It’s challenging enough to find a qualified new employee in the midst of a pandemic, but once you do, making the person feel like a member of the team can be especially hard. Human contact is still not safe. The days of office holiday parties and after-work drinks at the bar around the corner are […]
Automation is hardly a new threat to workers. Long before the arrival of COVID-19 disrupted businesses, many manufacturing executives were already changing how their companies assembled products, and other industries were considering following suit. But as the global crisis has dragged on, the pandemic could be accelerating that shift. “Every time there’s a disruption it […]
For most of modern history, it was the same routine. Whenever we needed a new lipstick for a big event or a more hydrating moisturizer in preparation for winter, a visit to our favorite store was in order—be it the finest beauty counters at Saks Fifth Avenue, the nearest Sephora, or the local CVS. With […]
With the coronavirus pandemic still raging and decimating local businesses, Manna, a drone delivery company, gained approval in late October to launch its service in Oranmore, Ireland. The suburban town of 10,000 people, located on the west coast of the Emerald Isle, marks one of the biggest tests yet for commercial drone delivery and is […]
On Jan. 11, 2018—on the cusp of her 30th birthday—Liya Shuster was diagnosed with a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Over the past three years, Shuster taken the knowledge gained from her experience and channeled it into Alula, a new online hub of resources intended to support both patients as well as family and friends […]
Business leaders are worried about a lot more than just the bottom line as the pandemic continues to rage. A survey of executives by the World Economic Forum, released in mid-December, shows rising levels of concern in a number of areas, ranging from increases in competition to governance dynamics to technical concerns. All totaled, the […]