President-elect Joe Biden is expected to call for unity in his inaugural address on Wednesday, but he faces an uphill battle: America is more politically divided as at any time in our nation’s history. In November Biden received 81 million votes, seven million more votes than his opponent, Donald Trump. Despite Biden’s victory, a vocal minority of citizens have refused to acknowledge his win, culminating in the storming of the United States Capitol on January 6 (an act, in my opinion, of domestic terrorism). … [Read more...] about The U.S. is more divided than ever. Your business could be the bridge
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The rise, fall, and future of Parler, the right-wing site that Amazon shut down
In addition, it is easy to find the implicit bigotry and violence that eventually caused Facebook to ban movements like QAnon. For example, QAnon’s version of the “blood libel” theory—the centuries-old false conspiracy theory that Jewish people murder Christians and use their blood for rituals—has spread widely on the platform. Thousands of posts also use QAnon hashtags and promote the false claim that global elites are literally eating children. … [Read more...] about The rise, fall, and future of Parler, the right-wing site that Amazon shut down
The 14 most important books for designers to read right now
Finally, as we turn the corner on COVID-19 and begin to plan for a post-COVID life, health will remain center stage. Healthy airports, healthy schools, healthy homes, healthy offices. If health is not a priority in your design, organization, or mission yet, it will be. Health Design Thinking: Creating Products and Services for Better Health is a highly visual tutorial full of examples across product, space, and process design led by practicing physician Bon Ku, who runs the Jefferson Health Design Lab, and Ellen Lupton, senior curator at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. If you need a jump-start to close the gap on your work in design with health, start here. —Andrew Ibrahim, surgeon and chief medical officer, HOK … [Read more...] about The 14 most important books for designers to read right now
For women in leadership, breaking unwritten rules is part of the process
Imagine that for just a moment—doing something that no one like you has done before. These women had to figure out how to do something big without an example of how to do it. They had to break the mold of people’s expectations, which had never included someone like them. And they had to show the voters why breaking that mold and adding a new voice was important. I’ve seen it many times at EMILY’s List: The women who break through—the firsts, seconds, and thirds—they do the work; they get to know people in their community and help them understand that we are far more alike than we are different. That’s when they find success. … [Read more...] about For women in leadership, breaking unwritten rules is part of the process
The dire consequences of Republicans ‘just asking questions’ about whatever doesn’t go their way
“At the very least, Congress should investigate allegations of voter fraud and adopt measures to secure the integrity of our elections. But Congress has so far failed to act,” Hawley said in a Washington Post interview, attempting to justify himself. In doing so, he was perpetuating the lie that the election had not yet been sufficiently investigated—Georgia alone has already recounted its votes twice—not to mention the discredited idea that this election even had irregularities that merited extra investigation in the first place. … [Read more...] about The dire consequences of Republicans ‘just asking questions’ about whatever doesn’t go their way
