The Owner Versus Employee Mindset

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The Owner Versus Employee Mindset   Some people just want to be employees. Continued here

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Janet Yellen Explains   Yellen says that a U.S. default would bring on an "economic and financial catastrophe." Lawmakers have just weeks to reach a decision. Continued here

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World's Deadliest Mushroom May Now Have an Antidote   A CRISPR gene-editing technique might have finally cracked the mystery of how death cap mushrooms kill and revealed a possible antidoteThe death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides), which has been the ‘killer of kings’ for centuries, could be losing its edge. Scientists have found a possible antidote for the deadly mushroom’s toxin. Continued here

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How to Launch a Startup in the Post-Covid Era   This economic crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic can feel challenging and terrifying, but the current environment can be an ambitious time for young entrepreneurs to launch the startup of their dreams. Pitching an idea and raising capital for your startup may be harder than before, but understanding the market and the needs of the consumer (as well as your own adaptability during a crisis) can help you stay in the game. Continued here

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A Guide to Setting Better Boundaries   Boundaries are limits we identify for ourselves, and apply through action or communication. When we define what we need to feel secure and healthy, when we need it, and create tools to protect those parts of ourselves, we can do wonders for our well-being at work and at home — which, in turn, allows us to bring our best selves to both places. Here’s how to boundaries in healthy ways: Continued here

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Why Diverse Teams Are Smarter   Striving to increase workplace diversity is not an empty slogan — it is a good business decision. A 2015 McKinsey report on 366 public companies found that those in the top quartile for ethnic and racial diversity in management were 35% more likely to have financial returns above their industry mean, and those in the top quartile for gender diversity were 15% more likely to have returns above the industry mean. Continued here

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The Nap Room: How Hill House Home Redefined the Drop and Created "Entrepreneurial Magic"   The brand has created a legion of fans--dubbed "Nap Dress Nation"--who patiently queue for new launches. Founder Nell Diamond has unlocked the secret to making their wait well worth it. Continued here

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Patagonia Just Called Itself an Unsustainable Brand. Why It's   The topsy-turvy move shows that no brand's sustainability work is ever really done. Continued here

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We Need Men to Be Better Allies Sooner   Research shows that men vastly overestimate their effectiveness as allies compared to how the women in their organizations perceive them.  In this particular moment, when the retention rates of young women are significantly low — it is important for men to intentionally work to close that gap. Men anywhere in the hierarchy can take small, intentional steps to create an environment where women feel included, valued, and encouraged. Continued here

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The Digital World Is Changing Rapidly. Your Cybersecurity Needs to Keep Up.   In 2022 alone, a total of 4,100 publicly disclosed data breaches occurred, comprising some 22 billion records that were exposed. All this despite the fact that organizations around the world spent a record-breaking $150 billion on cybersecurity in 2021. Software itself is changing, too. The rise of artificial intelligence in general, and generative AI in particular, is fundamentally altering the way companies use software. The increasing use of AI is, in turn, making software’s attack surfaces more complicated and software itself more vulnerable. How, then, should companies go about securing their software and data? What companies aim to achieve from their security programs must evolve, just as the way that companies’ use of data and software has evolved. It is past time for their cybersecurity efforts to change. This article covers three such changes that companies can make to adapt to the growing insecurities of the digital world. Continued here

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Stop Trying to Manage Your Time   Twenty-twenty was quite the year for us all, but for Adore Beauty co-founder Kate Morris, work was particularly stressful. Not only was she managing one of the largest online retail businesses in Australia through a pandemic, but she was also preparing to list her company on the Australian Stock Exchange. Continued here

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Breaking Through When You Feel Stuck   You don’t have to be a famous author to suffer from writer’s block. We all can get stuck in our thought processes and mired in our actions. That’s true for leaders and managers as well, explains Adam Alter, a marketing professor at the NYU Stern School of Business. He has studied how people hit plateaus or roadblocks in their work and careers. And he shares different methods for breaking free, including one proven tactic that seems very wrong: doing nothing. Alter wrote the new book Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most. Continued here

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Getting Along: As a Woman of Color, How Can I Navigate a "Frat-Like" Subculture?   There are numerous challenges when you’re the “only” at work (the only woman of color, the only person with a disability, etc.), and they’re only exacerbated when the culture you’re working in is unhealthy or even toxic. How do you thrive in an environment like that? In this advice column, workplace expert Amy Gallo answers a question from a reader who’s one of very few women of color in a “frat-like” culture. She wants to know how to succeed when she’s being excluded. Amy offers research-backed advice on how to set boundaries, find allies, and protect your career. Continued here

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Parents, instill in your children a "growth mindset" to help them succeed in school and beyond   Adapted from Rethinking Intelligence by Dr. Rina Bliss. Copyright © 2023 by Rina Bliss. Published by Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins. Publishers. Reprinted by permission.Those who believe that their intelligence is something they are born with, something fixed at birth, tend to fear and avoid the unknown. They see success in binary terms and view their own abilities as interminably limited. They view the horizon at their own edge of knowledge with a sense of doom. As a result, they experience feedback on what they don’t yet know as criticism and with a deep sense of failure. They believe that effort is pointless, so they give up easily.  Continued here

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This renewable energy startup helps companies decarbonize across the Pacific   Bor Hung Chong is the managing director and head of business development at Nefin Group, a green independent power producer (IPP) offering carbon-neutral technologies and financing solutions in the Asia-Pacific region. Bor Hung graduated from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology with a dual degree in computer engineering and business management.Nefin provides carbon neutrality solutions to commercial and industrial customers. We provide green energy solutions to help multinational companies decarbonize their operations. We provide services from early-stage consultancy, technology deployment, project financing to asset management.  Continued here

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How to Boost WhatsApp's Privacy and Better Protect Your Data   In the summer of 2016, WhatsApp made an unprecedented change. The Meta-owned company turned on end-to-end encryption by default for all of the billion-plus people using it—becoming, in the process, the world's largest encrypted messenger. Since then, that number has topped 2 billion.Being end-to-end encrypted by default means nobody at Meta can read, or mine data from, the content of the messages you send. All texts, photos, videos, voice messages, documents, status updates, and calls are encrypted on WhatsApp, and only the people you send them to can access them. Devices decoding encrypted content must verify and exchange security codes as messages are transferred. Continued here

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A.I. + EQ Is the New Equation for Success   Why and how the best leaders focus on both artificial intelligence and emotional intelligence. Continued here

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Testifies, Calling for Global Regulation of Artificial Intelligence   As senators raise concerns about the risks of ChatGPT, Sam Altman says his worst fear is his industry causing "significant harm to the world." Continued here

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Behind the Brand:   How doing one thing really well paid off for founder Will Ahmed. Continued here

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Your Business or Your Love Life? You Don't Have to Choose   The path to creating a thriving business can be a long one, but it doesn't need to be a lonely one. Continued here

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How Food Companies Can Better Measure Their Sustainability   Food companies are struggling to effectively measure and report their environmental performance due to complexity and labor-intensity of data handling. Environmental traceability, through the use of digital technologies, can significantly streamline this process. Standardization of environmental metrics and automation of data exchange can facilitate comparable performance measures across companies and reduce data-entry workload. Furthermore, systemic changes and collaboration within food networks can lead to efficient and transparent environmental reporting. Integrating AI into decision-making processes can also help optimize environmental sustainability. Implementing these strategies can bolster environmental traceability, thus making food companies more sustainable and cost-effective. Continued here

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Largest-Ever Cosmic Explosion Has Raged for Years   For at least three years, the mysterious blast has shined ten times brighter than any supernovaThe explosive event labeled AT2021lwx was observed to be ten times brighter than any known supernova, the explosions that occur as massive stars die. And whereas supernova explosions only last a few months, this explosive event has been raging for at least three years.  Continued here

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How "Perspective Swaps" Can Unlock Organizational Change   Leaders often suffer from “power poisoning” and fixate on their own needs and ambitions. A perspective swap — where, for example, a CEO works as a customer service representative for a day, or an HR representative works in sales for a week — can help detox leaders from blind spots and distorted views of what’s actually happening on their teams. Perspective swaps can also be effective when applied laterally across different teams, such as sales, and marketing, helping cross-functional teams gain a deeper understanding of the challenges that other departments face. At the heart of perspective swaps is the idea that there is always more than one way to view a situation. They help build “cognitive flexibility” — the ability to think creatively and adaptively in response to new situations and change efforts. Ultimately, perspective swaps can foster a culture of innovation and empowerment that leads to better outcomes for everyone involved. Continued here

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We can ID people from DNA that shows up in environmental studies   It used to be that if you wanted to find a DNA sequence in a particular sample, you had to go searching for that specific sequence—you had to fish it out with a hook designed especially to catch it. But no more. DNA sequencing technology has advanced to the point where you can take a sample from almost any environment—a drop of water, an ice core, a scoop of sand or soil, even air—and just see whatever DNA is in there. Continued here