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Why ‘Modern’ Work Culture Makes People So Miserable
Fortune: Dan Lyons’ account of his time at the software company HubSpot describes a workplace in which employees are disposable, “treated as if they are widgets to be used up and discarded.” And HubSpot is
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Watching funny cat videos at work can boost your productivity according to study
TODAY: Feeling guilty about watching cat videos at work? Don’t be. Science is here to tell you it’s OK. A recent study has found that being exposed to something funny while on the job can
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Watching Cat Videos at Work Could Make You More Productive
TIME: Go ahead and watch that supercut of cats freaking out when they see a cucumber one more time: Scientists say it could make you more productive at work. In a paper for the Journal
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Lean In to Crying at Work
The Atlantic: When the president of CBS News fired correspondent Mika Brzezinski a decade ago, she cried. And she regrets it. “There was no place for those tears in that moment,” she told the Huffington
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Real Fixes for Workplace Bias
The Wall Street Journal: Corporations, not-for-profit groups and governments spend billions of dollars every year on diversity training—without knowing whether the programs work. A review of almost 1,000 studies on interventions aimed at reducing prejudice
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Stanford psychologist tells us how to fight workplace burnout
Chicago Tribune: At the end of a work day, do you feel spent, burned out, fit for nothing more strenuous than a glass of wine and a couch-based communion with your favorite TV show? Join