Inside NPR’s podcasting strategy

Benjamin Mullin, Poynter, March 30, 2015 In January, months after “Serial” rocketed to the top of the iTunes podcasting charts and ignited a conversation about the “Golden Age of Audio,” NPR was preparing to answer with a hit of its own....

What to Do If Your Boss Is a Control Freak

Karen Dillon, Harvard Business Review, December 23, 2014 It may have seemed well-intended at first — your boss kept close tabs on your work and made sure you presented yourself well throughout the company. But now that you’re no longer learning your...

Where the Digital Economy Is Moving the Fastest

Bhaskar Chakravorti, Christopher Tunnard, and Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi, Harvard Business Review, February 19, 2015 The transition to a global digital economy in 2014 was sporadic – brisk in some countries, choppy in others. By year’s end, the seven...

The One Word Key To Happiness

Eric Barker, Barking Up The Wrong Tree, March 21, 2015 We all want to be happy. That’s obvious. But how much would people pay for a moment of happiness? Researchers did a survey — and the answer was about $80. This article’s author shares...

Women Directors Change How Boards Work

Laura Liswood, Harvard Business Review, February 17, 2015 We know that getting more women on teams can boost performance. Yet when it comes to one of the most important “teams” a company has — its board of directors — the United...