Motivational

Stephanie Macleod didn’t grow up sipping Scotch or dreaming of distilleries. In fact, she didn’t even like whisky when she first encountered it. A food science student at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, she envisioned a very different future for herself. But a final-year project on sensory analysis and how minute chemical changes alter […]

Change is an inevitable part of every company’s journey. Whether it’s a shift in culture, direction or organization, every team eventually needs renewal: fresh ideas, new strategies and a refocused mission to keep progress alive. But with renewal often comes one of the most difficult steps in business: layoffs. Sometimes, to grow stronger, a company

The roadmap to your next breakthrough could be lurking in your bad ideas. These ideas often feel like failures, but they’re actually the starting point for inversion thinking: a practical method for approaching problems backwards.  Atomic Habits author James Clear calls inversion “the crucial thinking skill nobody ever taught you.” It’s free, proven and available

Breaking barriers and building networks, Shelley Zalis is on a mission to close the global gender gap—well before the 134 years projected by the World Economic Forum. As the founder and CEO of The Female Quotient, she has created the largest global community of women in business, uniting over 6 million women across 100-plus countries

Guide dogs can do more than just help blind and low-vision people get from point A to point B—they can also empower their handler’s career aspirations. A partnership between Guide Dogs for the Blind and the American Printing House for the Blind’s Career Connect Center is building on the relationship between guide dogs and employment

When you think of upgrading your team’s abilities, what comes to mind first? Assigning them more educational courses to study? Maybe increasing feedback to improve their project performance? Far too often, business leaders think of upgrading their corporate ecosystem with hard skills—those that are quantifiable—instead of soft skills, such as empathy or active listening.  But

If you’ve paid attention to nearly any AI advancement over the past few years, you’ve probably heard the word “superintelligence” thrown around. So what does that actually mean? What is superintelligence? In simple terms, superintelligence refers to an artificial intelligence that’s smarter than humans. Not just a little bit smarter—but way beyond our best scientists,

Clara Infante never thought she would become one of those women who complained about sleep. For years, she could fall asleep quickly and sleep through anything. But after having three children, everything changed. The combination of disrupted sleep from babies, her husband’s increasingly loud snoring and her own heightened sensitivity to noise created a streak

When I was a college student, I was bombarded by solicitors who wanted me to apply for a credit card. I thought I was being smart by declining them all because I didn’t want to get into a bad habit of charging expenses that I wouldn’t be able to pay off.  But the summer after

Fortune recently hosted its annual Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C., bringing together influential women across business, government, philanthropy, education, sports and the arts. Centered on the theme “Leading in a Dynamic World,” the three-day event highlighted actionable approaches professionals and organizations are taking to navigate AI and technological change.  The women breaking the