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June 18, 2016
Nine Business Leaders Share The Best Lessons They Received From Their Fathers
In honor of Father's Day, we asked business leaders to share the most useful thing they learned from their dads.
Father may not always know best, but he often imparts wisdom—either directly or by example—that his children remember and use in their careers. From staying true to who you are to embracing uncertainty, here are nine things CEOs and business leaders learned from dads:
The Unseen Consequences Of Hypocritical Leadership
For every Trump tweet that's scrupulously dissected, we may forget that leaders' actions matter more than their words.
Both Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton, their respective parties' presumptive nominees, have been called hypocrites repeatedly, loudly, and often by critics. You don't even need to adjudicate those attacks to understand why: We want leaders who allow us to hold consistent beliefs—which often (but certainly not always) means behaving consistently themselves.
June 17, 2016
Game Developer Barbie Says No To Pink Laptop
After a failed attempt to become an engineer, she's come back strong as a game developer.
Barbie is still a bit traumatized by what happened to her in 2010.
Ikea's Quest To Think Like A Software Company
Ikea's new collaboration with top British designer Tom Dixon reveals how the company is embracing open-source thinking.
Every year, Ikea introduces around 2,500 new products to customers around the world. Working under the umbrella philosophy "Democratic Design," the company evaluates every single piece—from humble tea towels to elaborate kitchen systems—on its form, function, sustainability, quality, and price. One of its most ambitious products to date was announced last week: a sofa bed in collaboration with big-name British furniture designer Tom Dixon.
The Geek Behind Google's Map Quest
Ed Parsons helps shape how Google sees the world—literally.
Ed Parsons, Google's geographer-in-chief, is leaning over an 18th century woodcut map from the Chonhado, the Korean atlas of the world. Here, on thin parchment, the earth is a wobbly blue watercolor dot centered around the sacred Mount Meru, close to a large red circle representing Beijing. China and Korea make up the large part of the map, while the foreign lands beyond their borders are like afterthoughts, represented only by a thin peripheral strip of land.
From Ikea, 7 Key Insights On The Future Of Home
Ikea interviewed 12,000 people to find out what home means to them. The big priorities? Good Wi-Fi and alone time.
This month, Ikea released the annual Life at Home report. Now in its third year, the report helps Ikea develop new products, offering a tantalizing glimpse at designs that could shape the look and feel of our homes in the future.
In Case It Wasn't Obvious, The U.S. Ranks Very Low On The New Global Peace Index
We're just 103rd out of 163 countries.
As last weekend's atrocity in Orlando showed, the United States isn't a peaceful place. For an advanced country, we have a disturbingly high level of violent deaths (particularly among black Americans) and a high level of economic losses linked to that violence. In fact, looked a certain way, you might wonder if the U.S. is really that advanced at all.
In The Graveyard Of American Malls, Bandier Is Reimagining The Brick-And-Mortar Store
Retailer Bandier created a space where people could hang out, take a barre class, and grab a juice. Buying yoga pants is an afterthought.
America's malls have been dying for years. Of the nearly 1,200 enclosed malls in the U.S., one-third are doing so poorly that they aren't generating enough money to pay for the maintenance of the structures themselves. Part of this decline can be traced to the Internet. Now that consumers can easily buy products online, brick-and-mortar retail stores can't afford to simply serve as showcase rooms, only to see visitors buy the very products they offer from Amazon at lower prices. They need to offer exceptional in-person experiences to keep customers coming, buying in, and returning to their stores.
From Tom Brokaw To The New Rules Of Recruitment: This Week's Top Leadership Stories
This week's top stories may help you master the art of conversation, get noticed by recruiters, and hang onto your job for years to come.
This week we learned Tom Brokaw's take on the art of conversation, which job recruiters no longer care about, and the skills that will help you keep your job a decade from now.
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