In this week’s The Agenda newsletter, editor at large Adi Ignatius speaks with Craigslist founder Craig Newmark about ...

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Your brain is always looking for patterns. When setbacks pile up, you can start connecting them into a story that nothing will change or that your actions won’t matter. That pattern can reinforce ...

AI’s perceived neutrality plays a role in reshaping how psychological safety is experienced in organizations. When employees ...

AI is making employee monitoring cheaper, more granular, and continuous—but lower costs can encourage companies to overuse controls without considering their broader consequences. Research shows that ...

Amid layoffs, corporate restructuring, and role expansion (as employees try to keep up with AI outputs), your workforce is feeling stressed out. In Gallup’s latest State of the Global Workplace report ...

When work gets busy, rest is often the first thing you sacrifice. But nonstop, tireless effort can dull your clarity, creativity, and decision-making. To perform at your best, your brain needs periods ...

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When demands increase while resources shrink, leaders can’t simply absorb the extra work or push an already-overextended team ...

When everything feels urgent, it’s easy to spend your day reacting to requests instead of making meaningful progress. Your brain is drawn to fast, visible wins, which can crowd out higher-impact work.