Sick of COVID-19? Here's why you might have pandemic fatigue
It's draining and depressing to stay on high alert month after month after month. Understanding pandemic fatigue better might help you strengthen your resolve.
Oct. 23, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: public-health covid-19 coronavirus psychology handwashing social-distancing social-norms reopening loneliness social-isolation face-masks masks health-behaviors wearing-masks preventive-health effects-of-social-distancing loneliness-and-social-distancing reopening-after-social-distancing coronavirus-and-handwashing business-reopenings covid-19-prevention
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma may settle legal claims with a new 'public trust' that would still be dedicated to profit
The government has tried to harness profit-driven drugmaking to serve public health before. The results were underwhelming.
Oct. 21, 2020 • ~10 min
Tags: history opioids philanthropy-and-nonprofits opioid-crisis oxycodone business-ethics oxycontin corporate-culture sackler-family purdue-pharma opioid-litigation
How the airline industry recovers from COVID-19 could determine who gets organ transplants
As policymakers weigh financial aid for the airline industry, they have an opportunity to help make the US organ transplantation system more equitable at the same time.
Sept. 28, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: health medicine business covid-19 coronavirus pandemic organ-transplant transportation airlines kidney-transplant organ-transplantation
Will food prices keep rising during the pandemic?
An expert breaks down how the pandemic has affected the food system, from restaurants struggling to get by to spiking food prices.
Sept. 24, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: business covid-19 food money consumers featured society-and-culture health-and-medicine
Will food prices keep rising during the pandemic?
An expert breaks down how the pandemic has affected the food system, from restaurants struggling to get by to spiking food prices.
Sept. 24, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: business covid-19 food money consumers featured society-and-culture health-and-medicine
To be a great innovator, learn to embrace and thrive in uncertainty
Many great innovators have personality traits in common. Comfort with uncertainty is critical, but passion, curiosity and a number of other learnable skills can prime you for an innovate idea.
Sept. 15, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: innovation business risk uncertainty invention entrepreneurship disney innovation-and-invention discovery success disruption process-of-innovation
CEO names shape their business strategies
Research on CEOs with uncommon names shows they tend to pursue unorthodox strategies. It's all about how a name shapes the way people see themselves.
Sept. 9, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: business jobs society-and-culture identity managers
COVID-19 is evaporating casual connections and why that’s bad
How COVID-19 is evaporating our casual connections and taking an important source of happiness.
Aug. 27, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: covid-19 health-medicine harvard-business-school ashley-whillans mario-luis-small weak-ties
Can the US government really ban TikTok?
President Trump wants to ban TikTok, the popular video app, due to security concerns. But can the government totally ban an app like that?
Aug. 24, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: business china government apps mobile-devices featured society-and-culture
Two new initiatives to boost economic value from university research
Research England has awarded two grants, totalling £1.5 million, to support programmes working to increase the economic value and social impacts from
July 16, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: engineering innovation business commercialisation technology-transfer
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