Sat, Dec 7 2019

The defensive tendencies of our ego come at great costs to our success as leaders — and that of our companies. When our egos are threatened, we hold on to past decisions for too long, we react defensively to negative feedback, and we get…

The moment when a set of Le Creuset cast-iron pots potentially doubled in price to $800 this week may have marked the point at which President Donald Trump went a step too far in his protection of US companies. On Monday, in retaliation for the…

Investors may have become inured to the continuous decline in US unemployment since 2010, but the recent drop has been truly remarkable by postwar historic standards. Last month, unemployment fell to 3.5 per cent of the labour force, a level not…

When Carol Dweck was 11 years old and in the top class at her school in New York, she was taught by a Mrs Wilson. Mrs Wilson used to seat her sixth-grade charges in IQ order, “smartest” at the front. “She believed that every…

In one study published 15 years ago, two people applied for a job. Their résumés were about as similar as two résumés can be. One person was named Jamal, the other Brendan. In a study published this year, two patients…