What Global Evidence Reveals About Wage Insecurity, Worker Power, and the Real Drivers of Performance By: Dr. Lisa Marie Lee Photo by Towfiqu Barbhuiya from Pexels Organizations love to talk about “culture,” “productivity,” and “performance,” but too many overlook the simplest truth: if people can’t trust you to pay them fairly and on time, nothing else you build will stand. That isn’t philosophy. It’s data. And globally, the numbers are sounding an alarm. From the World Ban

By: Dr. Lisa Marie Lee Image by Diva Plavalaguna from Pexels Reality: the world is in chaos. Between global instability, rising costs, layoffs, and the nonstop noise of uncertainty, many of us are simply trying to make it through the week. And while businesses scramble for innovation and growth, something essential is breaking,   people . This isn’t just a crisis of burnout. It’s a crisis of belonging . And if we don’t face that, no strategy, no AI rollout, no policy deck wi

By Janis Hillard Workplace bullying doesn’t always look like shouting or public humiliation. Sometimes it’s subtle—the idea you shared being credited to someone else, the micro-corrections (and aggressions) that chip away at your confidence, or the quiet resistance when you take up space. For Black women and women of color, these experiences are far too common—and they often trace back to the same source: patriarchy, the ultimate bully. Patriarchy shows up at work as entitlem