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designing the perfect Garden Gate

Tucked into a fence, an arbor, a hedge, or a wall, the gate beckons us toward the entry or into garden rooms beyond. It may be purely decorative, or a discreet property marker-or it might provide privacy and even security.

Two things that don't suck

There are things that make me feel so unpleasantly lightheaded that some days I worry my cranium might float away like a helium balloon. Like baby animals generated by AI that I can no longer distinguish from real ones. Skin care for tweens. Headlines about American politics that read like headlines about Turkmenistan. The music of Charli XCX.

Seven Ways to Remove Paint

Depending on the job, any paint-stripping option may be best—or a failure. Consider cost, effort, health risks, and potential damage to the wood.

A Grand Rescue on the Coast

This 1892 Queen Anne house, never remodeled but long neglected, gets upgrades from new foundation drainage to picture rails reinstalled. Antiques and fine finishes dress every room.

air-sealing BASICS

Look high and low to find and plug air leaks that cost you money and comfort.

Why the Law Against Business Bribes Is Good for Business

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has served as a global standard against corruption for almost half a century. Suspending its enforcement harms both business and the rule of law.

EMPLOYEE ATTITUDES TOWARD FLEXIBLE WORK

FIVE YEARS INTO THE LARGE-SCALE shift to remote working — and with mandates to return to the office proliferating — what are current employees’ attitudes toward flexible work? We conducted a survey of 1,450 professionals across the U.K. and U.S. in 2024 to learn how much workplace flexibility is valued by employees of all ages.

Maximize the Wisdom of the Crowd for Complex Problems

For crowdsourcing to be effective, participants need guidance matched to the type of problem theyre trying to solve.

The Business Cost of the Shrinking STEM Research Pipeline

As immigration barriers mount and global competition for researchers intensifies, U.S. businesses face a critical talent shortage that threatens technological competitiveness. Here's what companies need to do now.

How Close Is Commercial Quantum Computing?

THE RECENT SPATE OF NEWS IN THE QUANTUM computing space is raising hopes that we're finally on the cusp of broad commercial availability of this game-changing technology.

Take CEO Succession Planning Off the Back Burner

Boards know they should be doing it. Here's what gets in the way, and how to make it an active practice.

Rethink the Growth Imperative

Questioning the idea that businesses must continually grow can expose new paths to resilience and sustainability.

GLOBAL STRATEGY: The New Rules of Doing Business With China

By moving beyond a simplistic view of “decoupling,” executives can better understand and strategically respond to Western policies aimed at Chinese companies.

People Follow Structure: How Less Hierarchy Changes the Workforce

Shifting to self-managed teams and worker autonomy has been linked to greater engagement and performance. But not every employee likes the change.

Use Design Choices to Prevent Imitation

Adding or removing design elements to your innovations can help protect intellectual property.

When Launching a Product During a Recession Pays Off

Evidence from the automotive and consumer goods sectors indicates that economic downturns can be a strategic time to bring new offerings to market.

Create Mental Space to Be a Wiser Leader

Business rewards the busy “doing mode” over the thoughtful “spacious mode,” but spaciousness can enable better collaboration and decisions.

RESEARCH SNAPSHOT: New Leaders Can Thaw Employee Silence

EMPLOYEE INPUT IS CRITICAL WHEN LEADERS WANT A CLEAR PIC-ture of organizational challenges.

Building an AI Platform for the Future

Shishir Mehrotra joined Grammarly as CEO fol- lowing its December 2024 acquisition of Coda, the AI productivity platform he founded in 2014. The MIT graduate began his career by cofounding Centrata and subsequently spent several years at Microsoft and then at Google as vice president of product for YouTube. MIT Sloan Management Review spoke with Mehrotra about navigating his unique lead- ership transition, building what he envisions as the AI platform of the future, and management rituals, which he's writing a book about. What follows are edited highlights from that conversation.

How Neuroinclusion Builds Organizational Capabilities

Changing processes to be more inclusive of neurodiversity can improve hiring, innovation, and culture.

Will AI Disrupt Your Business? Key Questions to Ask

How AI will affect individual businesses will vary widely. A diagnostic framework can help you identify its potential impacts and navigate disruption strategically.

FUTURE OF WORK: The Surprising Viability of the Four-Day Workweek

New research shows that organizations adopting shorter workweeks are seeing positive results for both employees and themselves. Here's how companies are successfully implementing this change.

How Companies Profit From an International C-Suite

A more multinational top management team can improve business operations and lead to higher profits.

Time Well Spent: A New Way to Value Time Could Transform Your Life

Calculating the subjective value of your time reveals where small changes in your weekly schedule can significantly boost life satisfaction and well-being.

A Sorane TA-1 tonearm, the evolving tonearm marketplace, and the Ortofon MC 90X

A friend who sells high-end audio gear once pointed out that people who shop for separate tonearms are very different from those interested in phono cartridges or turntables in general.

RECORD REVIEWS

Ryan Truesdell launched his Gil Evans Project in 2012 with Centennial.

With Swedish Arts & Crafts Precedent

The spirit of Swedish artists Carl and Karin Larsson comes through in a colorful, light-filled new kitchen.

PRESERVATION AND RENEWAL FOR ACLASSIC

As Seattle's population burgeoned, a local developer hired the Olmsted Brothers firm, in 1905, to design a park-like neighborhood, with curving, tree-lined boulevards, on what had been the site of logging activity and sawmills, southeast of downtown.

The iron-and-tube ethos

Woo Audio's 20th Anniversary WA24 headphone amplifier comes ina distinctive, low-slung chassis that welcomes the eye with gentle angular volumes and bright, frosty-surfaced, copper-toned controls.