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Backed-up container ships filled cities with pollution

Emissions at the Los Angeles port were modeled to have increased by 100% for a time during the pandemic.

Backed-up container ships filled cities with pollution

How to know when overthinking is productive, depending on your personal style

Professional coach Shawn Casemore says deep thinking allows our subconscious to engage, often resulting in ideas that we might otherwise not have identified.

How to know when overthinking is productive, depending on your personal style

The reasons keeping people away from available jobs are complex. Here’s what to do

School reopenings and the reduction in unemployment insurance benefits failed to produce the hoped-for spike in workers’ availability, says Gusto’s principal economist. Here’s how to deconstruct the workload and get creative about staffing.

The reasons keeping people away from available jobs are complex. Here’s what to do

5 strategies for retaining a valued employee who’s thinking about leaving

If you think one of your best employees is considering other job opportunities, it’s important to have a conversation.

5 strategies for retaining a valued employee who’s thinking about leaving

This new basic income experiment will give money to both rich and poor

It’s a true universal basic income, given to everyone in two test neighborhoods in Barcelona, regardless of earnings.

This new basic income experiment will give money to both rich and poor

Presented By Principal Financial Group

Ten strategies for effective employee communication in a crisis

Principal believes the smallest businesses can be proactive communicators in a crisis—when good communication matters most.

Ten strategies for effective employee communication in a crisis

Presented By Principal Financial Group

Inspire your employees to become ‘super savers’

See how these employees save 90% or more of the IRS max in their 401(k) or defer 15% or more of their salary.

Inspire your employees to become ‘super savers’

Innovation By Design

Spotify Wrapped 2021 is here—and so are the memes

People have a lot of feelings about Spotify’s annual music recap.

Spotify Wrapped 2021 is here—and so are the memes

Burger King’s Whopper turns 64: Grab one for 37 cents this week

To celebrate the birthday of the signature sandwich, Burger King is selling the Whopper for what it cost back in 1957—but for only two days.

Burger King’s Whopper turns 64: Grab one for 37 cents this week

Now you can buy your kid a Tesla: the $1,900 electric Cyberquad four-wheeler

The mini ATV is available for immediate purchase—just in time for another lean pandemic holiday season.

Now you can buy your kid a Tesla: the $1,900 electric Cyberquad four-wheeler

Impact

Backed-up container ships filled cities with pollution

This new basic income experiment will give money to both rich and poor

If we put the chargers in the right places, we can get more people into electric cars

News

Employers beware: 23% of American workers are planning to quit their jobs in the next 12 months

Innovation By Design

Spotify Wrapped 2021 is here—and so are the memes

Burger King’s Whopper turns 64: Grab one for 37 cents this week

Co.Design

These gorgeous images could transform science education

When will regulators finally get serious about car safety for women?

Brands like Nike, Coach, and Gap are destroying the Amazon with their leather products

Work Life

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How Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn gets so much done

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Four months a year, she scouts fires from a mountaintop. Here’s what her job is like

5 things leaders can do to create a stronger, happier workplace