How ancient wisdom can help managers give their employees better feedback

Jan 01, 2017 17:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Business

Giving feedback is unquestionably one of the most challenging tasks for any leader, as it can be painful to both the giver and receiver. It is nonetheless invaluable: Research has shown that employees recognize the...

Why higher levels of education don't necessarily mean higher levels of tolerance

Dec 30, 2016 07:56 am UTC| Life

Its often said that a persons tolerance rises with their education level. So on this basis, the higher a persons educational attainment is, the more likely they are to accept racial or ethnic minorities. Studies often...

Should we bring back the office in 2017?

Dec 30, 2016 07:37 am UTC| Life

Its been quite a year. This in fact may be the understatement of the decade. As you returned to work in January, wondering what surprises lay ahead, theres a fair chance you wouldnt have picked many of the changes that...

Nine weird and wonderful facts about death and funeral practices

Dec 30, 2016 06:58 am UTC| Life

It might not be something you want to think about very often, but it turns out that the way we treat our dead in the modern age is heavily influenced by the way our ancestors treated theirs. When you look at death and...

A behaviourist's guide to New Year's resolutions

Dec 29, 2016 22:59 pm UTC| Life

Every year you set out determined to stick to your New Years resolutions. But year after year you fall off track and quickly abandon them. So why are resolutions so hard to keep? New Years resolutions are about trying...

Philanthropy's tech billionaire reboot could be good for policymaking

Dec 29, 2016 22:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

A new kind of philanthropist is emerging in the 21st century. They show little interest in the old philanthropic model - attending galas and endowing their alma mater. Today, relatively young technology billionaires are...

Explainer: why some churches teach that women are 'separate but equal'

Dec 29, 2016 12:56 pm UTC| Life

Complementarianism is the idea held in some faiths that men and women play different, complementary roles in life, society and particularly religious practice. Rather than regarding women as essentially inferior or...