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While we live in a time where physical wellness and mental health are openly talked about, even possibly trending, the last two years have tested our mental health in ways that none of us could have imagined. Even those who are there to help us are struggling. People are eager …

When you work as a journalist or a communications pro spotlighting tech innovation and culture, you get a lot of off-the-wall questions from entrepreneurs wanting to make it big. But after 20 years of working in media, nothing had prepared me for the onslaught of requests I received from NFT …

I remember the first time I saw Annie, I was 10 years old, and it drew me in. The story was one to remember, but the music always stayed with me. Seeing the journey of the orphan brought to life through song and dance evoked an emotional response in me …

Valued at just over $100 billion, today’s creator economy consists of innovators who make a living off platforms such as TikTok, YouTube and Instagram. By the end of 2021, YouTube alone had paid out $30 billion to creators over the past three years. The question becomes, why is such an …

Not only does gratitude create lasting change within our mindset but it also creates a fundamental change in behavior. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi coined the word “flow.” In the 1990s, he was studying the peak performance of people around the world. He went around asking about the times when they felt …

2021, for numerous reasons, was a year for the books. It’s nearly impossible to not feel as though we are living in an intricate time loop. GameStop is still trading nearly 10 times higher than where it was at the top of the year, with little change to the fundamental …

I’ve written a lot about how businesses can maximize nonprofit partnerships. We are seeing big organizations turning toward community leaders to fight systemic racism and injustice. This final part of my series on social change covers how action and engagement on diversity and inclusion can be good for business, too. …

We have been through — and are still in — the ringer. With the continued Covid-19 pandemic and its variants circulating, we are yearning for a break in the action.We are contending with all manners of equity concerns from financial to societal, to the biggest of them: environmental equity. We …

The first job I ever had was at a Blimpie’s sub shop in my hometown. While I no longer remember the signature sandwich recipe by heart, there is one piece of industry knowledge that has stuck with me over the years: Never eat the tuna at a sub shop. A …

Recently, I gave a presentation at the U.N.’s COP26 Summit on digitization and innovation as the great enablers of systems change in my industry: culture. While preparing, I had to think about boiling things down to their essence: Why should world leaders care? How to describe the industry’s problems and …