Know How To Read The Room at Commencement And They’ll Always Love You
The commencement address on graduation day is, at its best, the speech a generation remembers: generous, not too long, and pitched precisely at people about to walk into the world. The commencement season of May 2026 has produced something different. The boos came when the speakers mentioned a single subject. By the next morning, the videos were everywhere.
What Makes The Greatest Lectures So Unforgettable?
From a six-year-old drawing God to Randy Pausch doing push-ups on a stage at Carnegie Mellon, the lectures that stay with us for decades share the same conditions. Something is at stake, the room is paying attention, and the person at the front means it. Here's what makes an unforgettable lecture.
The Most Common Names Of Fortune 500 CEOs And What Comes Next
The most common first name among Fortune 500 CEOs is Robert. There are 21 of them. In fact, six male first names cover around 20% of the entire list - almost double the number of those companies led by women. America has tens of thousands of first names to choose from. Why Robert, and what comes next?
Pressure Is A Privilege. Why Tom Hiddleston got football psychology right.
"Pressure is a privilege," Tom Hiddleston recently explained. "The chemical that you produce when you're nervous is the same that you produce when you are excited. I choose to say that I am excited." The clip went viral. In a moment that Ted Lasso would be proud of, the actor had just paraphrased one of the better-evidenced findings in performance psychology.
How Soon Is Now? Manchester Launches the MBA That Sport and Entertainment Has Been Waiting For
Manchester is not just a city with so much to answer for. It is exactly the right place to train the next generation of leaders in sport and entertainment. Manchester Metropolitan University Business School has launched an MBA in Sports and Entertainment, And if you want to understand why this matters you need to understand the city it's coming from.
Just 10 Percent Of People Are Engaged At Work – What Should Companies Do Differently?
With many workers switching off or sitting back both physically and mentally, the pressure is on for employers to boost engagement. We share how...
Forget 30 Under 30. Apple Just Made the Case for 50
The new CEO of Apple, John Ternus is 50 years old. His predecessor, Tim Cook was also 50 when he stepped up to run the company. Is there an ideal age to move into the corner office?
Can Wireless Recover From The Kanye Scandal?
Wednesday afternoon it was announced that the UK’s Wireless music festival had been cancelled, less than 24 hours before tickets were due to go on sale, due to backlash against Kanye West. Can Wireless ever recover from this scandal?