WeLive hopes to foster community in its tenants. (Credit: WeWork) The twenty-somethings tap away at laptops at a long table in what amounts to a communal dining room on one end of a large kitchen. Over their shoulders, a bagel spread sits mostly untouched in front of sweeping views of the East River and downtown Manhattan. Through the door, an electrician’s power tools buzz as he sets up what looks like a small phone booth in the hall.

Storytelling has become a top-of-mind issue in recent times, as technology has democratized the power to share our stories with the world. The fact that it continues to be a pressing issue in today’s age of collaborative commerce is no surprise. What is, however, is the attention it is finally getting as a business competency that drives emotional engagement and resulting enhanced business performance.

Dr. Julian Maha founded KultureCity about three years ago, shortly after his son was diagnosed with autism. The diagnosing physician, Maha says, told him his son would likely have to be institutionalized. Motivated by that challenge, Maha set out to create a nonprofit that would actually drive greater impact in the lives of those affected by autism. [Jump to page 2 to watch the live interview.] Maha really believes he is completely reinventing the model for nonprofits.

Dear Liz, I love reading your stories but I will also say that when I read one of your columns, I feel a twinge because a lot of what you recommend would never fly in my company. You have said more than once that managers should hire people who are smarter than they are. Believe me, I would love to hire people who are smarter than I am. I would love to hire people who are upwardly mobile and who want to do great things. There’s no way I could do that in my company.

It’s funny that almost all of us work on a team, but we never talk about how to be teammates. We never talk about teamwork. We expect people to be good teammates to one another, but the topic of teamwork itself and how to achieve it rarely comes up. We all know why. Sticky human topics are only sticky because nobody talks about them! Interpersonal topics get the short end of the stick at work.

Whoever first joked about having champagne taste on a beer budget made a pretty big assumption about human nature. They assumed people budget when in reality, they typically don’t. Philip Olson, a certified financial planner based in Austin, Texas, has a theory about why so many people are averse to budgeting: “Budgeting makes you look at the ugly truth,” he says.

Have you ever proposed an idea in a meeting, had it ignored or shot down, only to watch someone else be praised for putting forward the very same idea? Extremely frustrating, isn’t it? If you were completely honest with yourself, you’d realize that while the two ideas were similar, the other person’s delivery was  different. His or her words — and presence — differed from yours. The right words can make a dramatic difference in the path of your career.

The Forbes Best Places To Retire in 2016 list features 25 top picks, spread across 19 states and all four continental time zones.  We crunched data on 500 places with the primary objective of identifying those locations that provide what we think, all things considered, is the best retirement value—meaning a high quality of life at a reasonable price.

The Jerry Media team, from left to right: CEO Mick Puzycki, cofounder Elliot Tebele, Chief Content Officer James Ryan Ohliger, cofounder Elie Ballas (Photo by Evan Reeves) Walking into the exposed-brick, open office of Jerry Media in Manhattan’s Chinatown, there is no question the company is a “millennial startup.

With companies like Squarespace, Wix, and Weebly helping people create their own e-commerce stores, taking a business online has never been so easy. And yet, it’s still a challenge to run an online business successfully. “It can be difficult for a small business to really make an impact online, even when it has a beautiful site,” says Olga Vidisheva, the founder and CEO of Shoptiques.com.