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The Debate Over How to Classify Gig Workers Is Missing the Bigger Picture

Protections and benefits shouldn’t be based on employment status alone.

When Should You Fire Your Child from the Family Business?

Four questions to ask before you make a painful decision.

What to Do When Your Boss Betrays You

Resist the temptation to retaliate.

Improve Your Critical Thinking at Work

Helen Lee Bouygues, founder of the Reboot Foundation, believes that a lack of critical thinking is responsible for many business failures. She says organizational leaders often rely too heavily on expertise and then jump to conclusions. Instead, leaders should deliberately approach each problem and devote time thinking through possible solutions. The good news, she says, is that critical thinking skills can developed and practiced over time. Bouygues is the author of the HBR.org article “3 Simple Habits to Improve Your Critical Thinking.”

How to Know Which Ideas Your Company Should Pursue

Results from a study of crowdsourced ideas.

Is the U.S. on Its Way to Becoming a Cashless Society?

What an analysis of millions of transactions can tell us.

When Fandom Clashes with IP Law

Should companies control all the ways people experience art?

6 Tips for Running Offsites That Aren’t a Waste of Time

Think twice about who should be invited.

Your Organization Needs a Learning Ecosystem

It will help you keep great talent from walking away.

Why Innovation Labs Fail, and How to Ensure Yours Doesn’t

Setting up a research hub is easy. Setting it up to succeed is harder.