Why Open Offices Are the Answer…But Only for Now
In 1958 a German consulting group came up with an idea to break down barriers to innovation and productivity: the “landscaped office.”
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Paul Dolan: Designing for Workplace Well-being
With workplace well-being, we know there is a very meaningful distinction between pleasure and purpose.
“Work-Life Balance” and “Empathizing” Do Not Explain Women’s Career Choices
A viral letter by former Google employee James Damore renewed the conversation about diversity in Silicon Valley.
Products as People: Using Psychology to Make Your Brand Attractive
How can we use what makes people attractive to make brands attractive?
When Harm Helps: Building Choice Architecture for Investors
How can we design a system for investors that allows for potentially harmful behavior but minimizes the harm such behavior causes?
Challenges for Working-Class Students Don’t End at Commencement
For many first-generation college students from working-class backgrounds, life after college is not devoid of obstacles to upward mobility.