Cultural & Emotional Intelligence for Leading Diverse Global Teams

Kashbox Coach Note: Leadership Coaching As organizations expand across borders and technology connects teams from different parts of the world, the dynamics of leadership are shifting. Leaders are no longer tasked with managing homogeneous groups from the same country or culture; instead, they are responsible for steering diverse, global teams where differences in language, values, and … Read more

How Many Years Does It Take to Finish a PhD?

Are you thinking about doing a PhD, but unsure how long it actually takes? A PhD can open doors to advanced research, academic teaching, and specialist career paths. In practice, the length of the programme varies depending on several factors, including country, mode of study, funding, supervisory style, and field of research, as well as … Read more

weekend open thread – July 26-27, 2025

Eloise This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: Musical Chairs, by Amy Poeppel, who loves nothing better than to assemble a big messy group of family and chosen family and let … Read more

Hiring Librarians Podcast S02b E13: Talkin Union with Jaime Taylor

We’re back! After an unintentionally long break, we’re back. Let’s consider this Season 2b. This episode my guest is Jaime Taylor. Jaime is a contributing person-who-hires-library-workers on the Further Questions feature here on Hiring Librarians (which returns tomorrow), the Discovery & Resource Management Systems Coordinator at the W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts, a … Read more

Leveraging Digital Tools for ADHD

We are thrilled to share recommendations and insights from our guest, Micah Saviet, adapted from his blog posts on https://medium.com/@techforADHDMicah Saviet, LCSW-C, NBC-HWCpathways-ahead.com Recent years have seen a rapid increase in digital tools to support individuals with ADHD and related challenges. Along with this relative explosion of options, I have taken an interest in supporting … Read more

How Disney Fought Fascism with Propaganda Cartoons During World War II & Averted Financial Collapse

Today, the Walt Dis­ney Com­pa­ny seems like one of those enti­ties that’s “too big to fail” — but dur­ing the Sec­ond World War, fail it near­ly did. Like the big-think­ing enter­tain­er-busi­ness­man he was, Walt Dis­ney him­self had been re-invest­ing the com­pa­ny’s prof­its into ever more ambi­tious ani­mat­ed films. This prac­tice took an unfor­tu­nate turn with … Read more