Employees everywhere are suffering from chronic low engagement and productivity levels, while stress and burnout continue to rise. Add to this the pressures of economic uncertainty and a potential recession, the threat of artificial intelligence automating jobs and skills and disrupting entire industries, and the sense of languishing and loneliness that increasingly permeate the work experiences of many, and the overall picture is rather bleak.

By Amy C. Edmondson and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

While conflicting perspectives on remote work are not new, the tension seems to be escalating. Neither side holds all the power, and as the conversation becomes more and more polarized, it becomes more difficult to reach a mutually beneficial resolution.

By Mark Mortensen

Has your team lost sight of its purpose and the goals you’re working toward together? If so, it might be time for a team reset that focuses on realignment. Or, maybe your team just doesn’t feel like a team anymore? Maybe team members feel disconnected, invalidated, or frustrated, and even minor issues are creating friction?

By Liane Davey

A long-form post: what does it mean to achieve higher and higher levels of design?

By Julie Zhuo

Great execution of a product starts with a roadmap — a strategic overview that plots the course of product development. Traditionally…

By Andrea Saez

Quantifying your key results is not only critical to your success but it also tells you when you’re done. Why do teams avoid doing this then?

By Jeff Gothelf

One of the most important parts of the job of an engineering leader is assembling a team of developers that can work together in the most efficient way possible.

By Jakub Svoboda

This week I present a personal reflection on what the late Henry Petroski meant to me and how he influenced my thinking and writing, followed by our classic episode “Death on the Dance Floor&…

By Tim Harford