How a small-business revolution is standing up to Amazon
Bloom Brewery is the kind of Main Street business that, a generation ago, shut its doors when shopping malls lured customers to their mega-buildings with well-lit parking lots, extended hours and everything imaginable under one Read More...
These six habits will help you handle your emotions better in the workplace
Anger is bound to come about every once in a while in the workplace. When it comes knocking, we must know how to deal with it appropriately. If mismanaged, it can take down company morale and sabotage your ability to lead and collaborate well. Here are six habits that will help you manage your Read More...
4 ways to help employees find meaning at work
Here’s a grim stat: More than half of your staff is ready to leave the company, finds a recent Gallup poll. Vacancies impact the productivity and bottom line of your company, but a survey from Globoforce’s WorkHuman Research Institute uncovered a reason people stick around. When asked the Read More...
These TED talks will teach you how to use the blockchain for your business
Since its foundation, blockchain has developed into one of the most revolutionary technologies in modern times. The groundbreaking technology can bring greater transparency to business operations, enhance data security, and improve efficiency. If the blockchain is still an enigma to you, these 3 Read More...
How food entrepreneurs are saving the planet
'There's a lot of interest in bigger companies acquiring these smaller innovators like Tofurky. I see that as a really good sign,' says Jaime Read More...
How to excel in the workplace if you’re an introvert
Because being an extrovert is seen as the norm in our work culture, introverts sometimes fall into patterns of feeling misunderstood, overlooked, or out of sync with the rest. If you can relate to this, here are ten tips to help you weigh in meaningfully at the workplace and work better with Read More...
Kenya aims to achieve 100 percent green energy transition in just two years
In a quest to help halt global warming, Kenya plans to connect its entire power grid to renewables by 2020. Currently, 70 percent of the nation’s installed electricity capacity comes from renewable energy sources, which is more than three times the global average. The country has achieved such Read More...
This guide will help you do your part in saving the planet from climate change
The entire responsibility of avoiding a catastrophic climate change lies in our hands. The recent UN climate report has warned us that if we don’t limit global warming to 1.5°C by making considerable changes in the way we eat, live, and travel, then dire consequences await us. This 10-step guide Read More...
New study demonstrates that biodiversity inoculates against extinction
Biodiversity has long been touted as important for staving off extinction. The more kinds of critters you have, in other words, the less likely any one of them—or a whole bunch of them—will disappear forever. The trouble is, no one has ever really demonstrated this idea in a lab setting. Read More...
Blue Planet II will convince you to start giving up plastics
In the new nature documentary series Blue Planet II, narrator Sir David Attenborough and his wonderful voice asks people around the world to start taking plastic pollution more seriously. So far it seems to be working. The BBC, the broadcasting company behind the series, has moved to ban all Read More...