How has corporate culture affected organizations’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic? Strategy&’s Katzenbach Center, which studies culture, teaming, and leadership, is researching cultural effects on adaptability, teaming, productivity, and caring — four key areas that changed dramatically in 2020.
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NYSE Buzz: What to know about the new ETF that tracks hot stocks on social media
Powered by artificial intelligence, a new exchange-traded fund was developed to trawl social media, news articles, and blogs. After video game retailer GameStop’s quadruple-digit, Reddit-driven rally caught institutional investors completely off guard in January, Wall Street is adding a new weapon to its arsenal: An exchange-traded fund that tracks stocks heating up on social media. Read…
Jack Dorsey’s Square is buying a majority stake in Jay-Z’s Tidal
A marriage of music and commerce. Can’t knock this hustle: Jack Dorsey‘s Square is acquiring what it calls a significant majority ownership stake in Tidal, the music streaming service owned by Jay-Z. Read Full Story
Had it with email? Give personal office hours a try
In this excerpt from Cal Newport’s new book, the author argues one-on-one time is not just for academics. Instead, office hours can be an important way to take back your time. In early 2016, I published an article with a purposefully provocative title, ‘A Modest Proposal: Eliminate Email.’ Though I’d been writing about the unique…
Nike Vaporfly 4% was only the beginning. A ‘super shoe’ revolution is afoot
With the introduction of super fast running shoes, athletes are shattering records left and right. And the shoes aren’t likely to disappear any time soon. In the 1960s, when traditional cinder athletics tracks were replaced by spongy, synthetic surfaces, endurance running experienced a revolution. Long distance runners began clocking far faster times on the synthetic…
5 ways to check on your team’s well-being without being invasive
Here’s how to express empathetic curiosity about your workers, without seeming like a snoop. During a recent video meeting, one of our star employees appeared to be struggling. She was uncharacteristically reserved and distracted. Her contributions were also scattered, when she’s usually precise and outspoken. COVID-19 has turned life upside down for many of us,…
Google’s anti-tracking move is good for privacy, and even better for Google
Since it’s big players like Google that have all the targeting data, smaller ones will have a hard time competing without cookie data. Google’s move against individual web tracking might be good for consumer privacy—and could look good to antitrust investigators—but it will also consolidate Google’s power in interactive advertising, several advertising sources told Fast…