“My style of deal-making is quite simple,” wrote Donald Trump—or rather, his ghostwriter—in the 1987 book Trump: The Art of the Deal. “I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.”
Emanuel Santos had a dream, and it’s painful, actually, to contemplate just how much of it came true.
Legislation ordering UK companies above a certain size to release their pay and gender data has confirmed pay disparities across a range of industries. Almost 80% of reporting employers found that their male employees earn more than their female co-workers do.
When we talk about the reasons we choose to marry, we tend to focus on the lofty, big picture things: shared values, shared goals, an abiding admiration for our partner’s strength and character.
The recent departure of attorney John Dowd from the team representing president Donald Trump in the Russia investigation—and the reported reluctance of other attorneys to take on the case—has opened up promotion opportunities for the remaining lawyers.
The idea behind Shyp was delightfully simple. Instead of digging around for a box or schlepping to the post office to ship something, simply hand it to a courier at your door for Shyp to custom package and send away, all for the low cost of $5 per pickup.
A waiter in Canada is suing his former employer for violating his human rights by firing him, after he had been allegedly “combative and aggressive.” His argument: He was just French.
Prominent adult film actress Stormy Daniels has been under attack since she went public with her 2006 affair with President Donald Trump—a scandal which has unveiled allegations of threats and campaign finance abuse. But on Saturday, the New York Times published a profile (paywall) on her that echoed a line of criticism familiar to many women in powerful positions.
Dominic Price has the intriguing title of “work futurist” at the Sydney-based software company Atlassian. A few years ago, Price noticed that the company’s open, collaborative style was inadvertently slowing down productivity and momentum.
Coworking spaces offer amenities for clients who want to exercise, record a podcast, or play with their dog in the same place they work. So why is it so hard to find one with childcare?
A few years ago, PwC recruiters noticed a change on the blue-chip campuses that produced so many of the consulting behemoth’s new hires.
Teen magazines have two objectives. They have to gain readers’ trust with a tone that is conspiratorial but never condescending—a vernacular that mimics the way their readers talk when no adults are around. But they’re also grooming readers for the adulthood they’ll occupy in the not-so-distant future.
Let’s say the situation at work is not good. The project (or product, or re-org, or whatever) has launched, and the best you can say is that things aren’t going as planned. At all. It’s a disaster, though the best word for it is the one you drop over drinks with your team and when venting at home: it’s a clusterfuck.
For career scientists and academics, conferences are not optional. They’re a place where researchers can present their work to peers, learn about new developments in their field, and form relationships that lead to exciting new collaborations. They are a valuable career accelerant.
Norman Winarsky was among those present at the birth of Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant that now lives in all of our iPhones. Initially a project of SRI International, Siri spun off as its own start-up and was acquired by Apple just two months after its launch in February 2010. (Winarsky headed SRI’s entrepreneurial arm at the time of Siri’s development and acquisition, and was a co-founder and board member of the original Siri company.)
In the weeks since a fellow student shot and killed 15 classmates and two staff members on their campus, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, have responded to tragedy with striking courage. They have taken on a powerful industry and stood up to lawmakers and a US president. In many ways, they are directly carrying on the legacy of the woman for whom their school is named.
It’s no secret that the US and other industrialized societies are aging. By 2050, thanks to a declining birth rate and an aging population, there will be as many US adults aged 65 or older as there are children under 18.
The term “digital nomad” evokes images of expats tapping away at laptops in Bali or Barcelona. For all of the freedom the name implies, the lifestyle isn’t for everyone. Constant travel isn’t universally feasible or desirable, and wandering too long can lead some nomads to loneliness, narcissism, and financial ruin. Still, it’s hard to shake the feeling as a remote worker in the digital age that if you have the freedom to work anywhere, you should at least try to go somewhere.
In 2010, an aging art dealer self-published a memoir that contained a 24-line poem. Buried in the poem’s six stanzas, the man claimed, were nine clues. If followed by a careful reader, the clues would lead to a location somewhere in the Rocky Mountains and a hidden bronze chest filled with more than $1 million in gold pieces and jewels—a prize the seeker could claim as their own.
Warren Buffett opens his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders with a rundown of the company’s performance compared to the S&P 500, in every year since Buffett took over the former textile maker in 1965.
As anyone who’s spent time around small children knows, kids are keenly attuned to what’s fair and what’s not. Babies too young to speak in full sentences will balk at a person being rewarded for a chore someone else clearly did, or at someone who is passing out treats in an unequal way. By the age of 6, kids would rather throw extra cookies away than see someone get more than their fair share.
The Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega is considered one of the greatest classical guitarists of all time, leaving behind an impressive oeuvre of Romantic compositions when he died in 1909. But by far his most famous piece of music is a three-second snippet from his 1902 guitar solo, “Gran Vals.”
Nearly 3,000 athletes from around the world have competed in the Winter Olympics. Hundreds arrived in Pyeongchang knowing that their odds of making the final for their event—let alone winning a medal—were vanishingly small. With a world or Olympic record out of reach, many of the competitors are left chasing an equally noble if more attainable goal: their personal best.
