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How to Create an Online Community That People Will Pay For

And how to make sure it lasts.

How to Be Less Distracted at Work — and in Life

Nir Eyal, an expert on technology and psychology, says that we all need to learn to be less distracted into activities that don’t help us achieve what we want to each day. Unwelcome behaviors can range from social media scrolling and bingeing on YouTube videos to chatting with colleagues or answering non-urgent emails. To break these habits, we start by recognizing that it is often our own emotions, not our devices, that distract us. We must then recognize the difference between traction (values-aligned work or leisure) and distraction (not) and make time in our schedules for more of the former. Eyal also has tips for protecting ourselves from the external distractions that do come at us and tools to force us to focus on bigger-picture goals. He is the author of the book “Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.”

How Companies and Governments Can Advance Employee Education

Advice for organizers, speakers, and attendees.

The Top 20 Business Transformations of the Last Decade

Netflix, Adobe, and Amazon top the list.

What It Will Take to Improve Diversity at Conferences

Advice for organizers, speakers, and attendees.

What 1,000 CEOs Really Think About Climate Change and Inequality

The good, the bad, and the surprising from a new report.

What Will It Take to Solve the Student Loan Crisis?

Reform needs to come from outside of higher ed.

How to Demonstrate Your Strategic Thinking Skills

Don’t be shy about bringing your ideas to the table.

Understanding Hong Kong’s Turbulent Summer

What’s driving the protests and what it means for businesses.

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson on Work, Joy, and, Yes, Coffee

A conversation with Editor-in-Chief Adi Ignatius.