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Why Burger King makes for the best fast-food troll

Burger King trolls Chick-Fil-A for Pride, and BMW doesn't quite get the poll results it was looking for.

Why Burger King makes for the best fast-food troll

How to survive the first year after college

Just in time for graduation season, ‘Hit the Ground Running’ hosts Christina and Yaz reminisce about their college years and look back at their postgraduation career paths.

How to survive the first year after college

Comedian Quinta Brunson on the difference between writing stand-up and a book

In this episode of 'Creative Conversation,' host KC Ifeanyi speaks with writer and comedian Quinta Brunson about her most recent book 'She Memes Well.'

Comedian Quinta Brunson on the difference between writing stand-up and a book

Why more companies should adopt The Body Shop’s hiring process

Since The Body Shop was able to remain operational during the pandemic, the company needed more talent than ever. HR Manager Jennifer Wale and Inclusive Hiring Manager Cindy Alcantara explain how open hiring helped The Body Shop eliminate employment barriers for job seekers.

Why more companies should adopt The Body Shop’s hiring process

How American Ballet Theatre bounced back after losing all revenue due to COVID

American Ballet Theatre is considered one of the greatest dance companies in the world. When COVID hit, ABT had to cancel its entire season. As a company with a budget of $40M a year, it lost all of its revenue from touring fees and ticket sales. Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie sought inspiration from the NBA and created various bubbles across the U.S. for their dancers to continue to train and perform.

How American Ballet Theatre bounced back after losing all revenue due to COVID

How Oakley designed Team USA’s Olympic sunglasses

Oakley designed its new Kato line of sunglasses to be manufactured without a frame in order to maximize performance. Nick Garfias, Oakley’s vice president of design, shares his thought process and some of the challenges involved in producing the new glasses.

How Oakley designed Team USA’s Olympic sunglasses

Activist Alicia Garza on politics, queer rights, and the future of America

Alicia Garza is an activist, cofounder of the Black Lives Matter movement, founder of Black Futures Lab, and author of "The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart." Here she discusses the impact of grassroots political movements, the continued fight for queer rights, and her hope for the future of a post-pandemic America.

Activist Alicia Garza on politics, queer rights, and the future of America

How Avocados from Mexico changed the game for marketing fruit

Avocados from Mexico is a small business with only 34 employees, yet its emphasis on innovative and hilarious Super Bowl commercials has created an excellent marketing strategy for the versatile fruit.

How Avocados from Mexico changed the game for marketing fruit

Queer leaders on the impact of the pandemic and the future beyond it

2020 had a huge impact on our lives, from the global pandemic to our reckoning with racism and bigotry. Alicia Garza, cofounder of Black Lives Matter; Sally Susman, chief corporate affairs officer at Pfizer; Jen Wong, chief operating officer of Reddit; and Lara Mendonça, head of product design at Bumble discuss how it impacted queer lives and where we go from here.

Queer leaders on the impact of the pandemic and the future beyond it

Why Ikea’s climate change ad falls flat

Ikea puts the climate change burden on you, and the North Face adds famous faces to help make the outdoors more diverse

Why Ikea’s climate change ad falls flat

Impact

How the world’s powers are fighting over a melting Arctic

At these low-income apartment buildings, solar power helps pay for free Wi-Fi

How the giant trees got to New York’s new island park

News

Bill Gates shares the 5 books he’s reading this summer

BuzzFeed will pay creators of viral content up to $10,000 per post

Surprise! Highly vaccinated areas have fewer COVID infections

Co.Design

This fantastically retro video game is taking on malnutrition

The secrets behind the plastic spoon: a ‘perfect’ design with terrible consequences

How New York could dramatically increase its public space

Work Life

The new reality for executives: Leading at a distance

Less brainstorming, more daydreaming? This creative facilitator says yes

Why parents and educators should think like entrepreneurs