How to Monetize Volunteer-Driven Platforms
Digital platforms whose original business model heavily depended on volunteers ran into trouble when they tried to scale and monetize their businesses. Cases in point include Huffington Post and Reddit. Three lessons can be gleaned by their experiences a…
Want to Use AI as a Career Coach? Use These Prompts.
Traditional career coaching can be expensive and time-consuming. But with the emergence of generative AI platforms such, many job seekers are turning to AI as an accessible, efficient, and personalized alternative, even if they are already lucky enough t…
Research: How “Leisure Crafting” Can Help You Recharge
At the end of a long workweek, most people hope to recharge by vegging out and engaging in passive activities like watching TV or scrolling on their phones. Yet a series of studies argues that there’s a better way to feel refreshed by Monday: “leisure cr…
Get Clearer, More Actionable Feedback
As you advance, you’re expected to make decisions with less direction and make sense of the ambiguity around you. More often than not, the responsibility of getting clarity—whether around priorities, expectations, or your and your team’s performance—fall…
6 Ways to Deal with Disappointment Strategically
In the wake of disappointment about the leadership roles, pitches, and awards we want but don’t land, we’re often told to roll with the punches and move on. But this advice underestimates the emotional impact we experience, the choices we face, and the p…
A comparison of income inequality in the Roman and Chinese Han empires
The authors estimate income inequality in the Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Empire. They find that the Han Empire was, overall, more unequal and extractive than the Roman Empire, with the respective one-percenters earning 26% and 19% of total income.
Carbon market and emission reduction: evidence from evolutionary game and machine learning
The impact of innovation-driven policies on urban resilience
FIGARO-E3: a high-resolution extended multi-regional input-output database consistent with official statistics
The more centralized the spatial structure is, the greater the economic growth? Evidence from urban agglomerations in western China
When Team Accountability Is Low: Four Hard Questions for Leaders
Sidsel Sorensen/Ikon Images I once had to take a bleeding coworker to urgent care. It was a harrowing incident. He had cut himself on a broken mug that tumbled from a kitchen cabinet, and his hand wouldn’t stop gushing blood. What struck me wasn’t how hu…