"If they're tired after lunch and need a nap, I'm totally fine with that," says Jesper Schultz. "Flexibility has become a necessity rather than a luxury."

The cofounder also chatted with author Dan Schawbel about his best career advice and how his parents' influence helped shape his company.

Allison Beer says over the next year there will increased demand for banking personalization, automation, and real-time payments.

"Giving people cash works," writes Natalie Forster, describing a Stockton, California program that's giving $500 a month to families for 18 months.

The NYC mayoral candidate talked with entrepreneur and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, one of the early leading voices in the Fight for $15.

Vermont has done a fantastic job of vaccinating the vulnerable. Giving early access to BIPOC populations is another smart move, writes Jessica Frisco.

COVID-19 has proven an inescapable fact: We live in a society, and nobody is truly a self-made master of their own destiny, writes Paul Constant.

In an excerpt from her new book "Professional Troublemaker," Luvvie Ajayi Jones discusses how she finally broke free from a cycle of guilt and fear.

In a recent Andreessen Horowitz podcast, Stéphane Bancel discusses how mRNA works and why it's transformative for future drug development.

In a letter to his kids, Guido Vanham discusses his side effects from the AstraZeneca vaccine and his outlook on what we can expect in the next year.

"In anything you're doing, collaborate with experts - people who are smarter than you - and take their advice," the comedian says.

Riane Eisler studies why certain groups try to establish power over others and talks about the "gendered system of values" in most cultures.

I've attended over 25 conferences, and too often the women that the conference is meant to support are sucked into volunteering hours to plan it.

It's "unsurprising and even predictable that women make up 63% of federal minimum-wage workers, but only 5% of CEOs at Fortune 500 firms."

Kimberly Lucht says women undervalue their work with discounts and can lose up to 70% revenue, reducing the chance of building a six-figure business.

Read a personal excerpt from Huffington in the new book "Your Time to Thrive," a look at how very small lifestyle changes can help prevent burnout.

If a stay-at-home mom charged what she was actually worth, she'd make upwards of $162,000 a year, writes Melissa Petro.

Representative Ro Khanna of California's Silicon Valley discusses the true lessons of GameStop mania in a new episode of "Pitchfork Economics."

Follow the 'platinum' rule: Approach people to try to first understand how they want to be treated, then adapt your interactions to meet their needs.

Critics are using fear-mongering tactics, says Austan Goolsbee, adding that the stimulus bill should really be considered disaster relief.

Entrepreneur Zaheer Dodhia says pinpointing your target audience, company values, and brand story is key to choosing a meaningful strategy.

Silicon Valley sisters Janine Kurnoff and Lee Lazarus say to use the subject line to convey your 'big idea' and offer context before making a request.

You may be what's known as an 'introverted skeptic' - counteract it by engaging with your coworkers and asking for constructive feedback.

Over the last 40 years, US leaders have largely left the industrial sector alone - a hands-off approach that's caused disastrous economic results.

Business consultant Debra Roberts says you can improve your virtual likeability factor by being an active listener and showing your personality.

Kroger's $2/hour raise for minimum wage workers was short-lived, while the company simultaneously paid out billions in shareholder profits.

Elle Wang worked full-time at the United Nations while caring for a toddler and running a clothing business at night, and says she didn't realize how stressed she was.

As a mom, Thai-Anh Hoang says the delayed launch compared to a doctor saying to "wait another nine months when you're already in labor."

Paul Constant lived through the Fight for $15 in Seattle and says there's no evidence that a high minimum wage will kill jobs or increase the cost of living.

In an excerpt from Rise founder Suneel Gupta's new book, he shares how he convinced VCs to invest in his company even after they turned him down.

Kyle Elliott says if you don't have an 'in' at the company, take extra time to customize your application and send a check-in message after applying.

The actress says being ambitious and adaptable have been her biggest assets throughout her 20-year career in Hollywood.

Most of us think of feedback as one-way communication. If I have feedback to give, then I will tell you to listen. Even the Business Dictionary defines feedback as a one-sided communication: “Feedback: the information sent to an entity . .. about its prior behaviour so that the entity may […]

Effective feedback should be a two-way conversation, says Dr. Therese Huston - and what employees really want is a manager who's a good listener.

Annie Fadely is the senior policy and programs associate at Civic Ventures and a producer of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast. She says the Congressional Budget Office’s report that a $US15 minimum wage will kill jobs should be more nuanced. Fadely cites research indicating that any decrease in employment would be […]

Erica Mandy is a former journalist and the founder and host of daily news podcast, The NewsWorthy. In October 2020, she spoke with Mark Cuban about the future of podcasting at the Podcast Movement conference. Cuban said he predicts that streaming and easy-to-produce audio will be the future of digital […]

James Eberhard is the CEO and founder of Fluid Truck, a tech platform for renting commercial vehicles. He says Denver’s low tax rates and strong infrastructure offer a great environment for startups to thrive. Denver also boasts a low cost of living and a plethora of outdoor activities for workers. […]

Creativity has taken a hit during the pandemic due to a decrease in remote employee collaboration. Ben Crudo, an ecommerce expert and CEO of Diff Agency, says bosses can step in to fix this issue. He says bosses can enable employee’s creativity by supporting their needs and avoiding micromanaging. Visit […]

Cold emails can be a great way to make connections, whether you’re job-hunting or pitching new clients. The most effective messages convey a sense of urgency and are concise, between four to eight sentences. Include your LinkedIn so your prospect can easily view your profile without having to look it […]

Charlie Mullins caused a stir when he suggested his company wouldn’t hire anyone not vaccinated. The Pimlico Plumbers CEO’s comments were dismissed by the UK vaccines minister as “discriminatory.” In this op-ed, Mullins denies his view is controversial and predicts vaccine passports will be a “fact of life.” Visit the […]

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and a frequent cohost of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. In the latest episode, Constant and Hanauer spoke with author and progressive radio host Thom Hartmann about US income inequality. Hartmann says raising the tax rate for […]

The following is an excerpt from “The Ministry of Common Sense: How to Eliminate Bureaucratic Red Tape, Bad Excuses, and Corporate BS” by Martin Lindstrom. In it, he explains the best ways to run strategic meetings that will reduce wasted time, including using a “no phones, no web-surfing, no emails, […]

Over 31 millions doses of the coronavirus vaccines have been distributed in the US as of January 31, according to the CDC. Doctors Syra Madad, Komal Bajaj, and Saskia Popescu explain that despite this progress, COVID-19 prevention doesn’t stop at immunization. Immunity takes time and none of the vaccines are […]

Ginger Zumaeta is an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer who helps corporate teams tell more compelling business stories. An underused storytelling and sales tactic is the metaphor, Zumaeta says, which anyone can incorporate into a business presentation. Metaphors help create emotional connections, are engaging and memorable, and encourage listeners to […]

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and a frequent cohost of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. In the latest episode, Civic Ventures president Zach Silk spoke with Bill Hogseth, a political organiser from rural Wisconsin, about the challenge of reaching rural voters. Hogseth […]

Manny Medina is the CEO of Outreach, an AI-based sales engagement platform. He’s learned that sacrifices will have to be made, even to parts of your identity, to get ahead of this problem. Medina says using imposter syndrome as a positive motivator and building a strong support network has helped […]

Moran Cerf is a professor of neuroscience and business. Every week, he receives questions about psychology, business, and behaviour via email from people who attend his talks; below are his answers to two recent questions. He suggests articulating what you’re feeling and connecting with a like-minded friend who may be […]

Shannon Hennig is a small business owner and health and wellness marketing expert. In September 2020, she was suddenly hospitalized with a diagnosis of congenital heart failure and had to take time off from running her business. As she eased back into work, began health treatment, and continued homeschooling her […]

The following is an excerpt from “The Hype Handbook: 12 Indispensable Success Secrets From the World’s Greatest Propagandists, Self-Promoters, Cult Leaders, Mischief Makers, and Boundary Breakers.” In it, author Michael F. Schein writes that people are uncomfortable with the natural messiness of human behaviour and will pay a lot to […]

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and a frequent cohost of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. In the latest episode, hosts Jessyn Farrell and Nick Hanauer spoke with The Economist’s Idrees Kahloon about the economic problems the new Biden administration is facing. Biden […]

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures, a cofounder of the Seattle Review of Books, and a frequent cohost of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. In this week’s episode, Hanauer spoke with Bharat Ramamurti, deputy director of the incoming Biden administration’s National Economic Council […]

Peggy Caruso is an author, executive and personal development coach, and founder and host of “The Revolutionise Podcast.” She encourages her coaching clients to practice good daily habits that prioritise their personal and career goals. Caruso says every professional should schedule personal time on their to-do list, bring self-awareness to […]

Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a prominent historian and a scholar on fascism and authoritarian leaders. She’s the author of “Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present.” Just after the 2016 election, Ben-Ghiat predicted that President Trump would engage in desperate measures to hold onto power. She believes we should pay close attention […]

Moran Cerf, 42, is a professor of neuroscience and business at Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern University and the Alfred P. Sloan professor at the American Film Institute. Every week, he receives questions about the brain, psychology, business, and behaviour via email from people who attend his talks; below […]

Dan Schawbel is a bestselling author, speaker, entrepreneur, and host of the “5 Questions with Dan Schawbel” podcast, where he interviews world-class humans by asking them just five questions in under 10 minutes. He recently spoke with James Patterson, author of numerous New York Times bestselling books including the recently […]

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures, a cofounder of the Seattle Review of Books, and a frequent cohost of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. In this week’s episode of Pitchfork Economics, Hanauer and guest cohost Jessyn Farrell spoke with Anat Admati, a finance […]

Nicole Tinson is a social entrepreneur and founder of HBCU 20×20, an organisation that matches Historically Black Colleges and Universities students and graduates with major companies. Tinson says she recently dropped Google as a HBCU 20×20 partner after a Twitter thread alleging racism and discrimination by a former Google recruiter […]

Harrison Monarth is an executive coach and the CEO and founder of Gurumaker, a leadership development service. He says its not uncommon to encounter managers at work who seem disinterested in your career growth or who actively undermine your efforts to get promoted. It’s important to enter these conversations with […]

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures, a cofounder of the Seattle Review of Books, and a frequent cohost of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. In this week’s episode of Pitchfork Economics, Hanauer and Goldstein spoke with Fenaba Addo, an associate professor at University […]

Scott Belsky is the chief product officer of Adobe and founder of Behance, Adobe’s social media platform. He’s an early investor and product advisor for top startups including Pinterest, Uber, Carta, and Airtable. As 2020 comes to a close, Belsky predicts eight major trends to emerge in the tech industry […]

Dan Schawbel is a bestselling author, speaker, entrepreneur, and host of the “ 5 Questions with Dan Schawbel ” podcast, where he interviews world-class humans by asking them just five questions in under 10 minutes. He recently spoke with Natalie Portman, the Academy Award-winning actress and author of the new […]

Moran Cerf, 42, is a professor of neuroscience and business at Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern University and is the Alfred P. Sloan professor at the American Film Institute. Every week, he receives questions about the brain, psychology, business, and behaviour via email from people who attend his talks; […]

Carole Zimmer has been a journalist for 30 years and is the host of an award-winning podcast called Now What? which features curated conversations with well-known people, from Jane Fonda and Katie Hill. During the pandemic, those conversations have moved online, leading to intimate chats from famous living rooms all […]

Professional women are facing even more challenges during the pandemic, say well-being experts and authors Liz Koehler and Clare Davenport. At the University of Pennsylvania, they conducted research into the unique macro and micro transitions faced by women in their careers and their impact on overall job satisfaction and quality […]

Dr. Joy Henningsen is a diagnostic radiologist at the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Centre and a clinical assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. On December 17, she received the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine along with other hospital workers at the Birmingham VA Medical Centre. Henningsen says she eagerly […]

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures, a cofounder of the Seattle Review of Books, and a frequent cohost of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. In this week’s episode of Pitchfork Economics, Hanauer and Goldstein spoke with Binyamin Appelbaum, the lead writer on business […]

Shanna Goodman is the creator of AMP’D, which helps small businesses build their marketing and brand strategy. Over half of small business don’t have a well-organised marketing plan, Goodman says, which can lead to wasting resources and losing out on valuable customers. To get started, think about your business’s short […]

Jolene Cramer is a senior marketing director at Limeade and coauthor of “Take Care“, a book for working parents and their kids about the importance of care in the workplace. After a difficult pregnancy and giving birth to twins, Cramer says she found herself overwhelmed, distracted, and exhausted with the […]

Lisa Bari is a 39-year-old health IT policy exec based in Baltimore, Maryland who is participating in a late-stage trial of Johnson & Johnson’s experimental coronavirus vaccine. She received the first dose of vaccine or placebo on November 30 and is scheduled to receive the second dose on January 27. […]

Tom Sagi is the CEO of Hourly, an insurtech startup that connects the dots between payroll and workers’ compensation insurance. When the pandemic caused the company’s move to a new office to be put on hold, Sagi was sceptical about how his company would run with a fully remote team. […]

Zack Friedman is the founder and CEO of Make Lemonade, a personal-finance company. The following is an excerpt from his book, “The Lemonade Life: How to Fuel Success, Create Happiness, and Conquer Anything.” In this excerpt, he describes having lunch with Warren Buffett in Omaha and what he learned from […]

A-J Aronstein is the dean of Beyond Barnard, a program that provides career and professional advising resources for students and alumnae of Barnard College. As college seniors prepare to graduate into an economic recession brought on by the pandemic, Aronstein says they should rethink their approach to networking and job […]

Yung Wu is an entrepreneur, VC, and the CEO of MaRS Discovery District, a startup innovation hub located in Toronto. Amid the pandemic and surge in remote work options, Wu says tech founders and workers should look beyond Silicon Valley to expand their businesses. In Canada, Wu says private and […]

Scott Dust is the chief research officer at Cloverleaf, a technology platform for integrated performance management, and a professor at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. As the holiday season begins this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Dust says there’s a right and wrong way […]

Guido Vanham is a virologist, a microbiologist who studies the rapid spreading of viruses, who’s been sending letters to his three children throughout the coronavirus pandemic. The text of his most recent letter is printed below with permission from his son, Peter Vanham. In it, Guido Vanham writes that he’s […]

Emilia Lahti is an educator, speaker, and author of the upcoming book “Gentle Power: A Revolution in How We Lead, Think, and Succeed.” She writes that gentle power is a skill more leaders should embrace during crises and periods of unrest or economic uncertainty, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Power […]

Alex Taub, 33, is cofounder and CEO of Upstream, a new professional social networking app and platform. After he and his wife and daughters contracted COVID-19, they decided to swap their two-bedroom apartment in NYC for the extra space, yard, pool, and sunny weather that Miami offered. With his new […]

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures, a cofounder of the Seattle Review of Books, and a frequent cohost of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. In this week’s episode of Pitchfork Economics, Goldstein and Hanauer spoke with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy about his […]

Jenny Hamilton is a 57-year-old former police officer who now works in location security for the film industry and lives in Atlanta. She’s a participant in the Pfizer vaccine trial, which recently announced that it developed the first effective coronavirus vaccine in record time and just filed for emergency authorization […]

Casey Fuerst has worked with nonprofits and small businesses to give them the messaging, strategic marketing plans, and collateral materials to support their work for 20+ years. While the 2020 election has been particularly contentious, there are five things that candidates are often successful at – and can be used […]

Dr. Mike Dow is a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author. Many powerful and important people wake up early – and they do it without alarms. Waking up early has tangible benefits, but it may seem daunting to change up your entire sleep schedule. Stop watching the news before […]

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures, a cofounder of the Seattle Review of Books, and a frequent cohost of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. On the latest episode of Pitchfork Economics, former Secretary of Labour Robert Reich says the real looting has been […]

Barry Lowenthal is the CEO of global media buying agency Media Kitchen. As businesses shift because of the pandemic, it’s time to reconsider traditional top-down organizational structures, he writes in this op-ed. We’re witnessing a slow and natural shift toward Holacracy, which gives decision-making authority to individual teams and in […]

Beatríz Acevedo is a three-time Emmy award-winning producer, community builder, entrepreneur and philanthropist; she’s also the cofounder and CEO of of SUMA Wealth. October 29 is Latina equal pay day, the day that shows how long into the next year it takes a Latina worker to earn what a typical […]

Matthew McConaughey, the Academy Award-winning actor and author of “Greenlights,” recently appeared on the “ 5 Questions with Dan Schawbel ” podcast. McConaughey kept a diary for 35 years to get through hard times, and to remind himself of habits that led to positive life outcomes. He explained that his […]

Jasmine Crowe is the founder and CEO of Goodr, an Atlanta-based company that fights food waste and hunger by picking up surplus foods from local restaurants and stores and delivering them to hungry families. During the pandemic, Crowe has been busier than ever expanding Goodr to help more people who […]

Kimberly Lucht is a business coach who helps women make their first six figures doing what they love. During the pandemic, more budding entrepreneurs have decided to finally start their own businesses. It can be a great time to get a business started, provided you dodge common pitfalls. Ensure you’re […]

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures, a cofounder of the Seattle Review of Books, and a frequent cohost of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. On the latest episode of Pitchfork Economics, Harvard Business School professor Rebecca Henderson discusses how business could help create […]

VernÄ Myers is the vice president of inclusion strategy at Netflix, where she spearheads inclusion and equity initiatives and manages a team of inclusion experts worldwide. Myers shares her struggles combatting bias among employees and the pushback she received for using terms like “oppression,” “white supremacy,” and “anti-blackness” to describe […]

Lisa Fitzpatrick, MD, MPH, is an infectious diseases doctor and medical epidemiologist living in the Congress Heights area of Washington, DC. She’s participating in the Phase 3 Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccine trial, which she signed up for to demonstrate her confidence in vaccine science during a time when “fear and distrust […]

Maxine Carrington is deputy chief human resources officer at Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare system and private employer. She says that while the pandemic is hopefully short-lived, the impact that it’s had on working mothers in the workplace will not be. Employers need to step up and support women […]

Erin Hatzikostas is a former corporate CEO turned career coach, speaker and podcast host. She is the founder and CEO of b Authentic inc. The pandemic has put innumerable challenges on the shoulders of working mothers. But as work norms have had to adapt, there may also be some opportunities […]

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures, a cofounder of the Seattle Review of Books, and a frequent cohost of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. On the latest episode of Pitchfork Economics, Constant interviews New York Times tax and economics reporter Jim Tankersley about […]

Dr. Scott Dust is an assistant professor of management at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, who writes extensively on business leadership. Months into the pandemic, the advice to overcommunicate or schedule frequent check-ins is old news for employers leading remote teams – and more […]

Samantha Rembo is the head of Customer Connect at Intuit, the software company that created QuickBooks, TurboTax, and Mint. As a leadership and accessibility expert, she says it’s the job of managers to proactively address the mental health needs of their employees to prevent burnout. Rembo encourages managers to swap […]

Yvette Gilmore is a business strategy expert and the senior vice president of servicing product strategy at ServiceLink, a mortgage solutions company. As she climbed the corporate ladder, she says she was often faced with tough career decisions, like changing industries or moving to a different state. Gilmore explains that […]

Dr. Shauna Springer is an author, expert on trauma, and chief psychologist at Stella Centre, a treatment centre for trauma-related symptoms. Just as companies prioritise tech support and productivity aids for working virtually, Springer says they should also focus on supporting their employees’ mental health. Leaders should create a culture […]

Megan Feldman Bettencourt is an author, speaker, and marketing content consultant who lives with her husband and two children in Denver, Colorado. She was laid off from her marketing job in late March due to the pandemic, which triggered her adjustment disorder and left her feeling distracted and overwhelmed. To […]

Elizabeth O’Neill is an executive coach and people and culture consultant, working with early stage startups. Many companies have cancelled corporate retreats amidst the pandemic. These retreats are often a great way to build culture, but they’re not the only way. From scheduling “mystery calls” where the team reflects on […]

Romy Newman is cofounder and president of Fairygodboss, a business with the mission to improve the workplace for women everywhere. During the pandemic, working parents have found themselves balancing home schooling, remote learning, and their full time jobs. And that’s also caused tensions with workers who are not parents, since […]