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Study: Remote Work Boosts Employment For People With Disabilities
The language of DEI may be currently out of favor, but a new report from SHRM, the country’s largest human resources trade association, suggests that the American workforce is far more diverse since the Covid pandemic effectively ended in 2021. The surprising change...
Woman Using Waymo Robotaxi To Deliver Doordash
It’s a tech CEO’s wet dream, but a labor economist’s worst nightmare: to film some content for a TikTok reel, one San Francisco woman decided to hail a Waymo to complete her Doordash delivery. The TikTokker, real name unknown but who goes by the handle @dmpnzzz,...
The Cybernetic Teammate: How AI Is Rewriting The Rules Of Business Collaboration
For decades, the holy grail of business performance has been effective teamwork. We’ve organized entire companies around the premise that collaboration beats individual effort—that two heads are better than one. But what happens when one of those “heads” is artificial...
The Power Of Both/And: The Future Of Leadership Demands Polarity Thinking
In a world that rewards speed, decisiveness and bold opinions, leaders often feel pressured to pick a side. Move fast or be thoughtful. Prioritize people or performance. Protect what works or drive change. The reality? Great leadership...
California Greenlights $25M For Apprenticeship Programs
In the construction industry, more than a third of California developers have delayed or canceled commercial real estate projects due to rising costs and tariff uncertainty, according to a summer 2025 Allen Matkins and UCLA report. However, the Golden State has moved...
Hybrid Work Is Here – But Is The Infrastructure?
AI-driven workflows are quietly redefining what productivity means in hybrid work. Real-time collaboration, digital upskilling, and intelligent automation are emerging as the real markers and drivers of success – not whether people are physically in the office. More...
Amazon: Robots May Replace 600,000 Humans
Internal Amazon documents suggest that the company is looking into building and using more robots to replace human workers. The publication doesn't specify if this will result in massive layoffs. However, the robots would allow Amazon to avoid hiring new workers to...
Why Mentoring Works—Measuring What Can’t Be Seen
A new report on workplace mentoring from the Association of Business Mentors (ABM), Unlocking Impact, highlights a clear tension: While 70% of businesses say that mentoring boosts performance and 98% would recommend it, 37% admit that they struggle to measure...
