Do Surges in Worker Strikes and Union Elections in 2022 Mark a Turning Point for Organized Labor?

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Workers organized and took to the picket line in increased numbers in 2022 to demand better pay and working conditions, leading to optimism among labor leaders and advocates that they’re witnessing a turnaround in labor’s sagging fortunes.

Why Humans Thrive on Rituals

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Perhaps most importantly, rituals help solve the central challenge of getting large groups of fiercely tribal primates to cooperate.

When Facing Disruption, the Unknown Is Your Greatest Ally

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Change is inevitable—we all know this.

In Lebanon, Solar Power Is Booming. Why?

I recently returned to Lebanon, where I have been doing ethnographic research for more than a decade, after an absence of several years.

Annual Letter 2022

It’s been a year of hard work at Ethical Systems, as most of the world emerged from the grip of the pandemic into a strange new world of work, where norms around location, time, roles, leadership, culture, and strategy are all up for grabs.

Fishing in the Shadow of Oil

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We cut the engine as the sun was coming up, letting our small boat drift toward our target: a massive ship carrying liquified natural gas that was anchored a few miles offshore.

Business and Human Rights: Key Challenges for 2023

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In the United States and worldwide, events in the last year have eroded protections of human rights, creating greater responsibilities for leading global companies.

The Tim Ferriss Show with Jon Haidt

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https://youtu.be/elo89pPREYE In this episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, Jonathan Haidt joins host Tim Ferriss to discuss moral relativism, how to understand human rights, Jon's LSD experience, how safe spaces and character cancellation took…

Why Data Don’t Have All the Answers

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In this episode of Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, Adam speaks with Andrea Jones-Rooy, a data scientist who’s skeptical about data (as well as a comedian).

3 Organizational Issues Most Leaders Fail to Get Right

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When surveys find workers feeling disrespected at work as a leading reason for quitting, it can be all too easy for leadership to brush this off as either a generational problem (“kids these days”) or something that only HR can address. When…