Missy Schwartz

How school leaders are dealing with ugly outrage over COVID-19 policies

With the delta variant spreading and shouting matches breaking out at board meetings, district leaders are bracing for another turbulent year.

How school leaders are dealing with ugly outrage over COVID-19 policies

How Walgreens and Walmart’s new banking ventures will shake up finance

Incumbent banks will have to innovate their digital and mobile strategies to compete with two of the country’s biggest retailers.

How Walgreens and Walmart’s new banking ventures will shake up finance

False arrest, racial profiling: Why the Citizen app is a threat to vulnerable communities

The app that’s marketed as a tool for making communities safer has led to harassment—and at least one innocent person getting picked up by cops.

False arrest, racial profiling: Why the Citizen app is a threat to vulnerable communities

How AI translation could unseat English as the lingua franca of the business world

Technology can help us overcome language inequities around the globe by helping everyone access information in their native language.

How AI translation could unseat English as the lingua franca of the business world

The U.S. must ramp up its defense against cyberattacks

If our leaders don’t start taking all cyberattacks as seriously as they did the Colonial Pipeline incident, the consequences will be dire.

The U.S. must ramp up its defense against cyberattacks

Business as usual: 5 things we’ve learned while reopening in Israel

The CEO of a startup in Israel, where a high vaccination rate has revived the economy, offers his advice on how companies can prepare to get back in action.

Business as usual: 5 things we’ve learned while reopening in Israel

A fascinating design history of the filing cabinet

The new paper-storage system was part of a reimagining of office space, emphasizing the order and productivity of American capitalism. Just like the skyscraper.

A fascinating design history of the filing cabinet

4 email styles for future-proofing your messages as leaders in the remote era

As we adjust to a new work culture that is at least partially remote, we must be mindful of our multicultural teams’ communication preferences.

4 email styles for future-proofing your messages as leaders in the remote era

Biden’s $100 billion investment in broadband could open tech jobs to more people

The $100 billion boost to broadband infrastructure will go far in opening up access to a more diverse workforce in technology.

Biden’s $100 billion investment in broadband could open tech jobs to more people

AI is getting smarter every day, but it still can’t match the human mind

Guy Perelmuter explores the challenges of using artificial intelligence in situations that require complex thought and nuance—like, for instance, war.

AI is getting smarter every day, but it still can’t match the human mind

How corporations can respond meaningfully to voter suppression bills

When companies take a stand on social issues that are important to the public—like voter suppression—it can have a major impact on legislation.

How corporations can respond meaningfully to voter suppression bills

Why tech companies still haven’t fixed our ‘broken’ healthcare system

Despite entrenched dysfunction, David Vivero writes, there’s hope for the future of healthcare. And it stems from an unlikely place: the federal government.

Why tech companies still haven’t fixed our ‘broken’ healthcare system

Yes, algorithms can be biased. But they have an even bigger danger

Data visualization artist Jer Thorp explores what it means to rely on data that magnifies existing biases.

Yes, algorithms can be biased. But they have an even bigger danger

Paul Judge’s 5 life lessons for transforming entrepreneurial dreams into reality

In May, the entrepreneur turned VC addressed graduates at Georgia Tech, offering them valuable pointers that have guided him throughout his career.

Paul Judge’s 5 life lessons for transforming entrepreneurial dreams into reality

How pioneering modernist designer Florence Knoll revolutionized work spaces

A towering figure in midcentury design—and one of its only women—Florence Knoll changed corporate interiors forever with an early project: the CBS offices.

How pioneering modernist designer Florence Knoll revolutionized work spaces

Inside UPSIDE Foods’ quest to make the most perfect meat grown in a lab

Larissa Zimberoff takes us with her to a cultured meat tasting and explores what it means to eat chicken created by scientists.

Inside UPSIDE Foods’ quest to make the most perfect meat grown in a lab

As schools reopen, some are keeping all-virtual options

Reopening schools isn’t great news for all students—particularly those for whom the one-size-fits all in-person teaching model just doesn’t work.

As schools reopen, some are keeping all-virtual options

One of the common mistakes I see companies make on gender is (relatively) easy to fix

Many companies still present questions about gender in binary terms. Here’s how they can adapt their thinking to be more inclusive.

One of the common mistakes I see companies make on gender is (relatively) easy to fix

Beyond Beeple’s $69M NFT: How creators can (and will) thrive in the crypto economy

The recent frenzy around the artist’s massive sale of a digital work is just one part of a crypto revolution for creators and their fans.

Beyond Beeple’s $69M NFT: How creators can (and will) thrive in the crypto economy

What makes a great builder? It’s the mission that matters

Creating cool robots is great. But iRobot’s real success, CEO Colin Angle writes, is thanks to the company’s clear mission and principles.

What makes a great builder? It’s the mission that matters

Impact

Here’s how much emissions will rise without a key climate program that Joe Manchin opposes

This app keeps people in Kabul informed about crises on the city’s streets

I’m a student activist: Here’s how we pushed Harvard University to finally divest from fossil fuels

News

TheJuggl’s new marketplace helps women with personal and professional development

Health economists put a number on how many lives have been saved by COVID vaccines

Pete Buttigieg getting attacked for paternity leave is why so many new dads don’t take it

Co.Design

What’s old is new: Apple’s latest MacBook Pro proves that novelty is overrated

How an 1862 law could revitalize rural America

A humanitarian crisis plagues the U.S.–Mexico border. See just how deadly it is

Work Life

How free on-site childcare slashed turnover at my small business

5 Ways to use empathy and emotion to be more successful

5 ways to gauge your team’s productivity when they’re not in front of you