This is how you build a team of self-starters

Business 2/4 5:00A Eugeny Naidenov

Nurturing leadership at every level starts from the corporate culture. Here are five core principles that you need to foster it. In the classic rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap , there’s a moment when a band member demonstrates an amplifier that...

The redesigned Doomsday Clock finally has a look to match its message

Business 2/4 4:00A Jesus Diaz

The world might be falling to pieces, but at least we’re counting down to doom in style. The Doomsday Clock is perhaps the most sobering graphic symbol ever created: a quarter of a clock with four big dots to mark the countdown to midnight, an...

Jimmy Carter won this posthumous Grammy, and it’s his fourth

Business 2/3 9:01A Associated Press

In the category of audiobook, narration, and storytelling recording, Jimmy Carter beat out the likes of Barbra Streisand and George Clinton. Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award. Carter , the peanut farmer who won the...

4 leadership red flags you should never ignore

Business 2/3 7:00A Patricia Grabarek, PhD

If your leader ignores fresh approaches in favor of their own, you may be stuck under an Extinguisher. Have you ever worked under someone you just couldn t wait to get away from—maybe to the point where you’d daydream about finding a new job (or...

Medtronic’s CEO says, “We’ve got to be an ‘and’ company”

Business 2/3 6:00A Stephanie Mehta

How mission plus performance can lead to sustainable success. Hello and welcome to Modern CEO ! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn...

5 hallmarks of inspiring leaders that leave a lasting impact

Business 2/2 4:00A Next Big Idea Club

Leaders either inspire or infuriate because their behavior greatly impacts others. Adam Galinsky is a social psychologist and professor of leadership and tthics at Columbia Business School. He conducts behavioral science research, having...

What it’s really going to take to build fire-resistant communities

Business 2/1 5:00A Elissaveta M. Brandon

Protecting individual houses is not enough. We need to rethink how we design entire neighborhoods and communities. When a city burns, people often zoom in on houses, the individual cells that make up the fabric of a community.

Industrial designers share their process behind creating beloved products

Business 1/31 2:03P Associated Press

Harden’s design oeuvre includes the FreeSip, a collaborative product with water bottle maker Owala, part of Trove Brands. Ever wonder how some of the stuff we use every day came to be?

Capital One’s new AI agent will help you buy your next car

Business 1/31 8:00A Jocelyn Mintz

The bank is launching an artificial intelligence tool that aims to lift the ‘cognitive burden’ of purchasing a vehicle. Capital One has launched an AI agent designed to help consumers with one of the most frustrating, time-consuming processes in...

4 science-backed interventions to advance women leaders

Business 1/30 6:00P Dr. Jeff Chen

We can also learn much from one woman who was recently honored for her industry leadership. Decades of research show the benefits of women in leadership are invaluable. Females embody a more transformational leadership style fostering...

What to know about the American Airlines jet collision near D.C.

Business 1/30 7:36A Associated Press

The aircraft collided with a Black Hawk helicopter, plummeting into the Potomac River. A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday while approaching the Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington....

MoMA’s Paola Antonelli on the groundbreaking designs that have changed humanity

Business 1/30 4:15A lsmith

From Tamagotchi trinkets to Monobloc chairs, objects can create their own cultural inflection points. Paola Antonelli has a litmus test for worthy design. People often ask the Museum of Modern Art’s senior curator of architecture and design how...

Priceless art was destroyed by L.A. wildfires. Experts want to protect other cities from the same...

Business 1/30 4:00A Patrick Sisson

Across the globe, cultural institutions are implementing new measures to protect their artifacts from the ravages of climate change. As climate change causes increasingly severe natural disasters, it’s also increasingly threatening our art,...

3 ways smarter design can solve the noise problem

Business 1/29 6:00P Gordon Boggis

At work or other places where people gather, addressing acoustics can help with a host of issues. By Gordon Boggis and Michael DiTullo

The Louvre will get a major redesign to take on overtourism

Business 1/29 4:30A Grace Snelling

You might actually get to see the ‘Mona Lisa’ up close one day. The iconic Louvre in Paris is no stranger to crowds. Since first opening in 1793, the museum has played host to millions of guests and undergone dozens of expansions and renovations...