Kyrie Irving, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ fantastically talented point guard, shocked the sports world last week when it was revealed he asked the team to trade…
SLOW YOUR ROLL
College tuition hikes are finally slowing, thanks to simple economics
After years of ear-popping climbs, the rate of US college tuition increases is finally slowing. Undergraduate and graduate tuition, which soared an average of 6%…
IN RETROSPECT
OJ Simpson’s lawyer manipulated the media as masterfully as Trump, according to the prosecutor he beat
Johnnie Cochran, OJ Simpson’s lawyer, was able to win an acquittal for his client by making the mid-nineties trial about race, not a double murder.…
ALL DOWNHILL
It’s been 32 years since a French cyclist won the Tour de France
The Tour de France—which concludes today (July 23)—is the premier race in cycling, and one of the most important events in French sports. Yet French…
RAISE A GLASS
Women in business profit when they talk with each other
There’s a pernicious stereotype about women talking too much. Trafficking in sexist jokes about talkative women forced David Bonderman, a private equity billionaire, to quit…
HIRE CALLING
With its new hiring software, Google threatens a vast new market
Google already has its tentacles into your company’s emails, calendars, documents, and storage. Now it wants to manage your corporate hiring. On Monday (July 17),…
REVOLVING DOOR
What Glassdoor employees say about Glassdoor on Glassdoor
Glassdoor features employee reviews of more than 700,000 companies, including most of the tech world—and Glassdoor itself. As of last week, 416 Glassdoor workers have…
BORED MEETING
The scientific reason no one wants to see your PowerPoint presentation
Hating PowerPoint is one of the society’s last acceptable prejudices. The tedious PowerPoint slide deck has become a well-worn cliché of numbing office life, the…
GET TO WORK
The worst behaviors of bad bosses, ranked
There are many different ways to be a good boss, but if your goal is to be a bad boss, it’s pretty clear what you…
TOO MANY CHIEFS
Just how ridiculous is a “chief fun officer?” Let the Quartz Matrix of Chiefiness be your guide
First came chief executive officers. Then, chief finance officers. Those were followed by chief operating officers, chief marketing officers, and chief technology officers. Chief human-resources…
LEAN ON ME
LinkedIn thinks it can help find that mentor you always wanted
Mentors can be an invaluable resources for career advancement, and younger workers often struggle to find them. LinkedIn thinks it can assist with a new…
THEY'RE OUT
When robots call balls and strikes, who will baseball fans yell at?
Major League Baseball played its 87th All-Star Game July 11, and as in every previous one, balls and strikes were called by a human umpire.…
