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Book excerpt: Ex-Google manager’s ‘cautionary tale’ details alleged pregnancy discrimination

Editor’s note: Chelsey Glasson is a researcher and writer who spent the past two decades working in the public policy… Read More

Book Excerpt: 5 questions that will help unleash your company’s hidden power

Editor’s Note: This excerpt is adapted from the new book, Unlock: 5 Questions to Unleash Your Company’s Hidden Power, by… Read More

Book excerpt: How tech and government can spin the flywheels of equitable prosperity together

“Flywheels: How Cities are Creating Their Own Futures,” is a new book by Tom Alberg, former Amazon board member, and… Read More

Book excerpt: ‘The Butterfly Impact,’ and how changes in workplace culture can start with you

A crappy culture will surely slow any business down and make it more difficult to achieve goals and hit performance… Read More

Book Excerpt: Why trust, not data, has become the most important asset in the modern economy

[Editor’s Note: Stein Broeder, a marketing executive at Microsoft, explores the components and value of trust in the new book, “The Business of… Read More

Book Excerpt: How to build a startup with a different measure of success — your own satisfaction

[Editor’s Note: Lee LeFever shares lessons learned from building Common Craft, a Seattle company known for its distinctive explainer videos,… Read More

Book Excerpt: How technology is enabling a new era of ‘deep listening,’ and why you should pay attention

[Editor’s Note: Aaron Painter is a vice president and general manager at Microsoft, based in Beijing. This excerpt is from… Read More

Radical advice for tech companies: Put the designer in charge

Editor’s note: This post is an excerpt from the book Making Things Special: Tech Leadership from the Trenches A note:… Read More

Book excerpt: The Amazon Way

Editor’s note: This excerpt is from chapter three of the book The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World’s… Read More

Book excerpt: ‘Red Bang’ rings true with fictional account of tech life

[Editor’s Note: Seattle-based author Brandt Monroe’s new book, Red Bang, is a fictional account of a former Hollywood screenwriter who moves to Seattle… Read More