Frances Haugen, a former product manager on Facebook's Civic Integrity team who is now seeking whistleblower protection from the Securities and Exchange Commission, talks about why she provided the documents that formed the basis of the Facebook Files series by The Wall Street Journal. Haugen used Facebook's internal Workplace network to gather evidence of the social platform's potential for harm, leaving a final message for colleagues that read, "I love Facebook. I want to save it."

Some 40% of office workers had returned to the office as of September, according to Cushman & Wakefield, which is predicting that the majority will be back by the first quarter of 2022. "Assuming no virus setbacks at this point, we see office buildings and cities reenergizing in early 2022," Chief Economist Kevin Thorpe says.

Pay for low-wage employees increased by 5.3% year-over-year in the second quarter and is projected to rise to 6% during Q3, according to Goldman Sachs. Leisure and hospitality nonsupervisory employees experienced a 13% wage rise, and Goldman Sachs advised that the increases are being fueled by pandemic-related issues.

Think of strategy as a process, not an event, by regularly revisiting in the context of current conditions and capacity, writes Dave Coffaro of Strategic Advisory Consulting Group and Atticus. "As a strategic leader, the question is: How will I influence selection of the right activities, performed effectively, each day this month to move our business as far as possible in the direction of our long-term vision?" Coffaro writes.