The Federal Reserve left its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated calls from President Donald Trump for a cut.
The Feds decision Wednesday leaves its key short-term rate at about 4.3%, where it has stood after the central bank made three cuts last year. Chair Jerome Powell has said the Fed would likely have cut rates already if not for Trumps sweeping tariffs. Powell and other Fed officials say they want to see how Trumps duties on imports will impact inflation and the broader economy. So far the duties have lifted costs of some goods, such as appliances, furniture, and toys, and overall inflation has risen a bit, though less than many economists had expected.
There were some signs of splits in the Feds ranks: Governors Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman voted to reduce borrowing costs, while 9 officials, including Powell, favored standing pat. It is the first time in more than three decades that two of the seven Washington-based governors have dissented. One official, Governor Adriana Kugler, was absent and didnt vote.
The choice to hold off on a rate cut will almost certainly result in further conflict between the Fed and White House, as Trump has repeatedly demanded that the central bank reduce borrowing costs as part of his effort to assert control over one of the few remaining independent federal agencies.
Trump argues that because the U.S. economy is doing well, rates should be lowered. But unlike a blue-chip company that usually pays lower rates than a troubled start-up, the Fed adjusts rates to either slow or speed growth, and would be more likely to keep them high if the economy is strong to prevent an inflationary outbreak.
Earlier Wednesday, the government said the economy expanded at a healthy 3% annual rate in the second quarter, though that figure followed a negative reading for the first three months of the year, when the economy shrank 0.5% at an annual rate. Most economists averaged the two figures to get a growth rate of about 1.2% for the first half of this year.
Some of the disagreement likely reflects jockeying to replace Powell, whose term ends in May 2026. Waller, in particular, has been mentioned as a potential future Fed chair.
Bowman, meanwhile, last dissented in September 2024, when the Fed cut its key rate by a half-point. She said she preferred a quarter-point cut instead, and cited the fact that inflation was still above 2.5% as a reason for caution.
Waller also said earlier this month that he favored cutting rates, but for very different reasons than Trump has cited: Waller thinks that growth and hiring are slowing, and that the Fed should reduce borrowing costs to forestall a weaker economy and a rise in unemployment.
There are other camps on the Feds 19-member rate-setting committee (only 12 of the 19 actually vote on rate decisions). In June, seven members signaled that they supported leaving rates unchanged through the end of this year, while two suggested they preferred a single rate cut this year. The other half supported more reductions, with eight officials backing two cuts, and two widely thought to be Waller and Bowman supporting three reductions.
The dissents could be a preview of what might happen after Powell steps down, if President Donald Trump appoints a replacement who pushes for the much lower interest rates the White House desires. Other Fed officials could push back if a future chair sought to cut rates by more than economic conditions would otherwise support.
Overall, the committees quarterly forecasts in June suggested the Fed would cut twice this year. There are only three more Fed policy meetings in September, October, and December and some economists forecast that a cut will occur in September. Wall Street investors also expect cuts in September and December, according to futures pricing.
When the Fed cuts its rate, it often but not always results in lower borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans and credit cards.
Some economists agree with Waller’s concerns about the job market. Excluding government hiring, the economy added just 74,000 jobs in June, with most of those gains occurring in health care.
We are in a much slower job hiring backdrop than most people appreciate, said Tom Porcelli, chief U.S. economist at PGIM Fixed Income.
Michael Feroli, an economist at JPMorgan Chase, said in a note to clients this week if the pair were to dissent, it would say more about auditioning for the Fed chair appointment than about economic conditions.
The Fed’s two-day meeting comes after a week of extraordinary interactions with the Trump White House, which has accused Powell of mismanaging an extensive, $2.5 billion renovation of two office buildings. Trump suggested two weeks ago that the rising cost for the project could be a firing offense but has since backed off that characterization.
Notably, Trump argues that the Fed should cut because the economy is doing very well, which is a different viewpoint than nearly all economists, who say that a healthy, growing economy doesn’t need rate cuts.
If your economy is hot, you’re supposed to have higher short-term rates, Porcelli said.
Christopher Rugaber, AP economics writer
The barriers between legacy financial institutions and cryptocurrency upstarts continue to crumble.
JPMorgan Chase and Coinbase announced a new partnership on Wednesday that will make it easier for the banking giants customers to buy cryptocurrency. The first fruit of the deal will arrive this fall, allowing Coinbase users to buy digital currencies using a Chase credit card.
A new bridge between banks and blockchain
Next year, Chase will begin allowing customers to leverage their Chase Ultimate Rewards points to buy cryptocurrency through Coinbasea first for a major credit card rewards program. Through the program, 100 Chase Ultimate Rewards points can be redeemed for $1 toward USDC, a so-called stablecoin pegged to the price of the U.S. dollar that serves as a connection point between volatile cryptocurrencies and the U.S. dollar. From there, Chase customers will be able to move their redeemed rewards points between Coinbases crypto offerings, which include Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a wide selection of more obscure altcoins.
This partnership marks a significant step forward in empowering our customers to take control of their financial futures, Melissa Feldsher, JPMorgan Chase’s head of payments and lending innovations, said in a press release announcing the partnership. The partnership, she added, would allow its loyalty program members to use their money and rewards in new and exciting ways. Chase customers will also be able to connect their bank accounts directly to their Coinbase wallets sometime in 2026.
JPMorgan and Coinbase characterized the new features as the first phase of a strategic collaboration that will deepen over time. We believe crypto is for everyone, and are excited to be working with JPMorgan to expand access, lower barriers to entry, and onboard the next wave of users into crypto, Coinbase wrote in a blog announcement. As the most trusted bridge from traditional finance to crypto, were always looking for more seamless options for customers to get into crypto and make economic freedom a reality for millions of Americans.
Running of the bulls
JPMorgans decision to integrate deeply with Coinbase is yet another sign that big banks have overcome their jitters around crypto and are opting to plunge in. While critics still view cryptocurrencies as risky speculative investments that lack even the few safeguards present in the traditional stock market, that view is again unpopular in 2025.
With President Trump back in office and cashing in himself, another crypto hype cycle is in full swing. Earlier this month, Trumps social media company said that it had purchased roughly $2 billion in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies that it plans to use as a strategic investment. The current climate has yet again sent Bitcoin to the moon, with the leading cryptocurrency hitting a fresh all-time high north of $120,000 this month and any concerns about crypto exchange FTXs spectacular collapse just a few short years ago long forgotten.
The gospel according to fitness influencers: drink three liters of water per day, get a minimum of eight hours of sleep, and walk at least 10,000 steps per day.
From the hot girl walk, to wearing weighted vests and arm weights on said walk, to those taking it oneor 5,000steps further and marching up to 15,000 or even 25,000 steps a day, these once-simple strolls have morphed into full-blown social media trends. When did something as basic as going for a walk become so intimidating?
@alexrose_ My top podcast recommendations for the wellness or health / beauty / pop culture girlies who want to increase their step goals and not get bored out of their minds #walkingforfatloss #podcastreccomendations #podcastsforyour20s #10ksteps original sound – Lex
While mostly sage advice, if youve been struggling to hit the gold standard of 10,000 steps a day (which roughly equates to five miles) or found yourself doing laps around the block to get those final few hundred under your belt, just know that unofficial target isnt actually based in science.
The 10,000 steps-a-day walking target originated as a 1960s marketing slogan by Japanese company Yamasa to sell pedometers. It has since become accepted wisdom, promoted heavily by the online fitness community.
That is until new scientific analysis in The Lancet Public Health officially confirmed that this aspirational goal, while by no means harmful, isnt the magic number its promoted to be, and even thousands fewer steps a day could still yield big health rewards.
The researchers analyzed data from more than 160,000 adults to examine how step counts were linked with the risk of developing a number of health conditions. They discovered the overall mortality for people walking 7,000 steps was 47% lower than for those who walked only 2,000. Walking this amount daily also reduced the risk of health problems including death from cardiovascular disease and cancer, as well as incidence of type 2 diabetes and dementia.
But after 7,000 steps, as the step count increased, the payoff rate slowed. The overall mortality for people notching 10,000 steps was 48%just a 1% increase from 7,000compared with 2,000.
Now, thats not to say you should give up on your 10,000-step goal, or worse, cut back on the steps you are already doing. Hitting 10,000 steps was found to be better than 7,000 for some health conditions, such as reducing the risk of depression. Also, those clocking in 12,000 steps a day saw their overall mortality drop 55% compared with 2,000.
But pushing for a minimum of 5,000 to 7,000a more practical target for those who are currently inactivewill make the biggest difference for the least amount of effort.
While 10,000 may still be the gold standard, just know that you are still reaping the health benefits if you only make it to 9,999.
Europe’s economy barely grew in the April-June quarter as frantic earlier efforts to ship goods ahead of new U.S. tariffs went into reverse and output fell for the continent’s biggest economy, Germany.
Gross domestic product grew an anemic 0.1% compared to the previous quarter in the 20 countries that use the euro currency, the EU statistics agency Eurostat reported Wednesday. Growth was 1.4% over the same quarter a year ago.
And prospects are mediocre for the coming months, given the 15% tariff, or import tax, imposed on European goods in the U.S. under the EU-U.S. trade deal announced Sunday. The higher tariff will burden European exports with higher costs to either be passed on to U.S. consumers or swallowed in the form of lower profits.
The economy sagged after stronger than expected 0.6% growth in the first quarter, a figure inflated by companies trying to move product ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s additional tariff onslaught that was announced April 2, two days after the first quarter ended.
Output fell 0.1% in Germany and Italy, while growth of 0.3% in France was boosted by a rise in auto and aircraft inventories while domestic demand was otherwise stagnant. That left Spain as the only strong performer among the four largest eurozone economies at 0.7%
With the 15% U.S. universal tariff likely to subtract around 0.2% from the regions GDP, growth is likely to remain weak in the rest of this year, said Franziska Palmas, senior Europe economist at Capital Economics.
Germany’s economy remains roughly the same size as it was before the pandemic six years ago, as its export-dominated business sector struggles with multiple issues including stronger competition from China, a lack of skilled workers, higher energy prices, lagging infrastructure investment, and burdensome regulation and bureaucracy.
Economist Palmas said that Germany “is likely to be hit harder than other major economies by tariffs and continue to struggle this year” before increased government spending from the new government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz, aimed at making up the infrastructure gap, starts to boost the economy in 2026.
On Wednesday, Germanys Cabinet approved a draft 2026 budget that foresees a second consecutive year of record government investment in priorities such as modernizing transport infrastructure, building homes, security and digitization. Spending is set to rise to 126.7 billion euros ($146.2 billion) next year from 115.7 billion euros in 2025.
Our top priority is to secure jobs and ensure new economic strength, Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said.
David McHugh, AP business writer
Geir Moulson contributed to this report.
Chinas top leaders have pledged to help companies slammed by higher U.S. tariffs but held back on major moves after trade talks with the U.S. this week kept businesses and planners in limbo.
At their summer economic planning meeting, the powerful Politburo of the ruling Communist Party pledged to stabilize foreign trade and investment.
We must assist foreign trade enterprises that have been severely impacted, strengthen financing support, and promote the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade, the official Xinhua News Agency said in reporting the closed door meeting. It mentioned export tax rebates and free trade pilot zones but gave no other specifics.
The inconclusive outcome of two days of trade talks in Stockholm, Sweden, leaves open the question of higher tariffs on Chinese exports to the United States.
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said the two sides had agreed to work on extending a deadline for higher tariffs. The U.S. side said the extension was discussed, but not decided.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters after the talks that President Donald Trump would decide whether to extend the Aug. 12 deadline for reaching an agreement or to let tariffs that have been paused for 90 days to boomerang back to a higher level.
We haven’t given the sign-off, Bessent said, though he emphasized that the talks had been very constructive.
China remains one of the biggest challenges for the Trump administration after it has struck deals over elevated tariff rates with other key trading partners including Britain, Japan and the European Union.
Many analysts had expected that the Stockholm talks would result in an extension of current tariff levels, which currently stand at a U.S. tariff of 30% on Chinese goods and a Chinese tariff of 10% on U.S. products, far lower than the triple-digit percentage rates raised in April.
The truce in the tariffs war to allow time for talks, agreed on in early May to allow time for negotiations, allowed exporters and other traders to ramp up shipments in hopes of beating any higher tariffs that might follow.
The meeting headed by Chinese leader Xi Jinping mostly reiterated Beijing’s priorities for the year, including a need to unleash domestic demand which has lagged, leading to a surge of exports by industries unable to find growth at home. It also stressed the need to promote jobs and prevent a large scale relapse into poverty.
The economy has demonstrated strong vitality and resilience, the Xinhua report said. But it acknowledged many risks and challenges. That includes reining in brutal competition that has led to damaging price wars among automakers and some other manufacturers and managing excess capacity in some industries, it said.
China’s economy expanded at a 5.2% annual pace in April-June, slowing slightly from the previous quarter. But analysts have said actual growth may have been significantly slower.
Even with the hiatus in higher tariffs, companies are feeling a pinch. Industrial profits in China fell 1.8% in the first half of the year and 4.3% in June, according to data released earlier this week.
It’s unclear what level of tariffs might eventually be imposed on Chinese exports to the United States.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said Thursday that Beijing hopes the U.S. side would follow through on the important consensus reached between Trump and Xi in a phone call to promote stable relations between the world’s two largest economies.
But Guo reiterated China’s stance on its U.S. objections to its purchases of oil and gas from Russia, which Bessent raised during the talks in Stockholm, threatening more tariffs.
China will take reasonable measures to ensure energy security in accordance with its national interests, Guo said. There are no winners in a tariff war. Coercion and pressure will not solve the problem. China will resolutely safeguard its sovereignty, security and development interests.
Elaine Kurtenbach, AP business writer
Its hot. Everyone is sweating, and anyone who chooses to venture into the world armed with nothing but natural deodorant knows theyre playing a risky game.
But online, the backlash against natural deodorant has begun.
When someone tells you their deodorant is natural (but you already knew), TikToker Mads Mitch posted back in May. The comments section was split: Some natural-deodorant defenders loyally stood by their favorites, while others pointed out they probably didnt have goodor honestfriends.
@mad_mitch This is satire!!!!!! Im sure you smell lovely!!! pls dont take this seriously thank u original sound – mads mitch
For those self-aware enough to know they stink, many have switched back to the hard stuff. I legitimately smelled like onion, one TikTok user said of her natural deodorant journey. Another hopped on the Hoziers Yell trend, writing: Going back to my clinical strength 72 hour secret after a year of convincing myself I didn’t smell while using a million different natural deodorants.
@gabriellembeauregard Miss me with that woowoo deodorant for real #naturaldeoderant #secretclinicalstrength Northern Attitude – Noah Kahan & Hozier
The natural deodorant waveBig Stinky, as some have called itwent mainstream in recent years after countless articles detailing the supposedly harmful effects of antiperspirants gained traction. Because antiperspirants stop odor by physically clogging pores with ingredients like aluminum chlorohydrate or aluminum zirconium, these ingredients were quickly labeled toxic by natural beauty advocates. Some even claimed they could lead to Alzheimers disease or cancer.
Aluminum-free options soon flooded the market, from Salt & Stones popular Santal & Vetiver scent to Wilds refillable sticks. Formulated with natural ingredients like baking soda, shea, and coconut oil, they promised to keep wearers both smelling fresh and toxin-free. The only downside? Most of the time, they dont work.
Now, a growing number of people are making the switch back to the tried-and-true: Degree, Secret, Dove, andbetter yetmens deodorants (which, for some reason, always seem to work better) and encouraging others to join them.
While former natural-deodorant wearers will be relieved to no longer walk around with their elbows glued to their sides, theres more good news: science has found no definitive evidence that regular deodorants or antiperspirants are any worse for your health than natural deodorants.
Ultimately, the deodorant you choose to wear is a matter of personal preference. Just make sure youre considerate of those around you.
I’m a night owl, so I’m interested when I come across studies about what happens to people who habitually stay up late. Sometimes they can be disturbing, and sometimes they’re innocuous. But sometimes — like the latest one I’ve read — they come with a silver lining.
Today’s study comes to us from the medical school at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. It involves tracking the sleep habits and health outcomes of nearly 24,000 people over 10 full years.
Let’s give you the results up front: good, bad, and the reason to look on the bright side.
Writing in The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease, the Dutch researchers said they tracked the sleep habits and the degree to which they displayed cognitive decline over the same period.
The results were disconcerting on their face for night owls; people who habitually stay up late wound up with faster cognitive decline than those who go to bed early.
But, there was an unexpected twist. The less education night owls had, the less likely they were to experience similar levels of cognitive decline over the study period.
That finding begs for an explanation, and researcher Ana Wenzler, a Ph.D. candidate in the university’s department of epidemiology, offered a few:
First, as we saw in another recent study, people who stay up late are less likely than their early-to-bed peers to exercise during the day.
Second, people who go to bed early simply sleep through many of the times when other people smoke, drink, and eat unhealthy foods most often.
Finally — and this might be the most interesting — the increased correlation between more education and more cognitive decline for night owls might stem from the fact that, statistically, more educated people wind up trapped in a daytime work hours environment, even when their natural rhythms might be better served by a different schedule.
As Wenzler explained in an accompanying statement:
“That probably has to do with their sleep rhythm. They are often people who have to go back to work early in the morning and are therefore more likely to sleep too short, giving their brains too little rest.
We suspect that lower- or middle-educated people are more likely to have a job that allows them to take their sleep rhythm into account, such as a job in the hospitality industry or one with night shifts. If this is not possible, your brain does not get enough rest and you are more likely to adopt bad habits.
It would be nice if more consideration was given to evening people who now have to work early: for example, by giving them the option of starting later.”
This is the part I look at as a silver lining. Because, even as workplaces have evolved during the 10 years or so that the study period covered, many highly educated night owls have, in fact, adjusted.
More of us work remotely, more of us work for ourselves, and more of us have worked out flexibility. We’ve actually given ourselves “the option of starting later” if it fits our schedules better.
In my personal situation, that’s exactly what’s happened. If you go back to the earlier parts of my career, I was chained to an inflexible schedule at work. As an example, I had a job that required me to battle a Los Angeles commute and be sitting at my desk by 7:30 a.m. each day.
Let’s just say it was a struggle.
Today, I’m fortunate in that I answer to nobody but myself, and so I set my own hours. I probably put in a lot more time each week than I once did when I was on someone else’s schedule, but the hours I work are better suited to my natural chronotype (or “biological clock”).
Of course, we’re hearing about this study just as many big companies are swinging the pendulum back the other way, requiring employees to be in the office more often, and limiting remote work and flexibility.
Maybe that’s a competitive opportunity if you’re running a business.
Great employees come in all chronotypes: night owls and early birds alike.
Call it another silver lining.
By Bill Murphy Jr.
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The U.S. economy expanded at a surprising 3% annual pace from April through June, bouncing back at least temporarily from a first-quarter drop that reflected disruptions from President Donald Trumps trade wars.
Still, details of the report suggested that U.S. consumers and businesses are wary about the economic uncertainty arising from Trump’s radical campaign to restructure the American economy by slapping big taxes tariffs on imports from around the world.
Headline numbers are hiding the economys true performance, which is slowing as tariffs take a bite out of activity, Nationwide chief economist Kathy Bostjancic wrote.
America’s gross domestic product the nations output of goods and services rebounded after falling at a 0.5% clip from January through March, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. The first-quarter drop, the first retreat of the U.S. economy in three years, was mainly caused by a surge in imports which are subtracted from GDP as businesses scrambled to bring in foreign goods ahead of Trumps tariffs.
The bounceback was expected but its strength was a surprise: Economists had forecast 2% growth from April through June.
From April through June, a drop in imports the biggest since the COVID-19 outbreak added more than 5 percentage points to growth. Consumer spending registered lackluster growth of 1.4%, though it was an improvement over the first quarter’s 0.5%.
Private investment fell at a 15.6% annual pace, biggest drop since COVID-19 slammed the economy. A drop in inventories as businesses worked down goods they’d stockpiled in the first quarter shaved 3.2 percentage points off second-quarter growth.
A category within the GDP data that measures the economys underlying strength weakened in the second quarter, expanding at a 1.2% annual pace, down from 1.9% from January through March and the weakest since the end of 2022. This category includes consumer spending and private investment but excludes volatile items like exports, inventories and government spending.
Federal government spending and investment fell at a 3.7% annual rate on top of a 4.6% drop in the first quarter.
Wednesdays GDP report showed inflationary pressure easing in the second quarter. The Federal Reserves favored inflation gauge the personal consumption expenditures, or PCE, price index rose at an annual rate of 2.1% in the second quarter, down from 3.7% in the first. Stripping out volatile food and energy prices, so-called core PCE inflation rose 2.5%, down from 3.5% in the first quarter.
On his Truth Social media platform, Trump heralded the GDP gain and stepped up his pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates: “2Q GDP JUST OUT: 3%, WAY BETTER THAN EXPECTED! Too Late MUST NOW LOWER THE RATE. No Inflation! Let people buy, and refinance, their homes!”
Trump sees tariffs as a way to protect American industry, lure factories back to the United States, and help pay for the massive tax cuts he signed into law July 4.
But mainstream economists viewed with disdain by Trump and his advisers say that his tariffs will damage the economy, raising costs and making protected U.S. companies less efficient. They note that tariffs are paid by importers in the United States, who try to pass along the cost to their customers via higher prices. Therefore, tariffs can be inflationary though their impact so far has been modest.
Paul Wiseman, AP economics writer
Historically dry conditions have combined with gusty winds to make it harder for crews to get a handle on a wildfire burning along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, causing containment figures to plummet as the blaze nearly tripled in size in just a few days.Crews had managed to contain about 26% of the Dragon Bravo Fire last week, but that dropped into single digits as unfavorable conditions helped the flames to spread across more than 110 square miles (about 285 kilometers) by Tuesday.The fire made one of its biggest runs on Monday as it raced across 25 square miles of terrain.The periods when the fire is most active is spanning longer durations of the day, leaving less time for firefighters to make up ground, fire spokesperson Lisa Jennings said.“These record dry air masses are just the tip of the iceberg on what has created this fire weather, because it’s also been a dry season here and we haven’t got any of the monsoon moisture that usually comes in early July,” Jennings said.She added that type of fuels towering mixed conifers and ponderosa pines along with the topography of the rim are contributing to the fire’s spread.Crews on Tuesday continued work to reinforce protections near the Kaibab Lodge, which is surrounded by national forest land. Managers also were keeping an eye on a refuge for the state’s fish the Apache trout in the North Canyon and a bison herd in the House Rock Valley.The fire was sparked by lightning on July 4 and initially was managed to clear out vegetation to improve forest conditions. It wasn’t until a week later that dry and windy conditions helped to fan the flames, prompting evacuations of visitors and employees at Grand Canyon National Park’s North Rim. The historic Grand Canyon Lodge and dozens of cabins were destroyed. The rim remains closed for the season.A bipartisan slate of Arizona’s elected officials has questioned the handling of the fire, suggesting more could have been done early on. Following an aerial tour of the damage, Gov. Katie Hobbs met with federal officials and said U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum committed to an independent review.
Sejal Govindarao, Associated Press
Whether youre managing a team or leveling up your own skills, these eight leadership books are among this years most essential reads.
The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance
By Zach Mercurio
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The Doors You Can Open: A New Way to Network, Build Trust, and Use Your Influence to Create a More Inclusive Workplace
By Rosalind Chow
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Meaningful Work: How to Ignite Passion and Performance in Every Employee
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No One Is Self-Made: Build Your Village to Flourish in Business and Life
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This inspirational guide dares to dismantle the myth of individualism and reveals how collective support can shatter systemic barriers to success. Its a bold road map for entrepreneurs and leaders determined to rewrite the rules of business. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Lakeysha Hallmon, in the Next Big Idea App, or view on Amazon.
Why Are We Here?: Creating a Work Culture Everyone Wants
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A deeply human account of how our relationship with work has changed and a guide for leaders who want to make things right. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Jennifer Moss, in the Next Big Idea App, or view on Amazon.
This article originally appeared in Next Big Idea Club magazine and is reprinted with permission.
