Stay updated with breaking news from At Work Commentary. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
We are often so uncomfortable with death’s inevitability that we avoid discussing it until it becomes impossible to avoid—and then, having had so little practice, we often simply don't know what to say.
US employers can't offer full gender inclusion in onboarding without a key change by the EEOC.
Logging into a meditation app or that lunch-and-learn on mindfulness is often just another thing to do for stressed out employees. Instead, companies must give people the permission to step away—with room to be bored.
Sharing news about your pregnancy with your employer can be a daunting prospect, but companies that react well will get repaid in loyalty.
May 29, 2021 Why does one of the world’s largest and most successful telecommunications companies have the word “railroad” in its name? Every semester, I stump the Stanford students in my History of Information class with this query. The company in question is Sprint, which stands for “Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Networking.” What follows is a brisk lecture on the history of American communications infrastructure that always leaves a few minds blown. Railroads, I explain, were in many ways the first layer in the history of modern American and global information architecture. ...