As many educators and researchers will attest, there’s no exact science to choosing vocabulary words—no inherent reason the word “detest” is more important to teach than “despise,” or why “compassion” ...

One of the most rewarding lessons I learned in graduate school was the importance of culture and values in building a brand or company. I co-authored a case study that was eventually published about ...

Your company’s “core value” list is not about virtue signaling: “See, we are good people here. We have values! Trust us!” No, core values are about substance, not appearance: “Who are we? What is ...

When Judy Schmid, a gym teacher at Jacobsville Elementary School in Pasadena, Md., teaches her students how to bowl, she has them score games manually, even though most modern bowling alleys have ...

As part of our branding practice at Forty, we often work with clients to identify (or overhaul) their company’s core values. The biggest problem we see is that companies habitually choose the same ...

What are the core values of the U.S. Constitution? “We, the people,” the poetic expression of the idea of democratic self-government, is surely at the head of the list. Most of us would probably add ...

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