I want you to imagine walking into a room, a control room with a bunch of people, a hundred people, hunched over a desk with little dials, and that that control room will shape the thoughts and feelings of a billion people. This might sound like science fiction, but this actually exists...
Tristan Harris gives us a picture of the mind control programs of tech companies and the serious ethical concerns that are involved. He states: I want you to imagine walking into a room – a control room – with a hundred people hunched over at desks with little dials. And th...
To seea list of the raw materials that comprise a cell phone or a computer is to burrow to the planet’s core. Some of the names are familiar — gold, tin — while others sound as exotic as the places from which they come — tantalum, indium. As our gadget dependency grows, so does...
When I had my first child, my paid leave as a tech company leader equated to four weeks of pay, whereas my partner’s leave as a tech consultant was double that. The inequity was clear, and made me feel unvalued. The Surgeon General’s advisory on the mental health of parents i...
In this guide, find out how to enable tech company leaders to tap into employee engagement and create a program that scales alongside internal growth.
Work-from-anywhere policies moved from rare perk to normal practice in the space of a few months. But making them work in the long term will be the tricky part.
A peek into the future of surgery They gave feedback on aspects like draping procedures, endoscope control, and the setup of imaging systems. “We asked several questions,” says Thomas, “like, how should the whole robotic system be configured to fit with common practices in the operating ro...
The importance of a handbook-first approach to communication The phases of remote adaptation The Remote Work Report 2021 What not to do when implementing remote: don't replicate the in-office experience remotely Why GitLab uses the term all-remote to describe its 100% remote workforce Wo...
Quantitative futurist Amy Webb discusses the roots of smartphone addiction and other unforeseen tech problems.
The worst that can come of a debriefing meeting is that you’ll have a handful of disenchanted employees and won’t have any positive suggestions to move forward on. On the other end of the spectrum, you may have a meeting that will give you many ideas to capitalize on for your future...