Trump’s design appointee wants to change the White House columns to be more ornate

Business 3/17 5:00A Hunter Schwarz

The Commission of Fine Arts chair suggested the building’s columns be changed from Ionic to Corinthian to match the government’s other great buildings. The North and South Porticoes of the White House are lined by Ionic columns, a style recognized...

Traffic safety improvements frequently die by popular vote. It’s time to stop that

Business 3/13 10:32A Andy Boenau

We don’t hold referendums on airplane safety. The same logic should apply to street design. Every day in America, over 100 people are involved in a life-altering crash that severely injures them or kills them . And that 100-per-day doesn’t even...

‘Eating disorders start on TikTok’: Ad campaign takes social media to task in the most subversive...

Business 3/13 8:22A Sarah Fielding

Health justice activists have plastered a series of compelling guerilla-style posters across London to draw attention to the youth mental health crisis. I was walking down the street with my partner in London’s Camden neighborhood on Wednesday...

The real reason your ideas get stolen at work—and how to stop it

Business 3/13 6:06A Nilofer Merchant

When knowledge theft happens and no one says anything, the norm is reinforced. When someone calls it out, the culture changes. Usually the epitome of good humor, my friend was seething. She had devised a zany and creative marketing idea for her...

How to design your ideal workday when you’re a night owl

Business 3/13 4:00A Camilla Kring

The early bird can’t catch the worm if they’re too sleepy to function. The modern workplace is designed for early risers. But only about 30% of people are true morning types. The rest fall somewhere in between—or toward the later end of the...

Canva’s new AI tool will break your design process (in a good way)

Business 3/11 8:00A Jesus Diaz

The newly launched Magic Layers feature dissects flat images into native objects, putting an end to the frustrating era of pixel-locked assets. Canva s new AI tool, launching today, is going to save time, money, and headaches for so many people....

Why ‘bringing your whole self to work’ is a trap, especially for women

Business 3/11 4:38A Sophie Jane Lee

For many, the promise doesn’t match the reality. For the past decade, Bring your whole self to work has been heralded as a marker of organizational progress. A shorthand for inclusion, psychological safety and modern leadership, the message is...

The leadership skill we’re losing: knowing when to slow down

Business 3/11 1:00A Shalini Govil-Pai

In a culture obsessed with speed, reflection has become a strategic advantage. The most effective leaders know that patience often produces the best decisions. On a recent trip to my husband’s hometown in India, I was stopped in my tracks by a...

How camouflage became ‘the original deception’

Business 3/10 5:00A Nate Berg

A new interactive exhibition designed by Local Projects examines the evolution of camouflage. It takes a few moments to see the spotted jaguar slinking through the dense, sun-dappled jungle scene projected onto a wall inside the International Spy...

Why blended workforces fail without this new kind of leadership

Business 3/10 4:40A Sara Daw

We’re getting better at assembling blended workforces. We’re much less skilled at leading them. Most organisations are no longer made up of one homogenous group of full-time employees. Instead, they re becoming ecosystems. A mix of permanent...

Women are still being badly overlooked in hiring

Business 3/10 4:30A Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

Here’s a comprehensive plan for how to fix that once and for all. Despite decades of scientific research , incredible advances in deep analytics and AI , and no shortage of good intentions, many organizations still struggle to select and develop...

How Penguin Random House set its penguin logo free

Business 3/9 8:47A Grace Snelling

The company just introduced a series of playful, hand-drawn illustrations that bring its iconic penguin to life. Any avid reader undoubtedly recognizes him: the sleek, inquisitive bird frozen inside an orange oval that’s become Penguin Random...

7 leadership moves that matter before you step in front of your team

Business 3/8 4:00A Andy Freed

Communicating like a leader isn’t about updating presentations—it’s about shaping moments. Tomorrow is the quarterly staff meeting, and project director Ann knows she needs to be ready. The agenda is familiar. At 3 p.m. she opens PowerPoint, pulls...

We need to rethink our love affair with big vehicles

Business 3/6 10:56A Andy Boenau

Putting already careless and reckless drivers in large vehicles without any sort of demonstrated skill is asking for trouble. There aren’t enough hours in the day to be an expert on every issue (even though we’re expected to hold a strong opinion...

Pentagon follows through with its threat, labels Anthropic a supply chain risk ‘effective...

Business 3/6 8:45A Associated Press

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said the move would be challenged in court. The Trump administration is following through with its threat to designate artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a supply chain risk in an unprecedented move that could...