The best leaders are those with a vision who know that they are not "the smartest one in the room," according to Bill Adams, co-founder and CEO of The Leadership Circle. "Creative leaders are radically transparent, and they're radically human-centered," Adams says.

An anonymous creative professional writes about their experience as a neurodiverse person in advertising and the benefits of remote working during the pandemic. "I can't deny that working from home was wonderfully freeing, being in a space entirely suited to me and my mind," the executive writes, noting that hybrid setups "might finally allow more neurodiverse minds like mine to thrive."

Genuine fun is a "confluence of three psychological states: playfulness, connection and flow," says Catherine Price. Fun doesn't have to only come in good times, as it can be "a tool that we can tap into to help ourselves weather the challenges that life may present us with," Price says.

Los Angeles and New York each lost hundreds of thousands of residents, most of whom moved elsewhere, during the first full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, based on Census Bureau population estimates. Meanwhile, Atlanta, Dallas and Phoenix added to their population bases as more people moved to those cities.

Initial US unemployment claims fell to a seasonally adjusted 187,000 last week, a decline of 28,000 from the prior period, according to the Labor Department. This is the lowest tally for first-time claims since 1969, Reuters and Bloomberg reported. Continued claims also decreased between February and March.

Stephen Wilhite created the GIF, short for graphics interchange format, in the 1980s as a way to share higher-quality, colorized versions of computer graphics. Wilhite, who died last week at 74, steadfastly insisted that the acronym is pronounced with a soft "G," as in "JIF," even though many pronounce it with a hard "G." One thing is for sure: Wilhite's creation, as well as the debate over how to pronounce it, will most certainly live on.