Ralph Lauren’s Olympic jackets automatically adapt to athletes’ body temp

There’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding the Beijing Olympics, but Ralph Lauren wants to at least ensure that American athletes stay toasty as...

Your ’emotional whiteboard’ might be confusing coworkers

One of the things humans are good at is sensing each other’s emotions. Actions, body language, and energy provide clues and context as to how...

How to talk about upskilling at a performance review or job interview

Did you acquire a new skill or two in the last couple of years? If you answered “yes,” you’re in good company. During pandemic lockdowns, many...

The secret to creating new public parks out of thin air? Foam

At Cascade Park, a new green space along Lake Michigan outside of Chicago’s Loop, the sloping grassy hillside and pockets of trees and shrubs...

How Nas is changing the way we think about celebrity NFTs

The market for non-fungible tokens swelled to $41 billion in 2021. And, broadly speaking, there’s no better way to capture the interest of...

Why Exxon’s ‘net zero’ pledge is meaningless

Six months after the activist hedge fund Engine No. 1 helped get three new members voted onto ExxonMobil’s board—with the goal to help the...

Are genetically modified pig parts the future of organ transplants?

In a new study, researchers and surgeons at the University of Alabama Birmingham were able to successfully transplant a genetically modified pig...

Nominate queer women and nonbinary people transforming business

The Fast Company Queer 50, now in its third year, is the only ranking of queer women and non-binary people transforming the world of business,...

How Dapper Labs, the company behind NBA Top Shot, is bringing the UFC octagon to the blockchain

UFC fans who have enviously watched basketball fans jump into the nonfungible token (NFT) frenzy via NBA Top Shot—the massively popular blockchain...

Tripadvisor’s trending destinations show how travel tastes are changing in 2022

Despite the prolonged haze of the pandemic and the joyless déjà vu of another COVID-gripped winter, worldwide travel continues its slow slog back...

Starbucks and Carhartt boycott threats show how vaccine mandate decisions are now a tightrope act

Last week’s Supreme Court decision struck down President Biden’s vaccine mandate for private companies, but that didn’t make private...

3 tips we still need to handle communication overload

Back when we are all in the office, communication could be as simple as stopping by a coworker’s office for a quick question or to have a brief...

Enter the 2022 Innovation by Design Awards

Good design isn’t just beautiful. It can be a powerful source of information, inspiration, and fun. It can be awe-inspiring, game-changing, life-...

Burned out and isolated: How to get through to your struggling Gen Z workers

When my company abruptly left our offices to acclimate to remote work, I initially worried the least about our youngest professionals. I thought...

We are fast food executives: If our industry is to survive, workers need a greater voice

The food service industry is in a crisis of our own making. For decades, fast food companies have paid poverty-level wages, created dangerous...

4 ways leaders can proactively fuel creativity

Chances are that you have a lot of artists working for you, some you might not even know are artists. I am a painter and writer who usually has a...

These modular pop-up plastic-sorting facilities can help end ‘recycling deserts’

Only around half of Americans have easy access to curbside recycling. For some others, recycling might mean bringing old bottles and boxes to an...

This startup is turning nonrecyclable plastic into building blocks fit for construction

In a world of disposable everything, single-use plastics continue to reign supreme. Every year, Americans generate about 42 million tons of it. And...

‘I’m getting invited to fewer parties,’ says a tech insider turned critic

It may have started with a dress code. When tech entrepreneur and investor Tom Chavez was a senior at Albuquerque Academy in the 1980s, he bristled...

IRS login makes you take a selfie for this security company you’ve never heard of

You’ll soon have to prove your identity to a Virginia-based security company called ID.me in order to file a return, check tax records, or make...

Check out Apple’s newest short film celebrating Chinese New Year, shot brilliantly on an iPhone

It’s not every day a brand creates a big-budget short film. But for Apple, it’s become a Chinese New Year tradition. Today, the company has...

Wharton students think the average American makes six figures. Here’s the reality

A tweet from a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School went viral on Twitter after she said a quarter of her students thought...

2021 was a year of labor action—but it didn’t translate into more unionized workers

In 2021, high-profile union drives like those at Amazon and Starbucks, and headline-grabbing worker strikes at companies like John Deere and...

The future of fintech: Driving financial inclusivity

Abigail Disney, other millionaires, slam Davos and urges governments to tax the rich

Over 100 millionaires including Disney heiress Abigail Disney have signed an open letter urging governments to tax them more, reports Insider. The...

How new FTC and DOJ rules could stifle future big tech mergers

Washington’s main antitrust regulators–the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice–made a joint announcement on Tuesday that...

Problems ordering your free COVID test kits? Try this fix

This week, the Biden Administration finally launched its free at-home COVID tests program. The program allows every household to order four free...

Climate scientists demand PR firms stop helping fossil fuel companies cover up their impact

The billions of dollars that fossil fuel companies have poured into advertising and PR campaigns over the past few decades have helped play a major...

Ghosting on this Gen Z dating app will literally make you invisible

A one-year-old dating app for younger users says it’s found a way to make ghosts disappear.  Snack, a video-centric service that pitches itself as...

After 149 years, Colgate’s toothpaste tubes are finally recyclable

Every year, Americans toss a billion tubes of Colgate toothpaste in the trash, and they eventually end up in a landfill. But this year, that could...

SoftBank is betting on health apps that function like medicine

SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 is betting on digital therapeutics—apps that function like medicine. The Japanese investment conglomerate led a $75...

This Web3 music startup mints ‘producer NFTs’ as the future of fandom

NFTs entered the mainstream through the art world, as collectors paid headline-grabbing sums for digital works. And now there’s a growing number...

Surprise! Why 2022 is shaping up as the year of the laptop

Forget about new iPhones, Web3, and augmented reality headsets. The most exciting tech product category in 2022 is the lowly laptop. Once thought...

This counterintuitive trick can help you be more effective at work

It’s no secret that we live in an overstimulated world, where being fast and busy is highly regarded. In fact, our sense of self is often not...

These are the workers you especially don’t want to lose (and how to get them to stay)

Everywhere you look, the specter of the Great Resignation looms large. Executives, navigating a business climate of profound transformation, are...

How 1 billion square feet of New York office space was turned into apartments

The story goes that when Harry Macklowe, the prominent New York developer at the helm of Macklowe Properties, got into development in the 1960s, he...

Why it’s sometimes harder to get a job you’re ‘overqualified’ for

The p revailing belief is this: Don’t hire overqualified workers. They’ll be bored. They’ll be dissatisfied. They’re flight risks. But isn’t...

Stop trying to be happy and consider these helpful alternatives

Whitney Goodman is the radically honest psychotherapist behind the popular Instagram account @sitwithwhit and owner of the Collaborative Counseling...

Dear CEO: Here’s how to cope with ever-changing return-to-work plans

Q. Just as we were trying to get people back to the office and back to normalcy, omicron surfaced and changed our plans again. I would still like...

Lina Khan’s first on-camera interview: 5 takeaways, from Big Tech mergers to the metaverse

Lina Khan has given her first on-camera interview since being named chair of the Federal Trade Commission. In it, the legal scholar, who has...

How to quiet your mind by doing a brain dump

From the moment we first open our eyes in the morning to the moment we go to bed, we’re confronted with a barrage of decisions. Which outfit should...

Want more Instagram likes? Marketing scholars have discovered a formula for the perfect image

To pull in Instagram likes, the biggest rules are obvious: Be a name brand, or just have a ton of followers, and include witty accompanying text....

From failed medical devices to wrongful arrests, this is what happens when inclusive design takes a backseat

People interact with machines in countless ways every day. In some cases, they actively control a device, like driving a car or using an app on a...

Former SpaceX engineers raised $50 million to build a Tesla for freight trains

Trains may be an old technology, but they are still remarkable machines—operating with roughly four times the energy efficiency of semitrucks...

Every driver in London soon might have to pay a fee any time they take a car trip

By 2024, all Londoners could be subjected to a charge for every car trip they make, depending on policy decisions made by Sadiq Khan, the city’s...

What could a global tax on wealth of $5 million-plus pay for?

Around the world, there are 3.6 million people who each have more than $5 million in wealth. More than 2,600 of those people are billionaires, with...

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick stands to walk away with a massive payday if he leaves the company

For months, a contingent of Activision Blizzard employees has loudly cried for the removal of CEO Bobby Kotick, following a series of claims about...

YouTube goes back to basics, winding down original content in a fresh focus on creators

YouTube Originals, which spawned the programs Cobra Kai, Step Up: High Water, and Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television, is headed for its...

The world’s largest vertical farm will have a secret ingredient: fish

A sprawling new building that will soon be constructed in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania—at 250,000 square feet, roughly the size of two entire...

5G flight disruption: American, Delta, and United warn AT&T and Verizon rollout could be ‘catastrophic’

“Chaos” could reign for U.S. travelers beginning on Wednesday, according to major airlines (via Reuters ), because it is the day that Verizon and...

It’s been nearly impossible to recycle underwear — until now

It’s easy to repair, resell, or donate old shoes and clothes. But what about old underwear? They go straight in the trash, which ultimately means...

How Teenage Engineering’s OP-1 synth went from cult to classic

Last year on the music gear trading site Reverb, the most sought after instrument (both new and used) was a little white synthesizer called the...

Fortnite’s first-ever art exhibit is also a KAWS experience at London’s Serpentine Gallery

When London’s Serpentine Gallery launches “New Fiction,” its newest exhibit with American artist KAWS (Brian Donnelly), it will be open to...

The Bored Ape Yacht Club apes into Hollywood

Character-based NFTs have become a status symbol for owners who regularly use their animated creatures as avatars on social media. Sure, it’s...

4 underused U.S. rail lines that should follow New York’s lead and be revived

New York City is crisscrossed with train tracks. Some of them, like the Rockaway Beach Branch, have sat abandoned for 50 years; others are majorly...

7 ways to stay motivated in the face of rejection on the job hunt

It’s been a banner year for job seekers, but not everyone is finding success during the Great Resignation. While the unemployment rate is at its...

I’m a CEO, and I’m giving parents paid leave to cover for school closures

The pandemic has illuminated a hugely important issue for our country: paid time off (PTO). Who gets it, who doesn’t, how much is enough, and...

3 ways a purpose-driven company can stay true to its values during hypergrowth

Most startups begin with a shared mission. When a company is just a handful of employees, it’s easy to align on big-picture goals and rally...

The surprising way to beat the 1 thing your brain is hardwired to hold you back on

This post is about the best lesson I learned in 2021. And to tell you about it, I’ve got to tell you a story. I got married this past fall, and...

3 small changes you can make to improve your workday

It’s the start of another year, and with the changing of the calendar comes the inevitable urge to improve yourself and incorporate better,...

How Nike turned its brand into a $35 billion cognitive ‘shortcut’

A brand is not an esoteric concept. It is a tangible asset that can be worth billions of dollars. So, what exactly is a brand? Is it a symbol? A...

5 steps to provide feedback that’s helpful, not hurtful

What one skill do you think has the greatest positive impact on workplace culture and performance? From my years of helping leaders create a...

Megan Thee Stallion, Patrick Mahomes, and Issa Rae predict their success in new Twitter ad campaign

It’s a story as old as the time. Family or friends, childhood neighbors, or teachers of a sports star or famous actor remember that person saying...

Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard amid sexual misconduct scandals

Microsoft announced its largest game studio acquisition yet on Tuesday, as it plans to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. Activision...

Free COVID test kits: Where can I order them and how long will they take to ship?

The Biden administration is making free at-home COVID tests available to the public this week, after the president revealed his intention to do so...

For some reason, CEOs are more optimistic than ever about the economy

Business leaders’ optimism about the short-term economy is at its highest point in a decade despite, well, crises seemingly in every direction...

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink launches Center for Stakeholder Capitalism, says it’s not ‘woke’

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has published his annual open letter, always one of the business world’s must-read missives of the new year. This...

This Brazilian billionaire should be your role model for corporate activism

Super-rich entrepreneurs love to explore brash endeavors outside the mainstream of their business—say, the high-profile space race between Jeff...

These robots are powered by algae balls living inside

Marimo are one of nature’s most alien spectacles. They are impossible-looking spheres made of algae, smoothed and toppled by currents in lakes,...

4 terrific time-savers for Windows 11 you’re probably not using yet

Microsoft’s Windows 11 has been out for a few months now, and it’s got plenty of helpful features. Here’s a look at some that aren’t so...

How to get your employees to stay when they’ve got one foot out the door

A record 4.5 million workers quit their jobs in November, showing that the Great Resignation is not slowing down. The current omicron surge has...

3 ways to create a good first impression at your new job

There is a lot of value in having a good first few weeks at a new job. For one, it’s hard for other people to really evaluate how you’re doing...

Walmart cryptocurrency: Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and Shiba Inu might soon have some new competition

Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and Shiba Inu cryptocurrencies might soon have some new competition from an unlikely source: Walmart. That’s because the...

A billionaire tax could fund universal healthcare in 80 countries, says Oxfam report

Since the start of the pandemic, the rich have found ways to continue getting richer. Forbes‘s latest Billionaires List shows that the planet’s...

Less than 35% of the $800 billion in PPP loans actually went to workers, say economists

The bulk of the loan money handed out through the government’s $800 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) didn’t go to workers—it helped...

Yubo isn’t trying to be TikTok. But it does want to pay creators

Yubo, the video-based social media platform aimed at Generation Z, has launched a program letting popular streamers earn in-app rewards. Called the...

I interviewed more than 500 powerful people—from CEOs to cult leaders. Here’s why it’s better second-in-command

Brian Klaas is an associate professor of global politics at University College London and a columnist for the Washington Post, where he frequently...

I’ve never met most of my new hires. Here’s how I got to know them better than my office mates

In my past life, I graded my success as a leader and business owner by a straightforward metric: retention of my top talent. This year, the number...

Why your ‘wishcycling’ can do more harm than good

Wishcycling is putting something in the recycling bin and hoping it will be recycled, even if there is little evidence to confirm this assumption....