2025 American Job Quality Study | Jobs for the Future
January 29, 2026
Originally shared in our January 2026 Top of Mind Newsletter. A landmark report from Gallup and Jobs for the Future (JFF) identifies five dimensions of job quality: Financial Well-Being, Culture & Safety, Growth, Agency, and Autonomy. With 60% of the U.S. workforce lacking a “quality” job, the study highlights critical opportunities for action: Employers can boost satisfaction through mentorship and training. Policymakers can strengthen local economies by closing structural gaps. Advocates can use data to expand worker…
Read more“Mapping Creativity: The Role of the Default Mode Network”
December 17, 2025
Originally shared in our December 2025 Top of Mind Newsletter. Is “doing nothing” actually a form of high-performance computing? A groundbreaking 2025 study University of Utah Health neurosurgeon Ben Shofty, MD, PhD, suggests yes. For years, neuroscientists have observed that the network of brain regions known as the “Default Mode Network” (DMN) lights up when we daydream or zone out. But until now, its purpose was debated. Using direct neural mapping, Shofty and team have now begun to understand that the DMN…
Read more“Forget New Year’s Resolutions and Conduct a ‘Past Year Review’ Instead” | Tim Ferriss
Originally shared in our December 2025 Top of Mind Newsletter. Why do most New Year’s resolutions fail by February? Because they are usually based on wishful thinking rather than data. Tim Ferriss offers a more rigorous, entrepreneurial alternative: The “Past Year Review” (PYR). Instead of vaguely hoping to “be better” next year, Ferriss suggests a tactical audit: review every week of your past year’s calendar to identify the specific people and activities that produced peak positive…
Read more“Redefining Rest: Slowing Down to Speed Up!” | Bec Heinrich | TEDxFargo
Originally shared in our December 2025 Top of Mind Newsletter. We often wear exhaustion as a badge of honor. In the startup world, “always-on” is treated as the default setting for success. But in her compelling TEDxFargo Talk, leadership consultant Bec Heinrich exposes this as a dangerous lie. She argues that busyness is not a proxy for impact, and that the fear of stopping, of “falling behind,” is actually what keeps us from moving ahead. Through the…
Read more“Entrepreneurial Agility in a Disrupted World: Redefining Entrepreneurial Resilience for Global Business Success”
November 26, 2025
Originally shared in our November 2025 Top of Mind Newsletter. We often define resilience as the ability to “bounce back” to where we were before a crisis. But in a rapidly changing world, is returning to the status quo enough? Emerging research on entrepreneurial resilience suggests a more dynamic goal: “bouncing forward.” This approach treats disruption not as a temporary interruption to be weathered, but as a critical catalyst for adaptation and structural change. This…
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