government open until the fall of 2024 after months of delay and stopgap measures.
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S34South Africa's laws aren't geared to protecting against climate change: judges are trying to fill the gap  University of the Witwatersrand provides support as a hosting partner of The Conversation AFRICA.The main gap is that no law specifically obliges companies establishing mines or building new developments like power stations to do a climate change assessment before they start construction. A climate change assessment would look at how a proposed development would contribute to – or worsen – climate change. It would assess how sustainable the development was in a time of climate change and how to mitigate the climate change effects of the project. It would also have to take into account the ability of communities and the environment to cope with and adapt to climate impacts.
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S35Fuji music in Nigeria: new documentary shines light on a popular African culture  Nigerian singer Síkírù Àyìndé Barrister (1948-2010) pioneered fújì, a Yorùbá genre of popular dance music. In February 2024, historian Saheed Aderinto’s documentary on the musician’s life and times premiered. The Conversation Africa’s Wale Fatade asked Aderinto about the film and the music it brings to our attention.Fújì fuses Islamic philosophy and wordsmithing with Yoruba poetry and meaning-making to create sound, idioms and recreational habits. It does this across social classes, from the wealthy in the corridors of political power to the poor at the fringe. Its messages, politics, performance styles, space and sophistication reflect a wide range of realities.
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S36How going back to the SAT could set back college student diversity  Earlier this year, a number of colleges announced they were going back to using the SAT and the ACT. Here, Joseph Soares, a professor of sociology, expert on higher education and proponent of test-optional admissions, answers a few questions about the rationale behind the colleges’ decision to require applicants to submit scores from standardized college admissions tests.No. As of early 2024, just four schools announced the return of mandatory testing: Brown, Dartmouth, Yale and MIT.
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S30S44Google's AI can create a video game based on a napkin drawing  When the video game No Man’s Sky was first released in 2016, it boasted a universe containing more than 18 quintillion planets. Granted, it took another six years of additional development to make any of those planets worth exploring, but this enormous, virtually limitless universe was created using a development method called “procedural generation.” Procedural generation allows computers to create video game content by combining human-made assets (such as textures and prefabricated objects) with those generated by an algorithm. Other popular games have utilized this method to either ease the strain of manually constructing vast gaming worlds (Skyrim and The Witcher III) or to generate unique worlds for each new play session (Minecraft and Dead Cells).
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S10Ayn Rand on Why Philosophy Matters  Ayn Rand is a controversial figure. Responses to her ideas seem to land on extremes. The problem with this kind of discourse is that it prevents dialogue. We encourage taking advantage of grey thinking and trying to avoid viewing people and ideas as good/bad binaries. We can learn from people we both like and dislike. We can agree with one idea from someone without having to buy into all their ideas. There is no doubt that Rand’s essays are polemic. Her writing, like all recorded knowledge, needs to be understood in context. The 1970s saw the height of the Cold War, when capitalism versus communism was set as a battle that would decide the fate of humanity. One need not agree with her political and economic prescriptions to get something interesting from her writing. Accepting this complexity is aligning with the complicated nature of the world. With this in mind, let’s continue!
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S48Emotionally Intelligent People Use a Simple 5-Letter Word to Understand Themselves and Read People  For example, I had always thought I was an extrovert, as I was relatively good in social situations and felt reasonably comfortable around others. But the results of the assessment showed I actually leaned towards introversion, meaning I got energy from being alone and having time to think.It was true. I enjoyed being around my friends, but I always found I needed time to recharge afterwards. And I enjoyed going to a movie theater or out to eat by myself, things my wife says she couldn't imagine doing herself.
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S14In Countries Facing Scorching Heat, Shade Trees and Cheap Cooling Strategies Gain Traction - Scientific American (No paywall)  Freetown’s tree-planting is among a host of actions communities around the world are taking to prepare for and respond to record-breaking heat driven by human-caused climate change. Many were on display Thursday at the virtual summit hosted by the United States and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the world’s largest humanitarian organization.Countries from India to Mexico to the U.S. are increasingly aware of the toll extreme temperatures are having on people’s health, livelihoods and local economies. But each faces its own challenges in responding, including a lack of money, resources or policies to ensure rising demands for energy to cool homes and businesses don’t add to climate-warming emissions.
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S17Bernard Stiegler's philosophy on how technology shapes our world | Aeon Essays  is a Mellon Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center. His research focuses on media and the environment in German romanticism and idealism, in addition to contemporary philosophy, technology and art. He is currently completing a book manuscript titled Planetary Idealism: the Technics of Nature in German Romanticism and editing a volume on Bernard Stiegler with Mark Hansen, titled Negentropic Orientations: Bernard Stiegler and the Future of the Digital.It has become almost impossible to separate the effects of digital technologies from our everyday experiences. Reality is parsed through glowing screens, unending data feeds, biometric feedback loops, digital protheses and expanding networks that link our virtual selves to satellite arrays in geostationary orbit. Wristwatches interpret our physical condition by counting steps and heartbeats. Phones track how we spend our time online, map the geographic location of the places we visit and record our histories in digital archives. Social media platforms forge alliances and create new political possibilities. And vast wireless networks – connecting satellites, drones and ‘smart’ weapons – determine how the wars of our era are being waged. Our experiences of the world are soaked with digital technologies.
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S19S21Leadership transparency alone doesn't guarantee employees will speak up in the workplace  Leaders are often encouraged to be open, authentic and vulnerable at work. Employees are similarly told their voices matter in the workplace and to speak up when they need to. But, being open and honest at work is not always as straightforward as these messages suggest.What these invitations for honesty don’t fully acknowledge is that speaking up is an act of confidence, bolstered by a steady reserve of self-worth. For many people, speaking one’s truth or revealing one’s honest thoughts and feelings can be a nerve-wracking experience because it leaves them exposed to judgment, ridicule and rejection.
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S32S39Alabama court's ruling that embryos are children opens up a host of other legal issues, including parental rights  The Alabama Supreme Court ruled on Feb. 21, 2024, that the word “child” also means frozen embryos, which are typically implanted via in vitro fertilization. Within a week of the decision, three of the state’s seven IVF clinics temporarily stopped all IVF services. Three others announced they would no longer discard any embryos in storage. Spokespeople for the clinics said they were worried that the Supreme Court decision meant that they would be liable for wrongful death if any embryos were destroyed, even as part of normal clinic operations.
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S42Undersea cables are the unseen backbone of the global internet  Have you ever wondered how an email sent from New York arrives in Sydney in mere seconds, or how you can video chat with someone on the other side of the globe with barely a hint of delay? Behind these everyday miracles lies an unseen, sprawling web of undersea cables, quietly powering the instant global communications that people have come to rely on.Undersea cables, also known as submarine communications cables, are fiber-optic cables laid on the ocean floor and used to transmit data between continents. These cables are the backbone of the global internet, carrying the bulk of international communications, including email, webpages and video calls. More than 95% of all the data that moves around the world goes through these undersea cables.
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S15How China Will Be Challenged By a 100-Year Storm  A few years ago, President Xi Jinping started warning that a 100-year big storm is coming. As is typical of the early days of a hurricane, one can now feel it. The circumstances and the mood in China have indisputably changed to become more threatening. These changes are mostly due to big cycle forces.The most joyous and productive environments are ones that have freedom, civility, and creativity, and ones in which people can make their dreams into great realities with prosperity that is shared by most people. This happened in China from around 1980 until around five years ago. It is quite typical for such booms to produce debt bubbles and big wealth gaps that lead the booms to turn into bubbles that turn into busts. That happened in China at the same time as the global great power conflict intensified, so China is now in the post-bubble and great power conflict part of the Big Cycle that is driven by the five big forces that have changed the mood and the environment. In this piece, I will first describe in brief how the Big Cycle has transpired over roughly the past century, and then I will explain the current picture of what is happening today, with a focus on the challenges that China is facing. This history and these dynamics are complex and important to world history and the global order—everything I write here is how I see it based on my own experience, relationships, and research.How the Big Cycle in China Transpired to Create the Conditions from the Beginning of the PRC Through the Current ConditionsIn the 1930-45 period, there was the last 100-year big storm, which was driven classically by the confluence of 1) a debt bust that triggered a global depression, 2) a civil war in China between the rich rightist-capitalists and the poor leftist-communists (which ended in 1949 when the Communists won), 3) an international great power conflict-war that ended in 1945 when the United States (and, to a much lesser extent, Great Britain and Russia) won, creating the American-led world order, 4) many disruptive acts of nature, and 5) big technological changes. That period ended in the classic ways they end, with a debt and economic collapse, one side winning over the other in the great international war and the new world order beginning (in 1945), and one side winning over the other in the civil war and the new domestic order beginning (in 1949).
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S20Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants  One year after the federal government closed Roxham Road, refugee claims in Canada continue to increase: there were 143,785 in 2023 compared to 91,730 in 2022.The surprise announcement in March 2023 to modify Canada’s Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States was touted as a way to “better manage access to the refugee system.”
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S11Which U.S. College Major is the Worst for Finding a Job?  We visualize the top 10 U.S. college majors, ranked by their unemployment rate, including their underemployment rate for additional context. These figures are of recent college graduates (those aged 22–27 with a bachelor’s degree or higher) and are sourced from the New York Federal Reserve, current up to February 2024.However, aerospace engineering jobs tend to be clustered around the big companies in an otherwise small industry, with additional requirements for security clearances. Tellingly, the underemployment rate for aerospace engineering graduates is less than 20%, which is the best out of this list.
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S12Between Psyche and Cyborg: Carl Jung's Legacy and the Countercultural Courage to Reclaim the Deeply Human in a Posthuman Age  “To be a human being among people and to remain one forever, no matter in what circumstances… that’s what life is all about, that’s its task,” the young Dostoyevsky exulted in a letter to his brother just after his death sentence was repealed — death, that great clarifying force for what it means to be alive, what the stakes and sanctities of living are.In the two centuries since, our understanding of what it means to be human, to be mortal and imperfect and ablaze with feeling, has altered dramatically as we have entrusted the cold logic of computation with answering the soul’s cry for connection, for creativity, for meaning — something Dostoyevsky’s contemporary Samuel Butler anticipated in his far-seeing admonition against the dehumanization of humanity in the hands of our machines, something that has metastasized in today’s technocratic cult of posthumanism.
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S13The unexpected reasons why human childhood is extraordinarily long - New Scientist (No paywall)  I WAS going to start this article another way. But that was before my 10-year-old daughter intervened. In fact, I had already begun writing when she bounced up and tried to scam me. She offered to bet me £10 that she could make an ordinary pencil write in the colour red. Alas for the budding entrepreneur, I refused the bet: she was too confident, so I suspected she had something up her sleeve. But I did let her reveal her trick. She took a lead pencil and wrote “in the colour red”. Then she laughed like a hyena and went off to try scamming her mother.Our bright little spark has opinions about everything from video games and sports to books. She is learning basic algebra and coding, and her Taylor Swift expertise vastly outstrips mine. Yet, despite all this knowledge, she has years to go before adulthood. If she lives an average lifespan, a quarter of her years will be spent underage.
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S28S29How do we help students from disadvantaged backgrounds feel confident about school?  Research shows that students who are confident about their ability to succeed at school tend to be more academically successful. Researchers call the thoughts, actions and emotions behind this confidence “academic agency”. Essentially, it is about students’ sense they are able to do particular things that will help them succeed at school. This might involve perseverance with study, coping with tough experiences (such as exam nerves), and following school rules.
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S31S38Hospice care for those with dementia falls far short of meeting people's needs at the end of life  Jimmy Carter, who chose to forgo aggressive medical care for complications of cancer and frailty in February 2023, recently reached his one-year anniversary since enrolling in hospice care. During this time, he celebrated his 99th birthday, received tributes far and wide and stood by the side of his beloved wife, Rosalynn, who died in November 2023. In contrast to the former president, his wife, who had dementia, lived only nine days under hospice care.
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S43S45Decode Your Workplace Culture for Extraordinary Success  We've all heard about the importance of workplace culture and how the right culture can lead to success, while the wrong culture can tear an organization apart--leaving behind a smoldering wreck on the side of the road. It's true that every workplace has a distinct culture, and this culture shapes how employees interact, the decisions they make, and how they approach challenges. So, having the right organizational culture is absolutely key to getting great things done.I was recently working on a client project when I ran across an idea that a management consultant had presented to them: Ron Westrum's Three Cultures model. This idea was new to me, and I immediately wanted to know more.
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S46Boeing's Management Shakeup Is a Powerful Lesson in What Leaders Should Never, Ever Do  First, there was the tragic crash of a Lion Air 737 Max aircraft in October 2018, killing all 189 passengers and crew. That was followed by the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max plane in March 2019, killing all 157 passengers and crew--another tragedy. The FAA grounded the 737 Max shortly after that.In an attempt to put a stop to its ongoing problems with the 737 Max, in September 2019, Boeing's board set up a permanent safety committee tasked with overseeing aircraft development, manufacturing, and operation. And then in October 2019, the company fired Kevin McAllister, president and CEO of Boeing's commercial aircraft unit. Finally, in December 2019, Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing's president and CEO, was ousted with David Calhoun taking his place.
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S503 Signs That Quickly Identify Someone With Bad Leadership Skills  It's important to realize that not all managers are created equally, and many must learn how to lead effectively. Through my experience, I've noticed three common toxic behaviors in management that can really hurt a team and damage a business.Don't underestimate the power that comes from recognizing high performers who are intrinsically motivated by their work. In fact, Gallup has surveyed more than four million employees worldwide on this topic. They found that people who receive regular recognition and praise:
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