February 15, 2020
10 CEO perspectives on upskilling
Organizations are preparing for the speed and impact of technological transformation. To better understand how leaders view the effects of technology on their workforces and…
February 15, 2020
A brave new workless world
A World without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond by Daniel Susskind, Henry Holt, 2020 How would you feel if you no longer…
February 15, 2020
Who wants to watch videos of normal people doing normal things? Just about everyone
Laura Ludena is the global head of research for YouTube ads. She conducts research to understand all the ways people turn to online videos —…
February 15, 2020
Object lessons: from a Depression-era social works photo to a Jean Metzinger painting inspired by a bet
Our pick of highlights from this week's fairs and auctions around the world George Grosz, Gefährliche Straße, 1918. Photo: Christie’s Images Ltd. The German artist George Grosz, best known for his vitriolic social criticism, inserted an enraged self-portrait in the lower right-hand corner of this work, painted during the…
October 30, 2019
WHAT THE TOP INNOVATORS GET RIGHT
A project team from Stanley Black & Decker, a US$12.7 billion diversified manufacturing firm, noticed something problematic when observing customers using the company’s products at…
October 30, 2019
How the heel got its height
How do they walk in these things?” grumbles Jack Lemmon, stumbling in his heels, newly dressed as his alter-ego Josephine, in “Some Like It Hot”.…
October 30, 2019
THE 1843 INTERVIEW
RUNNING WITH SAMANTHA POWER On a jog through a battlefield, James Astill discusses war and peace with the conscience of the Obama administration THE 1843…
October 30, 2019
Walter Chandoha, pioneer of the cat meme
Walter Chandoha’s fascination with cats began when he rescued a mewling kitten from a frozen alley in New York. This fateful encounter with “Loco”, the…