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We can navigate the future of work by looking back at our legacy of change Article

We can navigate the future of work by looking back at our legacy of change

“The future of work is often presented as a binary choice: a hunger game between organic…

Why the business of voting is everyone’s business Article

Why the business of voting is everyone’s business

Not so long ago, the general consensus was that you didn’t bring your personal politics into…

3 organizations on fostering long-term customer relationships Article

3 organizations on fostering long-term customer relationships

Staying connected to customers has always been important, but maintaining a connection that’s exclusively digital is…

Vote 2020: Empower your employees to use their voices Article

Vote 2020: Empower your employees to use their voices

At Zendesk, we support safe, fair, and accessible elections in the U.S. and around the world. Accessibility is more than one of our business principles—it’s also a core value.

Becoming indispensable—a company that your customers can’t live without Article

Becoming indispensable—a company that your customers can’t live without

James M. Kerr called his newest book Indispensable: How to Build and Lead a Company Customers…

Small but mighty: Booksellers adapt to meet customer demand Article

Small but mighty: Booksellers adapt to meet customer demand

You could say that books are having a moment right now. With more people looking for…

The power of a culture built on gratitude Article

The power of a culture built on gratitude

In his posthumous letter for the New York Times, Senator John Lewis could have chronicled his…

7 ways to reduce bias in conversational AI Article

7 ways to reduce bias in conversational AI

You may remember Tay, Microsoft’s infamous Twitter chatbot that unintentionally picked up on hate speech and…

The symbiosis between leaders and managers Article

The symbiosis between leaders and managers

The conventional understanding of the difference between leaders and managers held that a leader is a…

Millennials are hit the hardest by the loneliness epidemic, and here’s why Article

Millennials are hit the hardest by the loneliness epidemic, and here’s why

Millennials get a lot of flack for coming into the workplace and asking for more. They…

How to pivot in the face of change Article

How to pivot in the face of change

Something’s not working. Maybe your business didn’t take off like you thought it would; or it’s…

Gratitude at work: why giving is as good as getting Article

Gratitude at work: why giving is as good as getting

Last year, I took Yale University professor Dr. Laurie Santos’s wildly popular “The Science of Well-Being”…

Connecting your CX and marketing strategy Article

Connecting your CX and marketing strategy

There’s more to a brand than its latest advertising campaign and tagline. It’s also how you…

Caroline Criado Perez on systemic data bias that counts women out Article

Caroline Criado Perez on systemic data bias that counts women out

Years ago, I read an article explaining that most objects that appear solid aren’t; they are,…

5 ways AI is helping solve human problems Article

5 ways AI is helping solve human problems

We all use artificial intelligence (AI) every day. I regularly ask Siri to call my mom;…

4 companies talk CX, changing course, and managing expectations Article

4 companies talk CX, changing course, and managing expectations

Despite best intentions, describing the state of the world right now as “the new normal” doesn’t…

From 3 years to 8 weeks—digital transformation is speeding up Article

From 3 years to 8 weeks—digital transformation is speeding up

“We used to talk about a burning platform,” said Scott Engler, VP of Advisory for CFO/CHRO…

The sweet sound(s) of productivity Article

The sweet sound(s) of productivity

We’ve all been there. You’re trying to do some deep work and there’s something going on…

6 companies tackling social justice and inspiring customers Article

6 companies tackling social justice and inspiring customers

As many as 70 percent of consumers want brands to take a stand on social and…

How to ask for a mental health day from work—because we all need one Article

How to ask for a mental health day from work—because we all need one

The day is coming when employees will be shocked to learn that their predecessors couldn’t just…