McKensey

MAY 1, 2025

Companies across sectors are looking for new growth beyond their cores. Three consumer-focused strategies can deliver long-term revenue gains.

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Quantum Workplace

MAY 1, 2025

Explore the top HR trends for 2025 that are reshaping culture, retention, development, performance, and morebased on new workplace research.

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McKensey

MAY 1, 2025

The best leaders lead themselves before they lead others. Here are four ways to lead authentically in an uncertain world.

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Leadership 101

Great Place to Work

MAY 1, 2025

Dont hit pause on listening: Why skipping employee surveys can get in the way of progress. Imagine youve launched a new product. Its popular at first flying off the shelves or racking up downloads. But a few months in, sales slow. Engagement drops. No ones complaining. No bad reviews. Just less. If youre not checking in with customers, its hard to know why.

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Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC

Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult

Leadership

Work Life

MAY 1, 2025

Chances are youve had a bad boss at some point in your career. Research shows that up to 65% of employees would take a new boss over a pay raise, and roughly half of people who quit their jobs cite their manager as the main reason for leaving. Bad bosses are not just annoyances; theyre productivity drains, engagement killers, and mental health hazards.

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Success

MAY 1, 2025

For leaders to be effective, creating trust among team members is critical. One way to do this is by establishing a culture of accountability. In this culture, not only do leaders hold their employees accountable, but leaders must also be accountable themselves. This can show up in many ways, from taking responsibility when things don’t go as planned to acknowledging when others have stepped up and performed well.

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Success

MAY 1, 2025

Artificial intelligence usage is growing at a blistering pace. According to a recent Boston Consulting Group Center for Customer Insight Survey, over 75% of respondents have used ChatGPT or another AI service. As AI becomes more readily available and accessible to the broader public, there’s a subset of that group that cant ignore AI either: small business owners.

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Small Business Data Entry Sales Bookkeeping 59

Work Life

MAY 1, 2025

Who shaped your career? Think about the people who guided, challenged, and helped you grow into the professional you are today. Do you think that artificial intelligence could have replaced their support? AI is revolutionizing mentorship by offering tailored learning, progress tracking, and administrative support. But AI has its limitations. AI cannot replace human intuition, empathy, and the ability to challenge mentees in a nuanced way.

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Office Snapshots

MAY 1, 2025

At the top of the newly constructed 201 Brookline Avenue in Bostons Fenway neighborhood, this 24,000-sf buildout for Third Rock Ventures (TRV) is the ideal environment for a venture capital firm focused on investing in and supporting the development of early-stage biotechnology and life sciences companies. The workspace draws inspiration from both residential and hospitality design, cultivating a comfortable environment that is welcoming and inspires innovation.

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Success

MAY 1, 2025

My husbands layoff from a startup company came nine weeks after we had our third child. Since Id relinquished my part-time work at the end of my pregnancy, he was our sole financial provider. His company offered him a one-month severance, so we hoped he might secure a new job quickly. However, when he received an offer within the month, my husband opted to keep looking because the work didnt align with his skill set or values.

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Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Office Snapshots

MAY 1, 2025

JTCPL Designs proudly unveils the bespoke interiors for Blenheim Chalcot’s 25,000 sq. ft. office at the Rupa Renaissance building in Navi Mumbai. Blenheim Chalcot, a pioneer in building enterprise SaaS products powered by Generative AI, drives innovation across industries such as financial services, education, media, and health. Their focus on transforming promising ideas into great businesses aligns seamlessly with the design vision of this vibrant and future-ready workspace.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 1, 2025

A new large-scale digital projection will light up the facade of THE MART in downtown Chicago this summer, offering a reflection on the forces shaping the citys past, present and future. Currents of Chicago, created by architecture and design firm Perkins&Will, will be displayed from 5 June to 6 July as part of the ongoing ART on THE MART programme.

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Office Snapshots

MAY 1, 2025

Located at the end of College Street in Te Aro, the VidaSpace Wellington Showroom has been designed as a collaborative destination for the architectural and design community. VidaSpace wanted to achieve a world-class space that served three purposes product showcase, workspace and event space. They wanted it look unique to any other wood flooring showroom and have a very minimal and considered design that treated the products more like art pieces, rather than a patchwork of colours and finishes

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Minding the Workplace

MAY 1, 2025

Crooning tunes is good for your health! (At VIVA Karaoke in Boston) Periodically, I use this blog to tout the value of pursuing healthy, immersive hobbies, especially during challenging times in our lives (such as here , here , and here ). Given the fraught times we’re living in — especially here in the U.S. — I’m renewing that call.

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Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Mad in America

MAY 1, 2025

“A disease is a condition that people die from or are physically impaired by. Everything else is a human condition.” Thomas Szasz The Language of Deception: How Psychiatry Sells Drugs as Medicine I magine if Tylenol were marketed as a treatment for Pain Sensitivity Disorder, or if caffeine pills were labeled Wakefulness Deficiency Medication.

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Work Life

MAY 1, 2025

Financial markets are volatile. Consumer confidence is at its lowest level in five years. Economists say recession risks are rising. It all adds up to financial uncertainty for a lot of Americans. Roughly half of U.S. adults say that President Trump’s trade policies will increase prices “a lot,” according to a recent poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center of Public Affairs Research.

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Work Life

MAY 1, 2025

The Trump administration has framed tariffs as a necessary tool for bringing more jobs to the U.S. and reviving the manufacturing sector. But many economists have warned that widespread job creation is unlikely , given the cost to companiesand in the meantime, Trump’s substantial tariffs will drive up prices for both consumers and businesses, likely forcing them to cut costs through layoffs.

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