Culture
The lunch break quietly disappeared while nobody was counting
Desk lunches became the default and the data says it costs more in afternoon output than it saves in time.
Amara Okonkwo · May 16, 2026
Culture: Arts, Media and Society
Company culture reported through people rather than value statements. Articles look at the unwritten rules of an organization, how status is distributed inside teams, which behaviors get rewarded without being named, and how culture shifts after growth, layoffs or a change of ownership. For anyone responsible for a team.
Company culture reported through people rather than value statements. Articles look at the unwritten rules of an organization, how status is distributed inside teams, which behaviors get rewarded without being named, and how culture shifts after growth, layoffs or a change of ownership. For anyone responsible for a team.
Culture
The perks that survived 2025 are the ones nobody photographs
Nap pods and kombucha taps went first. What's left — flexibility, leave, and money — is less Instagrammable and better retained.
Kara Williams · April 23, 2026
Culture
Employee resource groups got squeezed — and finally got job descriptions
The DEI retrenchment of 2023-2025 hit ERGs from two directions at once: less budget, more expectations. Some groups emerged better designed.
Kara Williams · March 31, 2026
Culture
The four-day week didn't fail — most companies just ran the pilot
The world's largest trials showed strong retention of the model; the failures happened in the adoption step, not the experiment.
Kara Williams · March 8, 2026
Culture
Work friendships quietly collapsed — and companies noticed too late
Long-run survey data shows Americans have fewer close friends than a generation ago, and remote work accelerated the workplace's role in the decline.
Amara Okonkwo · February 14, 2026