Experimentation became the rule during the pandemic, and companies should continue such approaches instead of seeking to return to what was, write London Business School's Rob James and Jules Goddard. They outline five characteristics of experimental organizations and five characteristics of experimental leadership, including humility, courage and curiosity.

Failures are a way to highlight the success of your business if you use them to show customers and employees how you have overcome obstacles, writes Mario Sorribas Fierro. Use the six-step process Sorribas Fierro offers to reflect on past mistakes and how to turn them into stories of triumph.

Executives who join peer groups of like-minded leaders can benefit from their different experiences and expertise, receive emotional support and guidance, and share their concerns in confidence, writes Ken Vaughan, president of New Horizon Partners. "A group of peers can understand, accept and respond appropriately to the struggles that a leader might face," Vaughan writes.

Private payrolls gained 534,000 jobs last month, an ADP report found, higher than the expectations of economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal. November marked the third consecutive month with gains above 500,000.

People tend to have a negative perception of nonprofit work because they assume the field doesn't pay well or isn't as "cool" as working at a tech giant such as Apple or Google, but nonprofits do incredible work and deserve more recognition, writes Thinking Huts founder and CEO Maggie Grout. Grout discusses her experience entering the nonprofit sector and why it's important to celebrate nonprofits' successes beyond monetary return on investment.

If you feel like the dialogue in some movies has become difficult to hear in recent years, don't fret that you're losing your hearing. Dialogue actually has become hard to hear in certain movies and this excellent expose explains the "gumbo" of reasons why.