Humans like smells that remind us of nature. Can corporate-led fragrance chemistry convince our primitive brains that we’re actually in nature when we’re in a hotel lobby?
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The chaotic trade declarations coming out of the White House- which resembles less strategic public policy with a defined end goal, and more unstructured bloviating for the purpose of grandstanding, is doing weird things to markets and businesses.
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News broke over the weekend that a Chinese-developed, open-source large language model AI product is delivering comparable results to ChatGPT’s
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I spent part of the winter shopping around for a good computer setup that could handle the withering demands of
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Donald Trump has not yet re-taken the office of the presidency, and there are already fractures between him and co-president Elon Musk.
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Harold Daggett, the multi-millionaire president of the International Longshoreman’s Association, drives a Bentley. He’s also buddies with Donald Trump. Does that mean we shouldn’t support striking workers?
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A good manager needs to be able to hire, lead, inspire, and deliver. It’s a tricky balance of often disparate skills and deliverables, but this book sheds a lot of light on how to do it.
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I was recently hanging out with a buddy who, responding to my standby joke about how we must all be
Read MoreAt the Davos of the Midwest, a.k.a. Mackinac Policy Conference 2024, policymakers and other stakeholders put their heads together to figure out how we can make housing more affordable. It’s one of the first times that such a powerful and visible group of people have discussed the issue in Michigan.
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Nat returns to his old stomping grounds in North Minneapolis, a.k.a. Juxtaposition Arts, to scan the product of their multimillion dollar capital campaign.
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