IBM’s letter to investors about second quarter earnings shows the challenges of timing disclosure—and offers five lessons for leaders.

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A fruit fly study shows motor neurons do more than relay commands: They send signals back to the brain and organize movement sequences.

That’s pretty new. Letters sent by Thomas Jefferson from France often took months to get a response. No points for shaving a day off a 90-day correspondence lag. The 800 toll-free number shifted the dynamic we expected from marketers. If we call you, we expect you to answer. Now, not later. FEDEX did the same […]

Since antiquity, mazes and labyrinths have been places of spiritual reflection and deep contemplation. The famous Egyptian Labyrinth at Hawara was built around 1860 BCE during the reign of Pharaoh Amenemhat III, though 2D depictions of the classic seven-circuit design appear as early as 2000 BCE in clay tablets from the Mediterranean. Mazes, too, have origins in ancient Egypt, primarily serving to keep looters away from the tombs of the important and wealthy.

Researchers have found that an upstream promoter of two extracellular matrix proteins increases healing and strength capabilities in the tendons of rats. Tendon injuries in older […]