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Dr. Matt Poepsel of The Predictive Index: “Be prepared to maneuver” Be prepared to maneuver. — The Marines practice a fluid form of combat known as maneuver warfare. Instead of favoring a large-scale, brute force approach, maneuver warfare emphasizes creating tactical opportunities, bold action, and initiative from leaders at every level. Playing it safe and hesitating can ironically be the risky play during a crisis. Rather than make large […] The Thrive Global Community welcomes ...

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Harlem in the 1920s. Bettmann / Getty Harlem, New York, experienced a renaissance of culture during the 1920s, introducing some of the most famous Black writers and performers. But history often forgets about Gladys Bentley, a woman who performed as a man in a popular Harlem Prohibition bar. Slowly, Bentley became so popular that she was the best known Black performer in the country and considered "Harlems most famous lesbian figure," according to The New York Times. Bentley would sing, dance,...

Hong Kong-based manufacturing giant Crystal International Group continues to make progress towards its sustainability targets, with highlights last year including reducing more than 3% of fresh water intensity compared with the year prior. But reducing carbon emissions is proving to be more of a challenge.> Texollini, Chargeurs*PCC Fashion Technologies, and Crystal International are among the latest fashion firms to mobilise their production facilities and supply chains to hel...

Nothing Will Ever Top the Lizzie McGuire Movie Soundtrack, You Cant Change My Mind If I had a dollar for every time Ive dramatically announced that "Lizzie McGuire literally RAISED me" to anyone within earshot, lets just say I would easily be able to afford a trip to Italy to rival that of Hilary Duffs whirlwind romp around Rome as millennial Americas sweetheart Lizzie; maybe minus the falling for a secretly heinous Italian pop star and posing as his insanely famous other half, Isabella. The L...

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The Grinch Who Stole Christmas all come to mind– but we also love slightly sillier specials, holiday classics programs that we can’t quite believe got made. Check out which ones made our craziest Christmas specials list. The Star Wars Holiday Special Oh yes, young Jedi, it exists. We’ve seen it. AND it stars  Golden Girl Bea Arthur, no less. Here’s the plot to the totally cheesy, completely campy, and so scratch-your-eyes-out bad special that aired only once– in 1978: Chewbacc...

Add to Bookmarks The fashion industry must come together to eradicate the use of forced labour in Chinas cotton supply chain, writes Kate Larsen, founder of responsible sourcing consultancy SupplyESChange. Last week, the BBC documented the forced labour of Uyghur people in the cotton industry of the Xinjiang region of west China, where many are being moved from so-called “re-education” internment camps to work in factories. This is not new – a report by the Australian Strategic Policy...

These days, with more and more public figures coming forward about their sexuality, it was only a matter of time that we here at TheBacklot.com put together a list of the most influential and intriguing openly gay and bisexual male musicians of the past century. Compiling a list like this was no small feat. While we’ve limited this to only 50 musicians, the number of openly gay artists far surpasses that number, and we’re sure you will likely spot an artist near and dear to your heart that ...