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What it’s like to have employer support for abortion care

On the latest episode of The New Way We Work, we hear from Emma Hernandez about her experience accessing abortion care at two different points in her life: with and without employer support.

What it’s like to have employer support for abortion care

This company crushes old roads—and rebuilds them to store carbon

For stabilizing roads, Carbon Crusher ditches bitumen, a byproduct of crude oil, for lignin, sourced from trees.

This company crushes old roads—and rebuilds them to store carbon

This is how you are inadvertently being a bad boss

Most managers have no clue what their employees really think of them. So how do you find out if you are accidentally being a bad boss? And how can you improve? We find out on this week’s episode of ‘The New Way We Work.’

This is how you are inadvertently being a bad boss

The white noise machine gets a glorious redesign

You’re looking at 32 switches of bliss.

The white noise machine gets a glorious redesign

No soil, no problem: Reshaping agriculture to be more carbon friendly

Companies are turning to regenerative farming, a growing movement rooted in Indigenous practices that encourages cultivating food in harmony with nature.

No soil, no problem: Reshaping agriculture to be more carbon friendly

What should the office of the future look like?

If the office is ever going to be a place worth leaving home for, it needs to change. On this episode of ‘The New Way We Work’ we find out how to redesign the workplace of the future.

What should the office of the future look like?

Does your company need a podcast?

Long form audio may be one of the biggest trends in content marketing, but if a tree falls in the forest…? Here’s what you need to know before launching a brand podcast.

Does your company need a podcast?

How a Netflix software engineer turned creator is pushing back against hustle culture

Mayuko Inoue left her career in Silicon Valley to focus on being a YouTuber full-time. Here’s how she’s handling jumping from one burnout to the next.

How a Netflix software engineer turned creator is pushing back against hustle culture

This company helps small landowners get in on the carbon credit market

This week on the ‘World Changing Ideas’ podcast, we hear from a company helping small landowners learn how much they could earn to not cut down their trees, to sell ‘not-logs.’

This company helps small landowners get in on the carbon credit market

This is how managers should plan for the Great Reentry

Here’s what leaders can do to ease the transition back to the office. (Hint: It won’t look like it did in 2019.)

This is how managers should plan for the Great Reentry

Why Emma Chamberlain is taking a coffee break from YouTube

YouTube’s ‘it girl’ has put the platform on the back burner to build out her coffee empire.

Why Emma Chamberlain is taking a coffee break from YouTube

This company is cutting single-use plastics from cleaning products

Cleaning products are comprised of more than 90% water. So why are we buying new plastic hand soaps and cleaning sprays every time?

This company is cutting single-use plastics from cleaning products

The case for untangling benefits from employment

On the latest episode of the New Way We Work, Freelancers Union founder Sara Horowitz discusses how portable benefits could work.

The case for untangling benefits from employment

Your doctor has a side hustle on TikTok as an influencer

Doctors are becoming high-profile social media influencers. There are ethical side effects.

Your doctor has a side hustle on TikTok as an influencer

Patreon CEO Jack Conte on his $4 billion company’s future and the creator economy

As the creator economy continues to grow, Jack Conte is figuring out how to keep Patreon relevant on its own terms.

Patreon CEO Jack Conte on his $4 billion company’s future and the creator economy

Why so many people are freelancing

Half of the U.S. workforce will be freelancing by 2027. On the newest episode of The New Way We Work, we find out why independent work is attractive to Gen Z and what needs to change.

Why so many people are freelancing

Why this company is investing $1 billion in your favorite YouTube creators like Mr Beast

Spotter buys YouTubers’s back catalogs in exchange for capital to grow their businesses. CEO Aaron DeBevoise explains how he’s spending that $1 billion.

Why this company is investing $1 billion in your favorite YouTube creators like Mr Beast

Will dancers in the digital age ever be able to protect their moves?

Historically, copyrighting choreography favors artists working in traditional forms like ballet or modern dance. But that leaves a huge blindspot.

Will dancers in the digital age ever be able to protect their moves?

This company is producing essential chemicals using zero carbon

On this week’s episode of the ‘World Changing Ideas’ podcast, we talk to the founder of a company that’s revolutionizing a notoriously carbon-heavy industry.

This company is producing essential chemicals using zero carbon

What would it look like if we started paying for unpaid labor?

It’s not a coincidence that women do, on average, double the amount of unpaid labor as men, and that millions of women have left to workforce in the last two years. So how can we solve the problem?

What would it look like if we started paying for unpaid labor?

Impact

JetBlue is staging a hostile takeover of Spirit. What would a merger mean for flight attendants?

Why Australia has had only one mass shooting since 1996

This fund wants to give you $100,000 to launch your climate tech startup quickly

News

Watch out for falling Ben & Jerry’s: Flytrex is now delivering ice cream by drone

90% of Asian Americans worry about being attacked as anti-Asian violence and hate crimes spike

Joby Aviation stock jumps after air taxi company nabs critical FAA certificate ahead of schedule

Co.Design

This ingenious tool helps cities avoid rabid NIMBY arguments over housing

Ex-Nike designer builds a boot that could prevent 80,000 amputations a year

As temperatures skyrocket, Barcelona has devised a simple (and replicable) way to keep people cool

Work Life

Your constructive feedback helps no one if you trigger this emotional reaction

Your BIPOC employees are sick and tired of getting asked this question

How to future-proof your job by thinking like a futurist