Century 21 “Ask the Competition”

Century 21’s teaser for their big Super Bowl ad plays up how shrouded in secrecy the ad is, while at the same time making fun of the idea that any real estate company would bother making a Super Bowl commercial at all. Is this a sly commentary on our still not-quite-stable financial times? Perhaps. But probably not. We’ll find out what the fuss is all about together on February 5th, though.

Video

Impact

There’s a new group of workers spreading organic pesticide on crops: bees

This radical plan would see the U.S. build 12 million new units of social housing

The national parks system is falling apart: These diverse service corps can help fix it

Creativity

You may never be as funny as Danny McBride, but you can be as prolific

Vertical video has won so much, Samsung made a concert stage optimized for your phone

This video testing out increasingly expensive pianos sounds like a million dollars

Co.Design

Here’s how Apple Card users are customizing their plain white credit cards

KitKat is ditching plastic packaging for paper you can turn into origami

Chipotle can’t get customers to stop stealing the Tabasco, so it’s embracing it

Work Life

3 lessons that being in the NFL taught me about leadership

How to learn to embrace your anxiety (and turn it into excitement)

These are the reasons why we (still) don’t have many women CEOs