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Introducing stories about helpful people

When Eric Grandon discovered beekeeping, he had no idea that the bees would give him the…

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Holiday 2020: 3 trends for retailers this season

The most wonderful time of the year will look a bit different in 2020. The holidays…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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The power of a culture built on gratitude

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

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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…

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The symbiosis between leaders and managers

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

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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…

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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…

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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”…

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Connecting your CX and marketing strategy

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

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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,…

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5 ways AI is helping solve human problems

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

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