Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, told HuffPost Live his book grew out of working with people who are really successful. “Success can become a catalyst…
As an engineer, Leah Busque, founder and CEO of TaskRabbit, said she’s always worked primarily around men. “For me, it’s never something I’ve focused on but it definitely is there…
Rachael Chong, founder and CEO of Catchafire, explained how she left the world of investment banking — a job she said she actually enjoyed — to become an entrepreneur. “While…
Boston Consultant Group president and CEO Rich Lesser and Wendy Woods, global leader of Social Impact for BCG, joined HuffPost Live at Davos on Saturday to share how empowering workers…
Jean-Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft International, spoke to HuffPost Live in Davos on Saturday about the steps his company is taking to maintain the public’s trust as data moves further…
Valerie Keller and Cheryl Grise of the newly-formed EY Beacon Institute stopped by HuffPost Live at Davos on Saturday to talk about the need for purpose in the workplace. Grise…
The 2015 World Economic Forum, also called the Davos Annual Meeting, comes to a close Saturday. Leaders in business, technology, science and more have gathered in Switzerland since Wednesday to…
Not wanting to burden the church with handling such a large endowment, Lilly appointed three banksIndiana National Bank, American Fletcher National Bank and Trust and Merchants National Bank & Trust…
Related: Try our Global Wage Calculator Gender inequality was a big theme in Davos this week during the World Economic Forum, a high-brow event that’s known for being overrun by…
Movies make most of their money Fridays through Sundays. In its opening weekend, including the Martin Luther King Day holiday on Monday, “Sniper” made $105 million, setting a new record…
Related: See complete coverage from Davos But as the ECB money starts sloshing around the financial system and flowing into other parts of the world, concerns have been raised about…
Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar have won the latest battle over government regulation after the California Department of Motor Vehicles retracted a controversial memo telling the companies’ drivers they needed to…
Americans are notorious for working long hours without a reasonable cushion of paid sick leave or vacation time to take advantage of when they need it most. At the World…
If you have time to check your smartphone all day long, then you definitely have time for mindfulness. That’s one of the points New York Times reporter David Gelles made…
The McDonald’s menu could be getting even smaller. Mike Andres, McDonald’s U.S. CEO, hinted on a conference call with analysts Friday that the chain may cut more menu items. –…
SkyMall, a company known mainly for trying to sell you things no one needs while you sat on an airplane, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday. The company didn’t sell much…
Bill George, a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, joined HuffPost Live’s Roy Sekoff in Davos to speak about what makes a good leader. While many believe that…
The parent of the in-flight shopping magazine SkyMall said on Friday that it had filed for bankruptcy protection, citing in-flight Wi-Fi access as one of the factors luring shoppers away…
Gabrielle Fitzgerald of the Paul G. Allen Foundation said there is some good news about the Ebola epidemic, though there’s still reason for worry. “The good news is the [Ebola]…
Ann Cairns, president of International Markets for Mastercard, said we need show women that the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (or STEM) fields are exciting. “I think that what we…
Retired NASA astronaut and author Ron Garan told HuffPost Live that countries working together globally on space exploration could end up collaborating more on other, more complicated challenges. “If we…
Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, spoke with HuffPost Live at Davos on Friday about freedom of speech. “The challenge of free speech is when there’s speech you…
Legendary in-air catalog SkyMall has declared bankruptcy, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. – This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Anne Finucane, global CMO at Bank of America, said her company has made changes in order to provide employees with more pride over their company. “Nobody wants to go home…
CNBC The world will never again see the price of oil at $100 per barrel, according to one of Saudi Arabia’s biggest investors. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al…
Bill McDonough, co-founder of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, argued it’s time to stop carbon releases and greenhouse gas emissions, because “a material in the wrong place is a toxin.” “It…
IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond weighed in on the Sony hack, saying theater owners got a bad rap. “Theater owners were portrayed in a worse light than they should have been,”…
Think there are already a ton of people on Facebook? Think again. Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg sat down with Arianna on HuffPost Live at Davos Friday to discuss…
The United States and Europe have a lot in common. Both are multicultural and democratic; both are immensely wealthy; both possess currencies with global reach. Read the whole story at…
Derek Handley, The B Team’s founding CEO, said he’s disappointed in the lack of diversity at Davos. “I spent most of the time outside the main event meeting people in…