Careers Reinvented

07/03/2020

It’s a shame so few of us are taught the basics of how to interact constructively with each other. If you never were, we’re here to help.

09/10/2019

Three questions to ask about each candidate.

15/09/2019

10/09/2019

“If you are so inspired to do what you do, then you’re not necessarily good at setting boundaries. We need to teach people that setting boundaries is OK. It’s not selfish. It’s actually selfless. It allows you to be more effective at what you do, and to better [help] those you wish to serve.”

Setting boundaries is not selfish — it’s necessary.

05/09/2019

Tadashi Yanai, Fast Retailing Co.’s 70-year-old billionaire founder, said he would prefer to be succeeded by a woman.

21/07/2019

Our obsession with early achievement shortchanges people of all ages. Research shows that our brains keep developing deep into adulthood and so do our capabilities.

11/07/2019

28/06/2019

"It's the job of the CEO to be chief ethics officer, given the scale at which technology impacts society," he said. "I view it as a fundamental part of my role. But I think ethics needs to come at all layers of the organizations."

17/05/2019

It's natural for pilot Jessica Cox to place her right foot on the yoke and her left foot on the throttle right before she's cleared for takeoff.

07/05/2019

“Ultimately, our questions define us: What we care about, what matters, and what we become,” she said. “The questions that you will ask as graduates—that will make the difference about whether a person can stay in his or her home, whether or not the internet is uncensored, whether or not corruption is exposed, whether financial misconduct is exposed, whether or not financial opportunities are pursued. And whether or not there will be new enterprises—and I don’t mean spaceships, but maybe you’ll do that too.”

In her Last Lecture to the Harvard Law School graduating class, former Dean Martha Minow focused on the art of asking good questions—a talent she told the students would be key to their work in the future, and a skill that they should 'cherish and cultivate.'

27/04/2019

Eric Yuan started Zoom in 2011 after helping build WebEx. His company is now worth $15.9 billion after its IPO, and Yuan owns about 20%.

24/04/2019

“Remember that age typically brings wisdom, resilience, humility, self-knowledge, and creativity. This is one reason the average age of founders of high-growth start-ups is 45. Citing the work of developmental psychologist Erik Erikson, Karlgaard writes, the “ages 40 to 64 constitute a unique period where one’s creativity and experience combine with a universal human longing to make our lives matter.””

Succeeding young can pen you in.