As nine National Football League games kicked off Sunday at 1 pm in the US, players and coaches across the country locked arms and kneeled…
WATERWORLD
Hurricane damage linked to climate change has already cost the US more than $25 billion
By midday Sunday (Aug. 27), US president Donald Trump had already tweeted more than 20 times about hurricane Harvey, the massive storm that hit southern…
GOING TO THE DOGS
The dogs in New York City’s schools comfort students and offer a lesson in leadership
Leadership can be built at any age, and it’s best when the process begins early. Under New York City Schools chancellor Carmen Fariña, it even…
PICK ME!
Ousted Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is on the committee desperately seeking his replacement
It’s not all that unusual for CEOs to set up, or even judge, the competition for his or her replacement. General Electric, for instance, has…
TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s failed leader, is defending the toxic leadership of Travis Kalanick
Failed leaders have many things in common. One of those is a tone deafness to the culture and atmosphere they create within their organizations. That…
BETWEEN THE LINES
The fate of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick was sealed in March
Just a few months ago, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick “absolutely” had the full confidence of Uber’s board, according to director Arianna Huffington. Yesterday (June 20),…
THE COLD TRUTH
When your boss asks if you want to stay in your job, he’s saying, “You’re fired!”
Let us remember that before he became a reality TV star, a presidential candidate, then president of the US, Donald Trump was the CEO of…
TALK TO THE PHONE
Hey Siri. More than 60 million Americans talk to inanimate voices on their cellphones
Four years ago, Spike Jonze’s movie Her imagined actor Joaquin Phoenix‘s character falling in love with Samantha, his virtual personal assistant whose voice was played…
LIGHTS OUT
The world has moved on from Thomas Edison’s incandescent lightbulbs—and so, it seems, has GE
It’s always tough when company decides to abandon its industrial heritage. Oftentimes pushback comes from employees, customers, suppliers, and even the general public. Will it…
QZ&A
Fear of the markets will make millennials financially miserable when they’re old
Tony Robbins, the larger-than-life motivational speaker, has a new gig. The millionaire self-help guru (who stands six feet seven inches tall) joined a financial advisory…
Trump may wield far greater social media influence than even his huge following suggests
In January, a Forbes contributor took apart US president Donald Trump’s Twitter following, writing that his social media power was far smaller than it appeared,…
Warren Buffett credits his extraordinary life to two strokes of luck
Everyone wants to learn how to be successful. Among the most successful, of course, is Warren Buffett, the legendary investor who, with $73.8 billion in…
